CRANKY OLD FART #279
leftovers & links
Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023— — —
On Sunday I went to my brother’s house for our monthly movie
together, and we happened to catch a few minutes of a TV newscast.And … [read more]

 Or, “One fine morning
at the bus station”On a rare bench at the transit center, an old black lady and an old white lady were huddled close together.They’re … [read more]

At breakfast with my mom yesterday, she didn’t say anything in the entire hour that she hasn’t said to me a hundred times since I moved back to Seattle last year:

CRANKY OLD FART #278 leftovers & links   Sunday, Feb.

 McLibel (2005)In the early 1990s, Helen Steel and Dave Morris
were Greenpeace activists who wrote a zine/flyer called What’s Wrong
with McDonald’s, and handed out copies on the sidewalk in front of a
London McDonald’s.A … [read more]

Most job applications want three personal references. For a hermit, introvert, and largely friendless person like me, that’s a challenge. I don’t have many friends, and don’t want to pester the few I have with phone calls from my potential employers. … [read more]

There’s a 7-Eleven out the window on my homebound bus. I’ve only seen
it in passing, never set foot inside, but one afternoon it was boarded
up and padlocked, and I was momentarily saddened at the loss of junk
food and jobs in the neighborhood. … [read more]

The Post Office
Part 1     Part 2     Part 3This is depressing, so I’ll try (but fail) to keep it brief.I hated my second shift at USPS last night, and I’m giving up on the job. … [read more]

by Paul ModicIt was the day before Valentine’s Day and I had no prospects, but I didn’t care, I’m used to it. My friend really wanted a date so I sorta steered my other friend toward her but he couldn’t commit, typical male! … [read more]

The Post Office
Part 1     Part 2     Part 3
Monday was sunny like springtime, unseasonably warm, and then a huge hailstorm and wicked thunder in the evening, and when I woke up on Tuesday there’d been accumulations of snow.Some … [read more]