more old pictures

I’m still slowly scanning my old photo album to create a digital album. I’ve reached the point that I have to use an exacto to scrape the pictures from the evil glue. In the middle of tons of lousy pictures are treasures like this picture of my mother and another child playing on the military […]

Wednesday Haiku

Dancing in the street, the suicidal squirrel. Why do you tempt fate? All summer I see roadkill with tails still moving. Cars are worse than cats. I like Chip ‘n Dale. You are not bushy tailed rats. Please stay in the trees.

feelin’ emo and postin’ lyrics

Its so easy to blow up your problems Its so easy to play up your breakdown Its so easy to fly through a window Its so easy to fool with the sound Its so tough to get up Its so tough Its so tough to live up Its so tough on you

quiet weekend

All of the cool kids will be at Bonnaroo this weekend. Doug, Tommy and Noah are going fly fishing in Georgia. My weekend will be spent doing laundry and talking to myself. That and chauffeuring Sarah to and from her friends’ houses. I need a hobby that fits in my free time from 10 p.m. […]

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this street or that street

Instead of the usual entrance into the zoo, zoo campers come and go through a back gate located inside an old Knoxville neighborhood. I was supposed to turn at the first prostitute, but I was distracted by the excited 5-year-old asking me a steady stream of questions (“Will they know my name?) and missed my […]

I do nothing all day

Today I dropped Sarah off for summer school art on the west side of town at 8 a.m., took Amy to zoo camp on the east side of town and stayed at the zoo with the boys because gas is so expensive. When Amy’s camp was finished for the day, we left to pick up […]

late night commercials

I guess ask dot com didn’t want to come right out and say that they are a good engine for finding pRon. The symbolism is pretty obvious though.