Regular Life

(Readers of “Bernie” will find Part Five, a shorter section ready to take you into the weekend.)

Okay, so it’s only the bridge, but I heard the train a few times while I was inside working with the customers. I shot these pics last week on my way back from the 3rd Street Deli, a [...]

(Note: Readers of “Bernie,” please continue with Part Four. Those who aren’t reading it yet, why not start today?)
It’s appropriate that this post coincides with the official release of Cheeseburger Brown’s Simon of Space. While his publisher might not be distributing it very well, I’m hoping it will garner him the critical [...]

(Note: Those reading “Bernie,” please continue today with Part Three)
When I finished up late that Thursday night making a video and doing crazy voices at Moksha’s house, I stopped at the picturesque private college nearby. The snow continued falling fast and steady, with about three inches already on the ground. I missed wooded [...]

(Note: All of you reading “Bernie,” please go on over to my story blog for Part Two.)
For something a little less serious than my current work of fiction, I present today the next chapter in the cups’ post-drain life. It wasn’t the second installment I had envisioned, but a viewing will make it clear [...]

She woke to the sun shining through her room window. “Well, Bernie,” she muttered to herself, “you lived to see another day.”
She sat up and straightened her arms above her head to stretch. Her shoulders popped. Her eyes still fuzzy, she could just make out her water bottle, a plastic [...]

You cannot go against nature
Because when you do
Go against nature
It’s part of nature too
- Love and Rockets, “No New Tale to Tell”
I’ve never been much of a specialist. I dabble in lots of different things, and although I try not to do anything half way, I wouldn’t throw the word “expert” out there [...]

Saturday, we told Benjamin it was his day to spend his $50 Christmas money from his grandparents (nod to commenter “Pops”). He had been pretending to play store at school and at home, so he had at least an inkling of how money worked.
He could go to any store he wanted, and after we [...]

There’s a little bustling going on in our house right now. Shannon busily packs up a brown grocery bag with light tortilla chips and a homemade southwest dressing for the huge chicken-strip salad she made.
Personally, I’m going straight for the chili dogs when we get there.
You see, we’re going to watch the Super Bowl [...]

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I geeked out a little after my co-worker and I sat down for dinner at The Firefly Grill. She returned from a restroom trip to find me taking pictures of [...]