Just what I needed…I want that typewriter (see bottom) mostly because I like the sound of the keys when I get going good, plus that DING when you finish a line is so gratifying!
Avoiding Grey Gardens
Let’s be clear, Grey Gardens is not the life I want to live but I can see how, if you let the neuroses of the mind lead your life, one could slip into a life that becomes a soft haze of unhappiness where the edges of reality lick around your brain like the tiny flame …
MESSAGE! …say it like the Wayans Bros.*
*For those who may not catch the reference, ‘Message!’ was something the Wayans Bros. said throughout their movie, 'Don’t be a Menace While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood’. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love the Muppets. Miss Poogy (pictured above), a Moopet aka the knock-off version of a Muppet, has only …
Living for the Citay: Window Detritus 2
This pic is a follow-up to yesterday’s blog posting which profiled all of the lovely garbage under this very grate that you see in the above picture. For a quick run-through for those who may not have seen yesterday’s post, under that grate is the following: a styrofoam cup and small (also styrofoam) take-out container, an empty …
Living for the Citay: Window Detritus
Ahhhhh once again I’m reminded why living in a city is sooooo worth it- random garbage thrown under the grate of my window. Here we have an empty Gevalia box, a presumably empty LifeStyles condom box, and several empty styrofoam takeout items all blown into a leaf drift. On the same grate I’ve seen someone allow …
The Pharcyde: The Group and My Job Today
So my work day ended in a burst of proverbial flame when one of my students decided to end a phone call with the comment, ‘you talk too much’, are you effing kidding me??? Did you just call my dayum phone and ask me a thousand and one questions which all led to a dead-end …
Hollywood Shuffle: A Must See Throwback Movie
This evening’s blog is brought to you by Soul-Glo… Jheri curls were the topic of discussion this afternoon at work. Why, you may ask, are we discussing some null and void hair-do courtesy of the 80s and whose Soul-Glo flow was made famous in the couch scene in Coming to America? Well it’s because I …
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Check out something I wrote for The Conversation entitled Diary Reflections
I was so excited to randomly stumble across my post onThe Conversation website; apparently it’s been posted for almost a week and I found it when looking for someone else’s post for my friend. This is a deeply personal piece; I hope you appreciate it:-)Check out something I wrote for The Conversation entitled Diary Reflections
Nice flashback. Great read. thefader: RIP ADAM YAUCH FROM THE ARCHIVES: Eric Ducker remembers his first encounter with the Beastie Boys and considers their immeasurable influence.
Living for the Citay-Festivus for the Rest of Us-Part Deux
Pretty purple…I want a dress that color Mannequinat the Flower Mart…disturbing yet quite creative Line o’ unattended flowers that could simply walk away if I was my much younger self and wasn’t trapped by moral codes Pit Beef Son! If you are a Marylander or have had the joy of seeing John Waters’ moviePecker(my fave-thanks …
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