It’s hard to see the target in the haze I’m in. It’s hard to lift the gun. Taking aim? That’s for the professionals. It’s Tuesday morning, and I REALLY need to resume poppiing off the assignments I’ve had for the last three weeks, but didn’t devote serious time to until Monday. Everyone I talk with [...]
Archive for January, 2007
Shooting Clay Pigeons in the Fog
Posted in Uncategorized on January 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Worse Than Dirty Underwear
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A lesson most folks learn before turning 16 is this. Never leave your house wearing yesterday’s underclothing. Because if you get hit by a truck on your way to wherever, when they wheel you into the emergency room, you don’t want to embarrass yourself in seasoned boxers or briefs. We also learn it’s wise to [...]
Figuratively speaking,
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Wuth malice toward none,
Stick a fork into 43.
He’s done.
Food in the Door
Posted in Uncategorized on January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
With the turmoil of an overdrawn checking account behind me (only temporarily, as I would discover the following Tuesday afternoon) I was still uncertain about (NOT “as to” mind you. Who the hell started saying “as to”anyway? My GUESS is: a lawyer who eats grass all day; not that there’s anything wrong with them.) whether [...]
peanut butter, tea and chicken
Posted in Uncategorized on January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pictured above, a glimpse of front yard ice at the peak of the ice storm Saturday, January 6. I state January/ 7 007 in the caption, but if memory serves (better) it was Saturday. While preparing this picture for this blog, I tried different color treatments which one can do with Corel Photo Paint and [...]
Books for $ale
Posted in Uncategorized on January 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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I need to lighten my book collection to add substance to my kitchen pantry. I won’t attempt to prey upon your head with the tawdry details. If you want any of the books on the list at the [...]
Tearing Through New Yorkers
Posted in Uncategorized on January 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There are few moments homeside, when I’m away from the shower and computer, when I don’t have pages in my hands and words before my eyes. Take Sunday afternoon . . .
Of COURSE I was watching the Bears defeat the other team. “Enraptured” is not a word I use in connection with football; I think [...]
A Friend at the Bank
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Friday morning, as I sat in the quiet of my adopted workplace, a math classroom at a Springfield middle school, during my teacher prep block, I approached to within a stone’s throw of departing that life infusing amalgam to face certain hellfire. The moderately testy time I had had with the same classes the day [...]
‘Boarder on a Run
Posted in Uncategorized on January 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I took this picture of Meryl Streep (yes, I do know howta spell her first name, but I’m kidding: he isn’t Meryl) at Centennial Park’s terrific skate board facility last summer when I was working on a story for the BEST NEWS WEEKLY IN ILLINOIS.
It helps explain why I love photography. The skateboarder is actually [...]
After the Potty’s Over
Posted in Uncategorized on January 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Pictured above: Thelonius Dog, Texan spin Libra.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . photo by Jab Conker
. . . .(see if you can pronounce that name correctly, spots phans)
Now that 43 has impe4riously pomped his way through his Wednesday [...]
