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Only the good die young.
Not today
5 simple rules for work
No sick leave for workers
Holiday pizza
George becomes Stanley
Next, could someone please sue Microsoft?
Pickle barrel man
Nothing to complain about
Saturday, December 17, 1994
Hey, space aliens, take me, too.
An abortion by mail
Where's Jackie Chan's forehead?
How could I not do this?
A call from HR
Seven more movies
A nervous lunch
This will be uninteresting.
Family, friends, and a stranger
Joycelyn Elders & Gimme Shelter
Bimbo man
The meaning of Christmas
Come in from the cold. No kissing, please.
One undeniable fact
A lot of us lead pathetic lives.
Henrietta
Seven more movies
Solidarity
“This ain’t that kind of hotel, toots.”
Sawdust
Is Jonathan Franzen the greatest writer who's ever written?
Chains on my ankles, again.
Still waiting
Don't be a putz like George Bailey.
"Happy girl!"
Breakfast at Tad's
Benzene on my balls
A serious woman
Witty quips, lies, half-truths and more lies, setups, put-downs, and still more lies
A zen experience
“The movies are your mistress.”
Seven more movies
No pooping, no peeing.
Shush
Mrs Edwards' Coffee Shop
A cockroach in captivity
Unanswered questions
Seven more movies
The web, before giant corporations took control
In living color
A new innovation
Thank you, nobody.
Taqueria El Castillito
Fever started long ago
Poop ticket
Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Bras
Still life on paper
Song on the radio Seven more movies
Bum vs Lady
No longer friends
"I'm not going to die here."
"Do you smell smoke?"
Seven more movies
$2 plastic pinchy picker-upper
Always on the balcony
Carlotta cries
Whale caroms
Denise at 22
Loogie unhocked
“If” there are layoffs
“You won't be forgotten.”
A friend
A library card
The MatchCounselor Troi
Beers with Beatrice
Seven more movies
Fuck you, Jim Harrison.
One fine day at the grocery store
And there goes Dad.
Codeine and doobie
Breakfast at the Diner — #52
Soggy and hurting
Medical defense
Tooth trouble
Our Confederate dead
Kissing myself
I don’t even understand the question.
Pulling teeth
4th of July picnic
The family
Visit to Seattle
Union Corners
Why so ordinary?
Seven more zines
Last train of the night
The party house
Marijuana, LSD, and Tootsie Pops
Can a fat guy survive the summer without air conditioning?
Inside the Rainbow
Breakfast at the Diner — #51
Slugged a guy
Music in a bad mood
How to lose friends and annoy strangers
My brother, and my other brother
Bumbling at Civic Center
The floating bridge
Not in the mail
Seven more movies
Won't you please help?
51 nights in Waco, Texas
Drug deals at work
Suspicious of the broccoli
The end table
Seven more zines
Secret words
Haight Street scene report
The sign on the door
And there goes Margaret.
Blush and eyeliner
Tweaker at the store
Nothing happened.
Seven more movies
“Good morning, Darla.”
And there goes Stu.
The break room
Eventually it gets boring.
Seven more zines
Uh-oh, he's ranting.
That's what freedom is.
"We all miss Charlie."
The opposite of Catholic
The company
The Babs-and-Darla-Edict
Seven more movies
"Please call me."
Pickle dogs
Singalong with Kallie
Seven more zines
An inappropriate workplace conversation
God and guns
Miserable Douchebag, Part 19
Gus and Stan
Blue Angels, my ass.
The office flunky you're looking for
B-movie star
Good luck
Slob manifesto
Seven more movies
The city at night
News without nonsense
Very very frightening
Seven zines
The music of the night
T minus five months
Underwear, batteries, and beans
Radical laundry
She didn't even say "Uh."
My busy social calendar
Algiers (1938)
A fuse burns out
Seven more movies
Is Ken Kesey cuckoo?
Self-improvement
On the nose
The Rose Bud Movie PalaceA message to management
My grandmother's grandparents“More human than human, is our motto.”
Infinite flies"Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."
Never in bluejeans
Seven movies
The King is coming!
Screw the rotting corpse of Billy Graham.
Habit, not hungerDouble doublecross
555-0123Stupidity
Close to the marginsSoul cancer
Science fiction double feature
Letter from San Francisco
"They gave their lives for their country."
Old noir and science fictionMoney diet
That girl at summer camp
This blog is a zine.
Pina colada and nachos
Film noir, sci-fi, and tartar sauce
Shudder
Fall on the rock
I hate writing.
Location # 181
Ignorant assumptions
Breakfast at the Diner — #50
You've got a friend."Is there anything else you want us to know?"
Seven womenThe 4th of July, 2020
Jeff Koyen of CrankPlease adjust your fine tuning.
Me and Norma ShearerDrunken Master
A copy of your copy?
Breakfast at the Diner — #4916 crumpets
Anti-Karma
On the 8th floorRepublicans' Disease
Now playing at The Strand
The Vientiane Palace A pretty good day before dust
"You folks lost?"
Nobody's shrink or guru
Memo to Management
1:39
The New Yorker
Incident at Walgreens
Conversation in the cafeteria
The Workplace Improvement Committee
Breakfast at the Diner — #48
"Welcome to Netscape!"
Breakfast at the Diner — #47
Links and leftovers
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom
Hope you like orange.
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Breakfast at the Diner — #46
Oh, look. It's crocodiles again.
You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house.
The Sincere Cafe
Breakfast at the Diner — #45
Scary women
Brainstorm (1983)
Time and Again (book report)
The Ghost Writer (2010)
Breakfast at the Diner — #44
"They're coming for your guns!"
Man of La Mancha (1972)
Yes, we have no children.
Blender the secret cat
This is a pep talk for myself, but you're welcome to listen in.
