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Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Almost everyone has succumbed to emotions earned by a film. And some know the next step, when a piece of art moves us not for a moment, but permanently, ever profound, forever changing an aspect of our lives.
Apocalypse Now struck me dumb, unable to speak. Over a quarter century later, ...
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
"Pain is completely subjective. It is whatever the patient says it is."
- Nursing textbook
I don't want to say what the pain is
- sheets of acid raining down my skull
- glass shards slicing tendons pre-seared by red heat
- icicle, tearing gobbets from my now-dry tongue
- the persistent pulse of a now-hated ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
California news generally tells things I don’t want to hear. My first week in California, Polly Klaas was kidnapped, remained top news until found. That was news I really didn’t need three times a day. This shaped my impressions of California journalism.
And then: you know how it is when you ...
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Monday, March 2nd, 2009
him: hey there I didn't see you online after we last spoke nor heard from you on any resume regarding that job opening!
me: had a bad day. Abruptly logged out. Dropped a travel mug on ...
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