grandie j
offered his cat
a chance to experience
virtual reality firsthand.
i really, really wonder what she thought.
–
“books are the original virtual reality.”
― marushia dark.
Feb18
Monthly Archives: February 2019
Feb17
sticky business.
i bought this gum
because is was $1.00 and it was sugarless.
it also read “truth or dare – censored”
on the front of the package
and like a 13 year-old
i couldn’t resist seeing what it was all about.
inside the package
each piece of gum
was wrapped in a series
of fill-in-the-blank sentences
meant to be provocative in some way
with some of the words ‘censored’ out.
i thought that i must have been the only one to buy this
because it was on sale and there was still a full shelf of it left
until i went to lunch and shared it with my friends
and one told me
that she had bought the “uncensored” version for her office.
what? i mean #$% what?
“the only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen”
– tom smothers, 1960s
Feb16
when dog cheerleading takes a turn.
w is for?
my friend’s dogs on a friday night.
the vet said about one,
“she’s just not very athletic.”
—
“current position: tired from the human race.”
― deyth banger, Deep Legend
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image credit: steve t, founding member of bambs
Feb15
divine.
“if you see with innocent eyes, everything is divine.”
-federico fellini
Feb14
valentine.
“as a hopeless romantic, I’m drawn to stories of improbable beginnings.”
-mary kay andrews
—
image credit: A Magical Miniature World Of Snails by Vyacheslav Mishchenko
Feb13
universe.
On an eight-day flight aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in 1992, AAAS member Mae Carol Jemison became the first African American woman to travel in space. Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Mae C. Jemison, born on this day in 1956, has a few firsts to her name: She was the first woman of color in space, as well as the only real astronaut to have served on the U.S.S. Enterprise, where she portrayed a lieutenant on an episode of Star Trek: TNG.
“we inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.”
-desmond tutu
Feb12
what it’s like when writing at home with my cat.
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image credit: glen baxter, new yorker magazine
Feb11
a story in every line.
A pencil drawing by a 16 year old Irish girl has won a National Art Competition. Shania McDonagh is tipped as a future top artist. The man she drew is a Fisherman and Seaweed Harvester named Coleman Coyne. There’s a story in every line.
“His name is Coleman Coyne, and he’s from Connemara in County Galway. He passed away earlier this year. The portrait is done using graphite pencil, and it took around 100 hours of drawing to complete the portrait.” – Shania McDonagh
—
“youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.”
-stanislaw jerzy lec
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credits: soul alchemy, word porn
Feb10
kakimi.
late night friends chatting about the current state of things.
—
“kakimi chertyami oni viigrali holodnuyu voinu?”
this translates roughly to:
“how the hell did these people win the cold war?”
― dave barry, big trouble
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image credit: kellydbrown
Feb9
where hobbies, hijinks, and capers go bad = my childhood #9
another summer’s day
after a year or so of middle school
with too much time on our hands
trying to act grown up
we decided that
we’d lounge around
on the back patio
grill up some food
have some lemonade
do nothing
sit around, eat, talk, be lazy.
but when the fire on our hibachi
somehow got too big
we did the obvious thing
threw it into the hedge
and yes, there was some collateral damage
and no, we didn’t think they’d notice
but actually, they did
and no, it didn’t end well
and yes, our day of lounging ended rather abruptly.
“the grass is always greener around the fire hydrant.”
-jeff rich
I didn't have my glasses on.... 