Good morning, boys & girls. Repeat after me the word of the day: haberdasher. Ha-ber-dash-er. Very good. It is an old word that no one uses anymore, but it is time for it to shine again. Can anyone tell me what it means?
Skruffy may actually just do a short & sweet journal today, not the usual mini-novel length. But can he do it? He...
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Skruffy may actually just do a short & sweet journal today, not the usual mini-novel length. But can he do it? He...
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Storytime! A short story by Skruffy:
"Vitamin C" PART ONE
Four minutes ago, a rock fell straight out of the sky and smacked right into the lawn not six feet in front of Jessie and I. It bounced once and then it settled into the blades of grass like it had always been there, as though it had a right to be there. It wasnt...
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"Vitamin C" PART ONE
Four minutes ago, a rock fell straight out of the sky and smacked right into the lawn not six feet in front of Jessie and I. It bounced once and then it settled into the blades of grass like it had always been there, as though it had a right to be there. It wasnt...
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johncocktoastin:
great story!!!
interpol rules.
interpol rules.
joyrider:
carving out a niche in this place, even a small one, is draining at first. stick with it, some of us are listening intently.
thanks for the reality check in my journal, and
please tell more stories.
thanks for the reality check in my journal, and
please tell more stories.
I have posted a silly cartoon version of myself until I get a new pic up here...
"The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech,
but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious."
-Samyutta Nikaya
"The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech,
but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious."
-Samyutta Nikaya
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cormega:
thx what does shoutin mean?
earplug6947:
you were right!
ron rosenbaum *does* owe a debt to Ford Maddux Ford. i had never thought that before, thinking he had more to do with the genre around _angle of repose_...but i guess you learning something everyday.
ron rosenbaum *does* owe a debt to Ford Maddux Ford. i had never thought that before, thinking he had more to do with the genre around _angle of repose_...but i guess you learning something everyday.
I have posted a silly cartoon version of myself until I get a new pic up here...
"The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech,
but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious."
-Samyutta Nikaya
I think that being tolerant of other people's views is essential, no matter what the forum...
"The fool thinks he has won a battle when he bullies with harsh speech,
but knowing how to be forbearing alone makes one victorious."
-Samyutta Nikaya
I think that being tolerant of other people's views is essential, no matter what the forum...
rawr_ima_monster:
heehee. I think I like your cartoon better than my cartoon. At least yours is happy, plus he has beams coming ou of his eyes.
-If you're a geek you know what this means: "you look like a Suezo with spikey hair."
Dave
-If you're a geek you know what this means: "you look like a Suezo with spikey hair."
Dave
josebove12195:
Hey, thanks for the post about member shake ups. If you wanna email me about that, go ahead. I really don't know what you are talking about, and I hope that no one gets hurt in the process, what ever it is....
Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
Thats all we know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and sigh.
-Yeats, "A Drinking Song"
the most perfect poem ever.
And love comes in at the eye;
Thats all we know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and sigh.
-Yeats, "A Drinking Song"
the most perfect poem ever.
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prudence:
ooooh...2 pages!
you are so cute.
you are so cute.
raven:
didnt yeats write a poem about the end of times? i think i remember a poem by him about the apocalypse or something and i really like it. or maybe it was somebody else..
"Money. You know what that is. The stuff you never have enough of. Little green things with George Washington's picture that men slave for, commit crimes for, die for. It's the stuff that has caused more trouble in the world than anything else ever invented. Simply because there's too little of it."
-line from the noir classic "Detour"
"So when this drunk handed me a...
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-line from the noir classic "Detour"
"So when this drunk handed me a...
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rawr_ima_monster:
So I guess that confirms my suspicions that that's what those billboards in La abotu the pandas in SD were about. damn, maybe I should get down there before I lose the opportunity to see pandas. I mean, aren't they liek the only ones in the US or something. they're all black and white and fuzzy and don't want to fuck and stuff.
