Re-Thinking Girliness

As a boy, I naturally have a give-and-take approach with the opposite gender. There are some things about them that are adorable and other things about them that are maddening/unexplainable. One thing that I ridiculed about girls in high school were the ones who liked to cut out the "Love Is..." Comic strip and then paste it on their folder or binder. Having been one of those angst-ridden and ...

Dream Journal: Death and Genuflection

Last night I passed in and out of sleep several times with strange dreams. In the first, I watched in horror as the neighborhood at night was in an uproar--i couldn't tell if people were trying to lynch some people accused of hideous abusive crimes, or whether other criminals were trying to kill them to silence them. Very unsettling. Another dream involved my pet dog Lucky, whom I dreamed had ...

Method Acting: 616 Hellrung/Stark. Rated R. Yes. Seriously.

..., as she slid off her desk to stand in front of him, ready to lay down the law if need be. "Be there." "Yes 'm." Henry tugged at an imaginary forelock as a symbol of his mock genuflection, as he back walked towards the door. Kate rolled her eyes and huffed, "Actors." Only to find herself being spun around, held by her shoulders, and feeling the warm weight of Henry's lips against hers. Before ...

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY!!!

... in neither case evenly distributed). But still, online since 2001. Yep. I should work that into my masthead somehow. Not that I'm so trailblazing or anything. People I actually know and can speak to without genuflection began blogs (though not by that name) as early as 1996 (now defunct) and 1999 ( still going strong ). And then there's Dooce , who's been blogging since 2001, and who I know but ...

... Bird on the Wire blue-tinged. Again a new, blues opening riff and next to me Sanja is already cheering, recognizing as I have not, the opening of “Hallelujah” which Cohen delivers in genuflection, eyes shut, then rising, upright, face upwards, eyes still unopened, giving voice to his Psalm. Suzanne he sings straight, the old introductory chords from his guitar, eyes open, looking into the crowd...

churches, cabarets, and a few quick words about trains [Wanderlust]

... boards in seconds. Every. Single. Time. But of course, the best trolley system in the world does you no good if it's stuck in traffic, and here is where the industrial-strength genuflection begins: it doesn't seem to happen here. Through a fiendishly clever system of timed lights, lightless pedestrian crossings (that keep car traffic slowed down and wary) and dedicated right-of-ways (usually ...

So hungry...

... returned last night, bearing many stories. And, of course, strawberries from grandma's garden. Aunt: So, you finished the whole fifth book? SC1: Yeah. It was sad when Sirius died. (whole family pauses for sad genuflection) Aunt: And Grandma didn't take it away and say it wass too scary for you? SC1: Oh, she did. But I snuck it out and read the rest. (Everyone stands in awe of SC1 for a moment, ...

... the demons are of many kinds: "Some are made of ions, some of mind; the ones of ketamine, you'll find, stutter often and are blind." The reaction to these voices is not to kneel in genuflection before a god, because then one will be like Dorothy in her first encounter with Oz. There is no dignity in the universe unless we meet these things on our feet, and that means having an I/Thou relationship...

I am a big honking chicken

... and he was always one of my favorites on the US team. He was nonchalantly going about his business in some scraggly camo shorts and a t-shirt, trying to figure out how to buy some postage from the machine, I think. I felt like it wasn't really my right to bother him with some gibbery, speechless "I'm not worthy" genuflection, but man I really wanted to. So there you go. I'm a total coward.