written by southern writer jackbabalon23: ~ An old friend and lover appeared to me dressed as a witch. The one who warned me after our first kiss to never fall in love with her. But how could you not after hearing that? I've always had a bad sweet tooth for forbidden fruit. She was as beautiful as I remembered, more so through the nostalgia haze and tight black bodice. Her eyes, her voice, her ...

MARTA Martyr

Terminus, you're killing me over here - Passengers Forced To Pray Before Exiting MARTA Bus ATLANTA -- A MARTA bus driver is on suspension following allegations that he forced passengers to pray before allowing them to exit the bus. Christopher James was one of those passengers. James said, initially, he thought something was wrong when he rang the bell to get off the bus and the door didn’t...

4: Walk into Hell with a joke on your lips

Continued from 3:Strawberry Mansion 2:Crusty Pete 1:Enochian Acid & Other Distractions The license plate on the Coup Deville is nothing more than a piece of cardboard with a homemade sigil drawn in the center. The seemingly arbitrary slashes, curves and horizontal lines of the symbol are actually a composite of letters to a very simple command – “You Do Not See This Car!” On its own...

Strawberry Mansion

A hot August dusk, humid and gray. Strawberry Mansion, east of Fairmount Park, North Philadelphia. 4125 Albert Pike Avenue to be precise... a few minutes walk from the John Coltrane House. The corner building on a row of disrepaired brick homes sitting on the intersection of North 31st Street. Two floors deep and going nowhere. Last patches of a coat of dull red-brown paint hug darkened windows. ...

Dr. Jesus Chemical Shop http://jackbabalon23.livejournal.com/848611.html?view=2801891#t2801891

Crusty Pete

Crusty Pete was tired of waiting. He had been leaning against the brick wall for what felt like forever now. There was no one else on the street besides him and it was seriously starting to freak him out. It was the middle of the day - ( 'But what day?' he asked himself without an answer ) - and he should at least have seen some foot traffic passing by. Maybe it wasn't day. The river of sky that...

whom is who?

... and writes about beauty and especially beautiful pictures i12bmore is Clint who's brother is Clinton You're going to indiepop 's party. Everybody is going to indiepop 's party. jackbabalon23 is the Internet End Guy kevelyn63 could kill you without falling off her rollerskates and could probably debunk your theology too and then you'd be all dead with no ...

World Pillow Fight Day '09

As reported in an earlier post today was World Pillow Fight Day. Not sure how this mass celebration went down on an international level (so far no reports of mass pillow riots sweeping across Europe, Asia and Africa) but Atlanta represented herself in fine form this afternoon. They gathered around a tree in Freedom Park, on a slight hill just off the bike trail overlooking a steadily ...

Pinching from friends and a quick, snarky mini-review of the Watchmen

I have really cool and funny friends. First, I give you the great writer and photographer jackbabalon23 . He posted a video take on the Watchmen (which he has not seen yet but we're told that you might see him in line tonight ... he's the guy covered in blue wearing a black thong ... and yeah, jack, I knew you were just kidding lol) Voici jack ... My quick review: enjoyed a lot of ...

Jack Babalon regularly has neat pictures and you should all friend him because of that. But this post was particularly riveting, illustrations from a century and a half ago: http://jackbabalon23.livejournal.com/783985.html ?