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Long Weekend?

Long Weekend?

The disclaimer came from an Instagram that I posted literally a minute ago. I’m glad this picture has a place to live. I think it’s mysterious, and fun, and in the same tone as the stuff I usually post. If you’re reading this right now, I ho...

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Redrum

Redrum

I don’t know why, but I’ve watched “The Shining” like, literally five times during This Modern Age. It’s always been one of my favorite movies, but it wasn’t until viewing number four or so that I realized that it’s actually a really...

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Auguries.

Auguries.

Oh, anachronimity. You know, I have a storage room deep in the American south. I still pay rent on it. And with each month it goes by, and with each rent check that I pay, I forget, more and more, what the fuck is actually in there. I suppose it...

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Cheeers to the Freakin’ Weekend.

Cheeers to the Freakin’ Weekend.

What are weekends, again? I can’t remember. This bra just got a starring (or should I say… Supporting?) role on the Instagram, so I thought I would show it chilling out with a cold Spanish brew. Say what you will, but she works hard, and deser...

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Low-Hanging House Bra?

Low-Hanging House Bra?

So, one of you lovely lovelies just left a pretty cool question in the comments: “What is a low-hanging house bra?”

This, my dears, is a low hanging house bra. Every woman who doesn’t pass the pencil test has one. Go ahead, ask around....

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Fitting In.

Fitting In.

I don’t think I’ve ever actually gotten “stuck.” I think that kind of scenario is something that mainly finds its home inside of breast expansion stories.

Don’t get me wrong, there have been some tight squeezes. Phone booths are r...

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Yee-Haw.

Yee-Haw.

My apologies, everybody. I thought I could finally overcome the buttons on this shirt, but they are apparently stitched in with some sort of fiber that is stronger than adamantium. How dare it not submit to the threat of Natalia and Olga!

An...

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Notes of Geisel?

Notes of Geisel?

Where in the hell has this blasted year gone?

Has the whole damned thing been for naught?

Yesterday was March, and soon it’s November,

With gunpowder, treason, and plot.


But nothing changes, out here, very much...

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Busted.

Busted.

Recently, I’ve taken up a little social experiment. Something fun, frivolous, and silly to while away the time, and provide a little joy.

Here’s how it goes. Basically, if one of my Patreon lovelies goes through the trouble of sending m...

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A Little Bit of Ragtime.

A Little Bit of Ragtime.

For no other reason than I was listening to some Scott Joplin, and decided it would pair up rather nicely. A small shred of completely stupid goofiness. Hope your weeks are off to good starts.

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(Mini) Memoir Update, July 21

(Mini) Memoir Update, July 21

Hi guys! So, before I forget, one small update, just so you’re in the loop.

Originally, I said that the book is going to be printed by Blurb, using their “imagewrap” technology. This is one of those books where it’s a hard cover, but...

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Sweet Dreams.

Sweet Dreams.

My work schedule has been kind of jacked lately. For those out of the loop, I write content marketing copy. It can be a little soulless sometimes, but whenever possible, I try to write compelling copy for products and services people actually want...

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Good Cats Eat Ants

Good Cats Eat Ants

I’m not sure if any of you saw this today, but I posted this picture on Instagram just a little while ago. Within about 30 minutes, it got taken down. Violation of the TOS, with that pang of discomfort that comes with not knowing if this will re...

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Memoir Update - July 9

Memoir Update - July 9

Hi, guys! It’s been a little while, so I just wanted to give y’all a bit of an update on this memoir.

First of all, the actual text itself is coming along really well. I’m gonna pick out a couple of excerpts that I’ll pull up here in...

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Bay.

Bay.

A few things. 

Ukulele is friend.

In one episode of The West Wing, President Bartlet tells one of his generals to teach his new daughter how to whistle, because her mother won't. This is true. I learned how to whistle from my gran...

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“Ya Lost Today, Kid. Doesn’t Mean You Have To Like It.”

