January 2009
23 posts
What do you do when your daughter doesn’t make the cheerleading squad?
This woman writes a letter to the editor.
“Standing with her in the warming waterfall, soaking her skin so its yielding...”
– Updike, Brazil. The dude could write some bad sex.
silkwood shower?
I Don't Wanna Get Over You by Stephin Merritt
I don’t wanna get over you I guess I could take a sleeping pill And sleep at will, and not have to go through what I go through I guess I could take Prozac, right And just smile all night at somebody new Somebody not too bright But sweet and kind Who would try to get you off my mind I could leave this agony behind Which is just what I’d do, if I wanted to But I don’t wanna get...
A Little Something on the Death of Steve McQueen
Controversy arose over McQueen’s Mexican trip, because McQueen sought a very non-traditional treatment that used coffee enemas, frequent shampoos, injection of live cells from cows and sheep, massage and laetrile, a supposedly “natural” anti-cancer drug available in Mexico, but not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. McQueen was treated by William Donald Kelley,...
"Did you know Gabrielle Carteris turned 48 this... →
kayfabe:
(via Adam Riff)
fox-mark
unburyingthelead:
wordjournal:
noun • a brown spot or stain on a print, book, etc. caused by damp affecting impurities of the paper
Driving back to work from lunch I heard The Piano...
A NOTE PLACED IN THE PAY ENVELOPE OF BILLY “THE PIANO MAN” JOEL.
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Hi, Billy,
It’s hard to find time to talk at the club since I’m busy managing the place and you’re at the piano. And we need to talk. I’ve occasionally given you a nervous smile hoping it would initiate a conversation, but that hasn’t worked out. I’m hoping that by writing my...