everyone on the MAX train is stinky
Everyone on the MAX train smells, my friend, except for me and thee. (That’s what my grandpa would say — “Everyone is a bit odd, except me and thee.”) It always smells like pee and B.O. on the MAX...
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“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, philosopher (BCE 3-65 CE) Seneca, you were smart! You philosophers — isn’t that...
View Articlerants and raves
Rants: * Road rage. Pool rage. Piano lesson rage. Political rage. Me, all week. Rage, rage, rage. Rage on. * I don’t mind if you have a big truck. I do mind if you fucking don’t know how to drive it....
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I was missing my family. My family I haven’t seen cuz I worked all day, then went to meetings, and just now got home. I missed ‘em right up until the point my son came at me with his Dad’s drill. His...
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Yeah, no one here will talk about it, for fear of offending someone’s “dog child,” but at least the New York Times dared to tackle the subject. Dogs are a frickin’ problem in Portland. They. Poop. All....
View Articleshow some respect for the Man
re: Wilson screaming, You lie! at our esteemed President… I’m thinking… “Black is the new president, bitch.” — Tracy Morgan Ha. That’s what my late grandma would say. Ha! Yes, she voted for Obama. My...
View Articlehave i ever been grouchier than this in my whole life? no, never
Seriously frickin’ grouchy. I lost my uterus, I sold my house, i moved into a new house, I got unassigned at my job, which means I might (or might not!) lose my job, I lost my beloved, crazy granny,...
View ArticleQOTD: Pepe Le Pew & Anais Nin
i just spent an hour on the floor of my closet re-reading old journals because some of you must go, okay? I just don’t know which ones. These are the times when I find being a writer to be just…...
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* Steve is off grocery shopping and stopping by the gardening place. We have these fuss-fussy Granny Smith apple trees. They had such bad apple scab last year that all they sent forth was wizened...
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We have these occupiers protesting in our fine, fair state of Oregon, West Coast, USA. They have a list of demands. Enough about them. Here is my list of demands: 1) I want the Fremont Bridge to be...
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