“Ya Lost Today, Kid. Doesn’t Mean You Have To Like It.”

That quote doesn’t really have anything to do with anything. It’s just from that first scene in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.” That movie came out in 1989, when I was about five, and I can’t say that I saw it for the first time un...

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Bring Out the Broom

Bring Out the Broom

The last months of spring had come and gone, and still, the leaves and dust had to come in from somewhere, and eventually, a sweep would be necessary, when she finally got around to it. 

A line of jars, on the back wall. A ...

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Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

At some point in the not-too-distant past, we all took one breath that stayed inside of us. Usually, with the way breathing works, it's a pretty balanced thing. You breathe in, and then, you breathe out. It's a tradeoff. But, for each of us, we to...

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Memoir Update

Memoir Update

Well, a tiny little one. I have plenty of goodies coming over the next week or so for you lovely folks who are helping me create this thing.

I’ve been a little quiet lately, for reasons that I sincerely appreciate you understanding. Inter...

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Venus, Part 3

Venus, Part 3

It occurred to me that y'all might be interested in seeing the finished products! If you'll recall, long story short, a friend of mine approached me with an idea. She'd been getting back into sculpting during this whole quarantine nonsense, and as...

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Creative Context

Creative Context

When I recorded this video, I intended to insert a bit of a narrative, something in tune with this little series that I’ve been working on, on and off. But then, when I listened to the audio afterwards, something hit me about the YouTube video t...

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Effing Polytropos Buttons.

Effing Polytropos Buttons.

When Donald Trump got elected, I was talking to some old friends of mine in Mexico. We talked about walls, and bloviation, and how Mexicans had already adopted the slang term trompear (which basically means to punch somebody in the face) and conve...

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Why, hello there.

Why, hello there.

Yeah, it got me.

Not the virus itself (at least, not that I know of). But... everything. All that "weight of the world" bullshit that you think you're going to stiff-upper-lip your way through until a combination of things just one-two-three...

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Tadpoles

Tadpoles

I'm not sure if you saw it, but it was above the fold today in the NYTimes: here in Spain, we were allowed to go out for a walk.

Doesn't that seem weird? I don't know where you are in the world, reading this, but here in Spain, they've been ...

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Venus, Part 2

Venus, Part 2

A little while ago, I wrote about the idea of the Venus. It’s frequently amazing how, if you put something out there into the aether, it eventually comes back to say hello.

So, what an exceptional surprise. And, such a refreshing thing to ...

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Girl in the High Tower — Live Writing Sessions

Girl in the High Tower — Live Writing Sessions

Yesterday, on one of my very rare trips out and about (only visiting the stores that provide essential services — God, quarantine sucks), I had an idea.

I was thinking about all the people conducting their professional lives on Zoom these ...

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Heavy Eyelids

Heavy Eyelids

By the way... this is what I see, most nights, before I go to sleep. Twinkle lights are the best.

I don’t know where you are right now. But wherever it is, I hope it’s in a place that is comfortable, and that brings you peace.

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Tonight’s recipe!

Tonight’s recipe!

Chile relleno with ground beef, chorizo, rice, roasted potatoes, grilled onions (in a high-pitched vinegar char), on a bed of lettuce. Topped with home-made sour cream on sliced avocado.

I gotta say! On a 10-scale, a 9! The key? Each ingredi...

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Sauce No. 3 - Potentially Untimely Name?

Sauce No. 3 - Potentially Untimely Name?


I’m a little vexed about coming up with a name for this one. On one hand, it’s suuuuuuper-spicy — nearly at spicy-just-for-the-sake-of-it levels on the Scoville scale, with no complementary flavors to back it up.

So, a ...

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Frank

Frank

I named him after Danny Devito’s character on Always Sunny. Anyway, this little guy made it inside, so I picked him up and kicked him out. A few hours later, he came back, so I kicked him out again. A few hours later? Back again! I have...

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