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Entries from February 2011

The Dormitory of Bodily Functions

February 18th, 2011 · No Comments

They warned me I’d encounter talent in college: my sophomore roommate could burp the alphabet and squeeze his farts into laughter.

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Private Moms (Everywhere a sign #33)

February 17th, 2011 · No Comments

Jury duty has its perks: this break-time hilarity was spotted along a corridor in the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Dick to Crystal: 5 July 1941

February 16th, 2011 · No Comments

I must tell you about the moon out here at this time, and what is more, let you know how mad I am watching it go to waste.

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In Marvin’s Sunroom

February 15th, 2011 · No Comments

He turns up Vaughan Williams to the bearable limit, cheese straw crumbs dotting his sweater, his piquant pipe smoldering on the table.

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Postcard: Camelback Inn, Phoenix

February 14th, 2011 · No Comments

Card is titled: “A January Scene at Camelback Inn, Phoenix, Arizona. p-61. 6B-H30.”

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Fred FM playlist: 13 February 2011 “Writing”

February 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments

Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

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Woodpeckersyncacophony

February 12th, 2011 · No Comments

An industrious woodpecker taps out syncopation to the car stereo piano while windshield sleet drops provide a wintry counterpoint.

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Foggy Ocular Landscape

February 11th, 2011 · No Comments

13° F and the view is a fuzzy steel gray, as if a great exhalation hangs over the yard. I rub both eyes. Cataract check: negative.

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Oblivious Concert Attendant

February 10th, 2011 · No Comments

He’s tweeting to find out if any of his followers are among the thirty or so in attendance. They’re watching him. His head’s down.

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In Barbara’s Dreams

February 9th, 2011 · No Comments

Asleep, she’s a champion mouser, home protector, rewarded with bottomless saucers of milk. Awake, she stumbles, blind, into walls.

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