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IV: Quadrophenia
“You’re barmy, that’s what. Staying out all hours. Gettin’ up to God knows what. Dressing like a bloody freak. Stand still when I’m talking to you! I wouldn’t be at all surprised if you’re on drugs.”...
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Good days are not a guarantee. They are a blessing. Single-parenting it for a few days. Brother-in-law in town, thinking of staying. He and I and the boy and the girl dined at Vincents. Talked about...
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Thanks to Ashley for this anti-rant from Craig Ferguson. I try, I don’t always succeed, but I try not to make fun of fucked up addicted celebrities myself, because the only thing that kept me from...
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This is difficult to write, because it’s about stuff related to AA, and “anonymity is the spiritual foundation of blah blah blah”, but fuck it. A good friend of mine from college (call him E.) got in...
View ArticleI tell you the truth but you don’t believe me
Back in the day I used to think this song was about being an amphetamine addict and proud of it. Lately, though, I think it’s about being an over-employed full-time/sometimes single parent wannabe...
View ArticleMe neither, H
I just don’t wanna. When I’m lyin’ in my bed at night I don’t wanna grow up Nothin’ ever seems to turn out right I don’t wanna grow up How do you move in a world of fog That’s always changing things...
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“Too much living is no way to die.” Annual report, year 5 A.D. Lost three friends to the grave, much too young. Lost more friends to circumstance. Made new friends, really good ones, and reconnected...
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When I revived the blog, I went back and reconstructed some of my old sobriety posts from the archives and reposted them. Some of you might have seen these come through as reruns if you’re using a feed...
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“I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me…” There was this thing that happened on the night of August 16-17, 1987, if you’re old enough you might remember it, called the Harmonic...
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Athenae says “writing is only real on the first draft.” So here you go. === For the second time this year, and only the third time in my life, I am holding in my hands a book with my writing in it....
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