We spent the most of that morning trying to get closer. Whatever room between the yellow barricade tape and the increasing crowd was erased long before we got there. Above us the eviscerated skeletal remains of the famous department store teetered in gray space. Faint clouds slipped across its spire and mixed into the dawn. We wedged in front of a ( Read more... )

There is a futility to this procession
the muted staccato of our steps between the pews.
The organ floats a harmony from behind the shade,
looking for the meter, our footfalls land out of time.
Musicians to serenade the dead, serenade the metaphor barrier
that deafens the subterranean canto,
we compose memory,
we mourn song.

I had a great birthday. It was a traditionally low-key affair. Dinner with the fam, drinks with friends. I'm a pretty simple guy so a big deal is not really my style. I would just feel embarrassed should people go to great lengths to celebrate millions of cells deteriorating. I'm glad I wasn't employed at the time, work birthdays are the worst. ( Read more... )

It's a mix-tape in digital format!

Two interesting things about this video. One, there are at least six awesome Halloween costumes in this video. Two, the horn fill from the invisible sax player around the three minute mark reminds me of the "brown-sound" episode of south park every time I hear it

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My gift to the world....

1 package ground Turkey
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
2 tablespoons mango chutney
1 1/2 cup of spicy Indian chickpea and lentil snack mix


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Flights for a month of travel up and down the hemisphere: $2000

Vegas weekend on multiple golf courses: $1000

One of them sexy new black Macbooks: $1500

Gaining a small amount of revenge on your ex by living it up: Priceless

I spent my valentines day getting my right eye gouged out playing basketball. Now I've got a wikked shiner and a scratched cornea. Everyone at work today thinks I've joined fight club. I don't mind since I look totally bad ass ( Read more... )

What I crammed into my weekend ( Read more... )

I keep having these dreams where my boss extends his hand to shake mine only its filthy and I'd rather vomit than shake it but he sees the look on my face and fires me ( Read more... )