Letters to the editor
Middle-school talent show
Breakfast at the Diner — #43
The Tenderloin at midnight
The shared shelf
Breakfast at the Diner — #42
A few fewer churches
Call it the blues
Breakfast at the Diner — #41
I did it, and got away with it.
Black-and-white double feature
Breakfast at the Diner — #40
The meaning of pi
This is not a paid advertisement.
Breakfast at the Diner — #39
Pretend you're Sam Donaldson
One absolute truth
Good thinking, boss.
Breakfast at the Diner — #38
An unhappy ending
Almost done
Breakfast at the Diner — #37
Upstairs neighbor
My crappy job that just got crappier
"Hello, Rebecca."
Breakfast at the Diner — #36
A day without pants
Lunch with the doomed
That magnificent deuce
Breakfast at the Diner — #35
Zines and movies are all I got
Van dreaming
Breakfast at the Diner — #34
Return to sender
We're not Nazarenes.
Late night justice
Breakfast at the Diner — #33
When You Reach Me (book)
Penelope
I'll have a cocktail, please.
Breakfast at the Diner — #32
Sidewalk pinball
And there goes Ralph.
And there goes Bruno.
323 pounds of me
Breakfast at the Diner — #31
We're walking here
The camera can't be uninstalled.
Performance review
Call me Karen.
Breakfast at the Diner — #30
Daily Drama Queen
The mumbling man and me
Monitoring my monitor
Breakfast at the Diner — #29
Any bolt or sprocket
Izzy the rescue cat
Stop, stand, and wait.
More mumbles and less Maggie
Breakfast at the Diner — #28
“It doesn’t want to drop, huh?”
"Don't make me go."
Me and the man upstairs
Planning for retirement
Breakfast at the Diner — #27
What do you have in you?
Plans for the weekend
How to make friends and pick up chicks
Breakfast at the Diner — #26
Jackie Chan double feature
Free cannoli and cheesecake
Breakfast at the Diner — #25
Gobsmacked
Hello neighbors. You are loved.
God is love (some restrictions may apply)
Breakfast at the Diner — #24
Just one question
The grass is greener
Drop it
Breakfast at the Diner — #23
Smells like San Francisco
"You have to put yourself out there."
Breakfast at the Diner — #22
A neighbor knocks
Out of the ordinary
Looking out the window of the train
Breakfast at the Diner — #21
A weighted blanket
My dinner with Agnes
Breakfast at the Diner — #20
Not drunk, not disorderly, just ... lost
No words
Me and my brother
Breakfast at the Diner — #19
Ah, to be young again
Belching and scratching my 'nads
You are cordially invited.
"Briefly Noted"
Breakfast at the Diner — #18
Aren't you proud to be an American?
Sure, I'll embarrass myself by posting this.
Mom's visit
Outsource this.
Third cubicle on the left
Breakfast at the Diner — #17
I am not downloading an app to buy a candy bar.
That's a wrap.
Uvula, uvula, uvula.
Breakfast at the Diner — #16
Touched
I'm not going anywhere, ever.
Breakfast at the Diner — #15
An old man babbles about a newspaper
Heads up about ExpressVPN
"Call us if it gets worse."
Breakfast at the Diner — #14
Laziness learned from my father
Chopping onions without tears
Lights out at the Strand
What's Love Got to Do with It
Breakfast at the Diner — #13
Never do a stranger's laundry
Our song
I'm not insulting you.
But ... if the schools are closed, who's gonna beat me up?
Breakfast at the Diner — #12
A gentleman doesn't discuss such things.
The pursuit of happiness
Physically incapable
Breakfast at the Diner — #11
Just sondering
Spare change?
Nuts
Most peculiar, Mama
Breakfast at the Diner — #10
Clearly, someone has a hot plate.
Getting your act together
Breakfast at the Diner — #9
Six movies in two days
A security issue with Zoom
My deepest, darkest secret
Breakfast at the Diner — #8
Reduce your cell phone bill by 100%
Say something nice.
Breakfast at the Diner — #7
Maggie
Things to love about COVID-19
An elevated throne
Breakfast at the Diner — #6
Happy birthday to me. x
Perfect popcorn
Zero-cost hair-care
Breakfast at the Diner — #5
Vacuum cleaners
Endorsed by Louis Armstrong
Breakfast at the Diner — #4
Doc Bronner's soap
Actually, you DO want to give me your Social Security number.
Breakfast at the Diner — #3
Long distance is the next best thing to not being there.
Write notes to yourself.
Eulogizing Elvis
Breakfast at the Diner — #2
So I bailed.
This is the stupidest thing I've seen since yesterday.
Fun with cockroaches
Breakfast at the Diner — #1
A movie that changed my life
Acme Amalgamated
Brush your teeth, kids.
The 'secret menu' at fast-food restaurants
Bedbugs
Books, cheap
Yes, you CAN run away from your problems.
$20 for a spare toilet
Life advice from a high school dropout
You can ring my bell.
A stupid and pointless story
It's the landlord's problem
You don't want cops as neighbors.
They / Them / Their
I finally got Beaned
Bun Man
$50,000 for Donald Trump
The Man from Earth (2007)
The day I became lazy
Picnic for one
Quark
Ten ideas for a better America
When your dreams exceed your budget
My new bidet — $15.49
More things that are bullshit
"So I changed my life."
Lost Horizon (1973)
Helpful hint for dieters
... like tears in rain
Out of the Past (1947)
Kansas City Confidential (1952)
Abortion in the Bible
Shower thoughts
Twenty years or less, is my guess
Slack
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 and 1978)
Things that are bullshit
Corporations are a problem we can solve.
Welcome to western civilization.
Giving socks
Canceling the cable
The last rites
Going through the motions
