Here in France, the kids are on vacation for the next two weeks because why the hell not? It’s February! Let’s stop going to school! It will be a nice contrast to the three weeks they took off in December and January, and the two weeks they will take off in April. That all being [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Robot Presidents.
Posted in current, historyish, places, tagged Abraham Lincoln, Bush, cotton candy, Disney, No Child Left Behind, obama, orlando, papa's beard, Robots, Springfield on February 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Happy 200th, Abe.
Posted in historyish on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is Abraham Lincoln’s 200th birthday. I think of this man as a God, but more on that tomorrow. But for now, I wanted to talk a little about him and Walt Whitman who adored his commander-in-chief and apparently, if not mythically, Abraham Lincoln adored him too. An anecdote exists where Lincoln, in his Springfield law [...]
Posted in short shorts, tagged chair, control, drainpipe, wifle ball, worry, young on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Are you worried?” the woman asked. “Worried? No. Fuck that. Why should I be worried? I’m not worried. I never worry. I’m young,” the young man said. “It’s okay to worry, you know.” “I’m not worried, okay? I’m young. Saul’s young. I’m not worried.” The room was still and decorated for ten years prior. “Are [...]
Over Abby’s
Posted in short shorts, tagged beams, farm, pig, rain, roof, skinny dipping, streams, vegetables on February 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The paint on the side of the barn up on the hill was chipping badly and I leaned against it to escape as the rain came down. I had just run up the hill, up from the fields and my hair was soaked now and I watched the rain come [...]
My brother’s cup of coffee.
Posted in current on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I thought in the wake of the economic downturn from happier times, I’d post a piece my vegetarian brother wrote a few years back about the military industrial complex in America, rising corporate greed, the underdeveloped of poorer countries by the World Bank, the backwards geography of our daily needs, and the stirring uprising in [...]
Non Sequitrr Pur Vitai
Posted in short shorts, tagged anecdote, ballet, frank lloyd wright, mung, non sequitur, opera, peasant on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I found her underneath a blanket. “You know what I read today,” I said. “I read that cats sleep 16 to 18 hours a day.” “That sounds about right,” she muffled from the blanket. “How are you?” I asked. She did not respond. “You hungry?” Nothing. “Did you know the international dialing code for Antarctica [...]
Winter Umbrellas
Posted in places, tagged accessorize, paris, simple carbs, umbrella on February 4, 2009 | 5 Comments »
This is neither telling nor profound. Perhaps it is just a cultural difference, like how my French friends cringe at the thought of anything but sugar, a cigarette, sugar, a simple carb, and a side of sugar for breakfast, but I don’t think I have ever seen anyone in the States use an umbrella in [...]
Things are looking up.
Posted in favorites, short shorts, tagged cologne, jeremy, light bulb, nasa, pizza on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight, dinner is a stolen frozen pizza from the corner store. Jeremy brings it home after work and leaves it on living room floor. He slips off his jacket, the one missing a zipper, and leaves it crumpled in the corner. He retreats into the kitchen and opens the tea cabinet. The door falls off. [...]
Welcome to the New Building.
Posted in short shorts on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
She stopped me on the sidewalk. She’d been out all night. “Hold on,” she said. I did. She was trying to remember the code to let herself into the building. She wore glasses too big for her face and an oversized sweater that looked like it smelled like comfort and spilled wine. I watched her [...]
