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sherrie-theriault's picture
May.03.2012
  May 3   REALLY RAINING       “Why do people ask if someone is really sober?” “They’re checking for the winners, I guess,” responded my sponsor. “But what does that mean?” “Well, when the clouds roll in and the next thing you know it’s really raining, you can clearly...
monty-heying's picture
Jan.13.2011
 FREEDOM has been criticized as misanthropic; that it dodges personal responsibility by blaming family; that the characters are average people doing unexciting things. These views strike me as short-sighted and missing entirely a prime objective of good literature-the examination of society. In the...
sherrie-theriault's picture
Oct.02.2010
October 2         Saltbox House     Refusing to make reasonable demands is quite as dysfunctional as making unreasonable demands.  The opposite of an extreme is often twice as crazy and harder to explain. I open my mouth and dry toast is the reply.  Nothing should be...
beth-mann's picture
Dec.30.2009
  This 2010, I resolve to:   Give Southern Comfort another fighting chance since that 1989 "incident."   Use new vulgarities instead of my old standbys. Cunt off, freakfuck!   Laugh in the face of others, with reckless abandon.   Purge only the inexpensive food.   Work on...
steven-ekstrom's picture
Jun.24.2008
Wow, dug this one out of a box--what a difference "NOT DRINKING SO MUCH" makes. Oh, like you don't find sad clowns interesting--shut up. Enjoy! A Sad Clown Named Arpeggio His day was like the rest of them,a slewing of raindrops drizzlingstaccato through his brokenopen driver's side...