Ilustración (ee-looh-strah-SYOHN) Illustration “How often d’you brush your tongue?” The way she said it completely failed to disguise her disgust. If she was trying to disguise it at all. I tried to say “I don’t know… how come?”… Read More ›
Month: August 2011
Alcatraz Rules
Regla (RAY-glah) Rule Growing up we often heard about the Alcatraz Rules right before dinner. “Take all you want. Eat all you take.” It’s good advice for gluttonous adolescents. Adults too. We didn’t follow the Alcatraz Rules very closely and my… Read More ›
Our Universal Truth
Universal (ooh-nee-bayr-SAHL) Universal There seems to be fewer so-called “Universal Truths” these days. The always-on internet has allowed everyone to own a platform to share their truths, or at least shoot holes in someone else’s. When everyone is right, no… Read More ›
Keep Your _____ Chin Up!
KYFHD That was my neighbor’s license plate. It took me quite some time to figure out its meaning. He was a golfer. I wasn’t much of one then and I’m not much of one now. But after some indeterminate amount of… Read More ›
How Pearl Jam & Costco Teach Language
It was Spring of my 8th grade year, 1992. I was walking out the heavy, grey northeast doors of the school gym after lunch. The gym floor was a yellow rubber. The place smelled of an indescribable funk. Not intolerable,… Read More ›
The Red Angle 