I’ve had some interesting folks live in the apartment across the breezeway. When I first moved in, it was a group of young, black guys and I’m 90% sure they were drug dealers. I came to this conclusion not based on racial stereotype, but based on the fact that late at night, nearly every night, […]
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So much is happening at once. Just today John with an H asked if my address was the same and just today I discovered some patches of nasty mold and a sizable drip coming from my upstairs neighbors’ washing machine. It’s spread to both sides of the wall and one patch in particular looks like […]
Read more...Clifford Takes a Trip
“Dear Katie, I have decided on what I’m going to do: I am going to take the train.” So began a 2:30am email from Cliff and our adventure through the tri-state area of the Ohio River Valley. I picked up Cliff from the Amtrak station in Indianapolis around midnight on Friday, and then turned around […]
Read more...misdirected rage
Let’s get one thing straight. I’m not a racing fan. Occasionally, I’ll get caught up in the excitement and hometown pride of the whole affair, but it’s not a “sport” I follow at any other time of the year. And this year, especially—the 135th if you’re counting—I’m just not feeling it. When I was little, […]
Read more...house beer
It was warmer and sunnier in Seattle than in Louisville these past few days and that’s a sad state of affairs all around. I arrived in sunny Seattle late-ish on Thursday night after a bit of a dicey plane ride. I hate to fly anyway, and being sick only amplified my burning wreckage paranoia. I’d […]
Read more...five days in three parts
Part One – I just can’t listen to Elliott Smith the way I used to. It was spring break last week [EDIT: last week –ish] for Adam and Chelsea and they drove all the way down from Madison, WI to Louisville to waste it with me. They arrived just after I got home from work […]
Read more...yep, that was me
I’ve been to a lot of concerts over the past few weeks, most recently Ryan Adams with the Cardinals last night at the Palace. Considering the last time Ryan Adams played Louisville, he wore a shower cap under his hoodie and never acknowledged the audience, last night could be considered an improvement, but damn that […]
Read more...why we go to Joe’s
It all began innocently enough. Matt’s little brother Greg was turning 22, and so (as if we needed an excuse) we all met at Joe’s for drinks. There was pool, there were shots, there was some Cupid Shuffling. Things didn’t really start to get interesting though, until the boys went to the patio to bum […]
Read more...getting it out of my system: a letter to [Tom Daschle]
Dear [Tom], I realize this is my third open letter in two days, but I felt compelled to write and tell you how—-Ahh, fuck it. I give up. EDIT: [Caroline Kennedy, Rod Blagojevich, Nancy Killefer, Timothy Geithner, January weather in Kentucky]
Read more...why isn’t facebook in the blogspot dictionary?
I went back to work on Tuesday, the swelling having (mostly) given way to a bright greenish-yellow bruise just over my left jaw bone and extending a bit onto my neck. I’ve never seen a bruise quite this color before—like some kind of exotic fungus—and to have it on my face was doubly enjoyable. There […]
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