Monthly Archives: October 2010
Go Get Your Knife and Come In
There are people in my home. Someone is banging on the front door. They want to come in as well, but there are too many other people, stepping on each other and sliding past each other sideways. The crack in … Continue reading
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What Are We Testing Here?
They say it’s the perfect compliment. Work is work, but with a wrench thrown-in. Room assignments swapped, standardized tests to be completed, stress served up for everyone. I cleaned my lab and sit amongst the buzzing machines and the loud … Continue reading
Raise Your Hand and I’ll Point to You
Squeak goes the pencil. The vending machine gobbled my sixty cents and did nothing. It was the bully who puts their shoe over the coins you’re trying to pick up off the pavement. The ones you dropped. The ones you … Continue reading
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A Little Too Much on This
Heading to my brother-in-laws wedding today. Not a fan of weddings. Hardly remember my own. Nothing to do with pre-game boozing and everything to do with the mental stress that a big event brings. Also, when everyone’s attention and affection … Continue reading
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Egg Sandwiches? Egg Sandwiches.
The last few weeks have been like the last soccer game; a few kicks to the body, one to the head and a crushing defeat. Not all of those were experienced by me, but I felt each one of them. … Continue reading