-I like to believe they're trying to make a statement...like twotone fuzzy ghandis.
Dave
-I like to believe they're trying to make a statement...like twotone fuzzy ghandis.
Dave
joscelyne:
ooooh, speaking of sins! Money. The horrible green stuff that causes me more pain than pleasure...
Those Ghandi sins were interesting! Even moreso are the punishments in hellllllllo operator, gimme #9...
Those Ghandi sins were interesting! Even moreso are the punishments in hellllllllo operator, gimme #9...
Too many sunny days are just not good. I think it's better for the soul to have some clouds and rain once in awhile. I keep reading from the Bay Area people on here how nice and grim it is there today, what with the first rain in awhile and all. But here in San Diego...? No, just yet another sunny day. Too much of...
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orchid1:
Oh! She's terribly cute! But I think I need more hair around my face than that, I feel like my face itself, the space it takes up on my head, is very large. Insecurities, maybe. But if I could pull off that cut, oh goodness!
joscelyne:
And the rain pours down hard...that's how I feel inside.
It did pour down hard this morning though, wheeeeeee.,
It did pour down hard this morning though, wheeeeeee.,
(Update: I was going to do a whole new entry, but I think I'll savor this, my very first 2-pager, for just a little bit longer. Thank you everyone. And this also came to fruition due in no small part to earplug's stalking me here with his multiple posts. Thank you, earplug.)
Oh--& much kudos to Prudence for being the one to ultimately make the...
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rawr_ima_monster:
I don't know if I'd call LA weather interesting. when it does rain, the one time it did when I was here, everyone was flying off the road, not knowing how to handle all the strange wetness.
-besides, you've got a PANDA down there...two, even, no? LA has a zoo, but it's not THAT cool.
Dave
-besides, you've got a PANDA down there...two, even, no? LA has a zoo, but it's not THAT cool.
Dave
morgan:
I think EVERYONE deserves love. I wish everyone got it.
I try to be loving to everyone, so hopefully that helps a little.
I try to be loving to everyone, so hopefully that helps a little.
Can you imagine a scene where a troubled young athiest begs for God to appear to him in his bedroom late one night? He's at the end of his rope, he wants to believe, and he's giving God one last chance before he ends it all...
And God does appear, in the form of a young woman. And then...Ganesh, the Hindu god, also appears...also in...
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And God does appear, in the form of a young woman. And then...Ganesh, the Hindu god, also appears...also in...
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raven:
wheeeeeeee! hooray for sacrilige!
btw. i checked out boards of canada.
good gracious. their site is amazing.
btw. i checked out boards of canada.
good gracious. their site is amazing.
josebove12195:
Sounds good man. I wish you were in boston we could use some creative, provocation like this here.
I did my civic duty and punched out my mail-in ballot tonight. I don't know if there's quite enough time for it to get in by Tuesday night if I mail it tomorrow, so I'll just drop it off at a voting location on Election Day. So much for getting a mail-in ballot, huh? Due to my procrastination, I'm going to have to drive down...
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earplug6947:
i'm going to go get a chai right now and think about your chai experience. oh, i don't know if i've said it before: but richard powers' _the goldbug variations_ is extremely awesome. note: i had 1/4 of a beer with lunch and don't know what day it is. gone are the days when i drank gin directly out of the bottle.
morgan:
Those bastards never sent me my absentee ballot.
I rented a Hartley today: Henry Fool. And a related movie, The House of Yes (with Parker Posey)
Too bad I have too much work and can't watch them.
I rented a Hartley today: Henry Fool. And a related movie, The House of Yes (with Parker Posey)
Too bad I have too much work and can't watch them.
2) Fuck, you're saying a calculator watch is nerdy? I've been wanting to get one of those so I could add up and calculate taxes on whatever merchandise I might purchase when I'm out shoppin. I would also like a pocket protector. I've ruined a few shirts w/o one.
2. A nose plug for swimming