This was supposed to be another collection of half a dozen oddities from my many bus rides, but after my ride yesterday afternoon, I’ve put all the other tidbits and observations aside for another day. … [read more]
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Eulogizing Elvis
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In the summer of 1977, I was not long out of high school, living on my own, generally disinterested in the church but not yet an atheist. -
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JAN. 15, 2024Texas National Guard “physically barred” Border Patrol agents from trying to rescue migrants who drowned in the Rio Grande on Friday
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“Thank you for calling Vector.”
I’m still not hating my new job, answering the ride line for Seattle’s disabled transit system. It’s starting to feel like the job I was hoping to find — actually helping people, instead of simply pushing papers in yet another office. Our … [read more]
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Old man grumbles about being old
If I’m wildly mistaken and there is a god, I will kick the almighty in his omnipotent gonads come Judgment Day. Fuck you, God, for a million reasons, but here’s the one that’s most personal:
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Down by Law and Victim,
and a few more films
Dead-Alive (1992)
a/k/a Braindead
Streaming freeZombie movies with their blood and squishy guts aren’t usually for me, but this is done with buckets of New Zealand panache, courtesy of Peter Jackson. … [read more] -
Fire and broken glass
“Hello, Ruth,” said a woman who’d just stepped aboard the bus, to another woman she recognized in the sideways seats.”Oh, hello, Charlotte. Wow, that color looks great on you.””I’ve … [read more]
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JAN. 8, 2024Suicide-prevention net is finally installed beneath Golden Gate Bridge, say officials
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When I was in third or fourth grade, we were taught an elementary school version of the horrors of the Holocaust, and a kid in my class asked why the Germans did it.Mrs … [read more]
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One thing leads to another
Fred Meyer was a local grocery chain when I grew up here in Seattle, but now it’s part of the enormous and evil Kroger empire of high prices and narrow selection. … [read more]
