LJ Idol - Week 31b: The Place That Can Not Be

Monday Afternoon:The house was empty when I returned from work. I left the back door partially open as I made my way through the house. Passing the kitchen and moving through the cat litter room, I carefully watched my step. Because you just never know. I elbowed my way around the ever-changing ( Read more... )

LJ Idol - Week 28: Salt of the Earth

"But I wou'd have you Observe what was told to us aboute tak'g Care whom to calle upp... I say to you againe, doe not call up Any that you can not put downe;-- H.P. Lovecraft, The Case of Charles Dexter Ward ( Read more... )

Dear everyone who hasn't been on LJ yet since my last post,

I am alive and (relatively) well, sitting on the couch at home.

Dear everyone who has seen my previous post, specifically my "Real Life" friends who were half-way in the car after the first paragraph.

I'm sorry. My bad.

The previous post is a work of fiction for LJ Idol that dawny_darko ( Read more... )

Hi. This is dawny_darko, I finally remembered John's password. I'm sorry if you don't know me, I'm notbatman's wife and, if you don't already know, he's disappeared as of last Monday. I don't have email addresses for everyone anymore so I guess I have to do this on fucking Livejournal of all places. The Police still aren't being very helpful, though they promise the ( Read more... )

LJ Idol - Week 26-B: Face to Face

(This is a direct continuation of the Open Topic for the week. If you haven't already, that entry should be read first. Both ought to be able to stand alone, but they are specifically designed to be read together, in order.)

Monday, May 10th, 2010

• 9:15 AM - On my way back inside now. Please don't follow, I should ( Read more... )

LJ Idol Week 9: The Better Half

Hunter hopped into bed a little nervously. "Dad," he asked, "could you tell me a story tonight? But not one of your weird stories, okay ( Read more... )

About a month ago word came down from on high: The next Journey to the End of the Night would be held on Saturday, June 20th if they could get enough volunteers. And I was all, like, "Shit yeah! Daddy wants a Journey for Father's Day!" Nothing else was ever said and while hope dwindled, I clung. I arranged for Hunter to spend the night with Nanna ( Read more... )

Promptly upon the completion of my dinner, my server, Lilly, appeared at my table.

"And how was everything, tonight?"
"Oh, the meal was excellent"Great ( Read more... )

My car recently passed 111000 miles. Well, actually, it just passed 111222 miles, but that's neither here nor there, really.

When I saw it at 111000 miles it looked so weird I couldn't help but whip out my camera phone and snap a quick picture for posterity before it changed.


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This morning I came into the office and sat down at my cube only to remember that I had forgotten to pick up coffee on the way in. There is coffee to be had in the office, if one cares to think of it that way, but until the Dunn Bros a mile an a half away explodes, I'll pass. (Of course, even in that event I would be far more likely to try the ( Read more... )