Category Archives: Life

The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: July 1988

Posted on July 4, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

  This is the seventh installment of the celebrated diary within a used book I managed to save from a clearance event for “junk books” in a rundown warehouse of a library.  The journal is the story of an astonishing woman … Continue reading →

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Pennsylvania or Bust and The Shadow Art Fair

Posted on June 22, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

Are you planning a summer vacation this year?  Would you like to be my friend?  Are you a creepy hobo-drifter?  Are you currently residing in, or near, the state that Jim Harrison once called a partially paved atrocity? If you … Continue reading →

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Friendship Doesn’t Take a Vacation: Life’s a Beach

Posted on June 16, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

 

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Dinner Run A Fowl

Posted on June 11, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

Swans are jerks.

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Grim Ruminant Mammals and Lawn Care

Posted on June 1, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

Like many American fathers, mine always took a special pride in the appearance of his yard.  Quite a few dads measure a large portion of their worth by the quality of their lawn.  Because of my father, I could probably … Continue reading →

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The Greatest Used Book in History Continued: June 1988

Posted on May 25, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

The tale of one woman’s hell in 1988 continues… This is the sixth installment of the fabled diary within a used book I procured from a clearance event for “junk books” in a rundown and partly abandoned library.  The journal is … Continue reading →

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The Photochromic Plague: A Plea for Sanity

Posted on May 16, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

Transition, or photochromic, lenses seem to be custom made to make every person look sketchy.  You can make dozens of good cases for wearing photochromic lenses.  Since they alleviate the need for sunglasses, they save you both money and space … Continue reading →

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Ingesting Gum and the Sleepiest Moment of Anyone’s Life

Posted on May 8, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

For whatever reason, having an exceptionally mature woman’s breasts draped across my arm makes me indescribably, and unexplainably, sleepy.  I have no idea why this phenomenon occurs, but it happened all of the time in high school.  Mrs. Kendall would … Continue reading →

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Creators and Creations: Wherefore Art Thou?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

Since it’s entirely subjective, virtually anything can be considered art.  I could go to the bathroom inside of a top hat and put it on display, assuming that’s not been done several times already.  While this might sound like a … Continue reading →

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Phony Revolutionaries and “Expert” Advice

Posted on April 28, 2011 by You Monsters Are People

I once had an argument at a bar in a college town with a young man in a red shirt featuring the likeness of Che Guevara.  He had a patchy beard that melded into a messy length of hair and … Continue reading →

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