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The Dream

It was the balloon ride that did it. He was forever in ecstasy of flight, and nothing less than the perpetual openness of sky would keep him happy. He tied the cape then launched himself over the edge. They found his body fifty meters downstream, a smile on his face.

I Dream Of Beheading

Note to self: Drink less Coke at 11:30 at night. Not the caffeine factor. It’s been playing hell with my dreams. Last night, I dreamt, in Technicolor, that I was camping with some friends and then a crazy islander ran up with a look in his eye that meant business, and proceeded to cut off [...]

Drunk Driving

Rain glints down, it’s three am Time to get a drink again I’ve been sucking back dry bottles and bottles of old times, like whiskey with that old burning sensation, like cutting up onions with a dull knife blade. Cuts not so deep you can’t feel the wound. I pour myself another shot and nod [...]

MovableType, Celebrity Morphs, Monkeys, and Memory

MovableType 3.2 is out. Wait. Before you stampede off to log into TypeKey (or am I the only one here who actually uses MT?), you may want to consider the following: Check out the front page of the MovableType site. The grinning Drew Barrymore lookalike on the lower right side of the screen–see her? It’s [...]

Best Actor

Winner for Best Actor. – My pick: Jamie Foxx in Ray – Oscar pick: Jamie Foxx in Ray This was one of the tough choices, but Jamie Foxx really deserves the win. Congratulations. If he hadn’t won, I may have turned the TV off. Who knew the man from Booty Call would have the chops [...]

Assault on Precinct 13

When you stand in line and request a ticket for a movie like Assault on Precinct 13, hand your money over with a smile, and gleefully stroll down that long dark hallway to Theatre 7, odds are you aren’t there for David Mametesque dialogue or scintillating drama, the pathos of a humanity-laden, emotionally charged period [...]

Chapter 18 – Continued 2

I am just about fool enough to try and make a run for it when another cop squeals up, siren going off like a wet cat, and then another one behind him. Other end of the alley is about the same picture: cop convention. There’s a whole lot of yelling going on, and I’m stuck [...]