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My 4:00 a.m. brain took a break this morning and reverted from Stanley Cup hysteria, back to the less pressing but equally exuberant subjects of death and music. I’ve always…
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I’ve got to hand it to Hollywood; they lured me into another summer blockbuster shit-show of epic proportions and ponderous duration. Fool me once, shame on me, fool me time…
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Fourteen year olds as a general rule have an innate ability to say some remarkably stupid things. In December of 1979 eleven people were killed by asphyxiation when they were…
What is life if not an endless cycle of crime and punishment, sin and penance? I’ve been reading a lot of Old Testament lately and one thing has been made…
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CHAPTER 1 “Run!” someone shouted, but it didn’t need saying. The violent shriek of contorting tires on hot summer pavement and the menacing red glow of brake lights was enough…
Unlike their readers, old books never need die. Leastwise not in the inevitable and fleeting way that we’ve come to regard our own mortality. With proper care they might outlive…
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Once upon a midnight dreary, lying stuffed with Christmas cheery, Of the many a sweet and salty festive treat I did explore – While dreaming dreams of gift unwrapping, suddenly…
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Just when I thought I was out…they pull me back in. The books, magazines and newspapers that is. I don’t want them, I don’t need them, I try to resist…
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To sleep, perchance to dream. Chea right! There is nothing at all unusual about insomnia in an old guy and I wouldn’t suggest that I’m unique in this respect but I’ve…
I know precisely where my innocence is buried. The latitude and longitude, the Google Map coordinates, the Zillow Zestimate, the length, breadth and depth of the grave. 10416 Durness Dr,…
I spent last Sunday evening standing on queue with a bunch of doppelgangers. Men in their fifties and sixties with grey heads, grey beards and glasses, each one carrying some…
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