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July 23rd, 2008

Yesterday

Trolley Adventures

June 2nd, 2008

As it turns out, the trolley is a great place for ideas. Not only did I get today’s iPhone strip out of a trolley ride, reported as I saw it, I earlier got this one.

On The Thing With Feathers

June 1st, 2008

I had never killed with any of the weapons from my brother’s collection.

I fired at lizards and missed. I aimed at rabbits and missed. Most memorably, I once squeezed off several .22s at a jack rabbit who stood upright on his haunches, ears Read the rest of this entry »

Not So Bitter

May 28th, 2008

For the end of school, each of us was asked to give a gift to at least one classmate, and “Not the kind you can buy at Nordstrom.” So for the first time in close to ten years, I broke out the acrylics and brushes and — with a bit of ink — made a handful of teddy bears. Here’s the guy I gave myself (not so fitting for a site that calls itself “bitter”).

Coarseness at Dawn

May 24th, 2008

Kyle read this one this morning, laughed and said, “My friends are coarse.” But he’s had his moments, too.

New Blog Thing

May 23rd, 2008

Look. I added a news and announcements thing. Now if I only had some news and announcements.