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Vision Quest

The glasses I got are great, It the thing is, when I put on each new pair, I turn into an entirely new person. With the rimless titanium set, I transform into Egon Terrarium, a Guatemalan Numbers runner from the … Continue reading

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Regrets

If there’s one thing I regret more than any other, it’s that I didn’t tell you that you owed me for that extra bagel I bought for you. It really sticks in my craw that I let you just get … Continue reading

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Destructive Criticism

Why can’t you do limericks? All these words in all these things you write… aren’t you thinking about your audience when you’re writing? Don’t you realize we have places to go people to molest? We can’t spend all our time … Continue reading

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The Legend of Aashish Pathak, Who Had No First Name

They knew him far and wide as the provider, the adult in the room, the breadwinner. He was the father of children, but they called him Mister Pathak, for Aashish P had no first name. “I will be spoken to … Continue reading

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Mandy

Hey Mandy, when I called you with my ridiculously lame excuse, I didn’t realize it was a ridiculously lame excuse, but that was probably because I was ridiculously lame at the time. Shit, if in the intervening years, since… the … Continue reading

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If’n

If you get caught red-handed with the drug-pile and find a way to blame it all on someone else, or if you accept blame but somehow work it so that another victim takes the pelts. Or, say you commit the … Continue reading

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To That Teach For America Dude at UCLA

When we lived together, six to a room you asked me and our other roommates to vacate so you could have your girlfriend over for the weekend. As I recall, the other guys acquiesced. As you recall, I did not. … Continue reading

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“I Was the Beat!”

Paul Collins led The Beat in the US after he was a member of the Nerves with Jack Lee and Peter Case. They did “Hangin’ on the Telephone,” which Blondie liked enough to make a hit. Dave Wakeling led The … Continue reading

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Who’s Better Than EC?

The question is raised every now and then: Who is better than Elvis Costello? Now the question can be answered: (At fighting the British Empire in India) Mahatma Gandhi (At dancing the frug in black and white) Patty Duke (At … Continue reading

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Dangerous Climate Change

Climate Change is a motherfucker – and not in a good way. Eighteen sixteen was the Year Without a Summer, which featured Europe’s coldest summer on record for a two hundred and thirty four year period. It was rough. It … Continue reading

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