Halloween was yesterday. I bought a few bags of candy to give away. I made a point of giving out the good stuff –mini chocolate bars not that shitty crap candy that I always hated getting as a kid.
I was looking forward to having kids banging on my door and egging my car this year. [...]
Frank rushed into the house already knowing he was late and the dining room would be charged with icy electricity when he entered.
Mildred gave him a withering stare and the kids, Jack and Sally stared at their plates and didn’t look up at him at all. The candles had burned down several inches and everyone had finished [...]
I was wandering around a Kmart buying various items I need for my new house when I found myself in the seasonal section where they had Halloween costumes on display.
The costumes were small enough that they’d fit on my dog, Claire. I amused myself imagining Claire tromping around in a kid’s silly Halloween costume until [...]
Lowell and I decided to participate in Santarchy, which is a pub crawl where all the participants dress as Santa Claus.
After purchasing some Santa costumes and getting changed we decided the easiest way to get from my house to the procession’s current whereabouts (Wallingford) would be by bus. Lowell had some reservations about taking the bus [...]
I spent four days last week riding through southern Oregon. My goal was to ride the twistiest roads I could find.
The first day was spent just getting to the appropriate area. The closest town was Canyonville, OR. There happens to be a casino there and I decided to play some roulette. Fortune was smiling upon [...]
I was on a pub crawl with my friend Steve tonight.
Eventually we would up at the Fun House which is, as those of you who’ve read this shit before would know, an extremely punk rock bar.
I talked the bouncer into giving us a half-price cover (since I was wearing a dress shirt, I think the [...]
