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Beautiful Girls

I remember while traveling, when people found out you were from California they’d ask if you run into any movie stars. You can’t help but run into a few, after all, the movie...

“Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor.”


Your degree of brilliance in...

The fish tank was a circus. So, we plop our mattresses down on the expressway, relax and watch the show. We conclude it’s a two-ring circus, as the men in Ring Two seem to be in various stages of...

A few seconds later they start going through Brad’s pockets, and guess what? Like magic, something suspicious appears here too. Two small balls of some undesirable something is wrapped up in...

Sorry it was so long about making this entry. I had to check with Brad on the facts. There were two of us there and it's all Roshamoned! I promise to finish it soon!

Then it tilts its piggy-nose...

The Leviathan Rises

The Leviathans are my feet. I admit to the world of Internet Species I possess scary feet. I can’t wear sandals, even in the summer. Scary feet need to be kept undercover, no...

Lousy Thanksgiving

Kristina was living with me and that morning asked me if I wanted to go with her to her mother’s house for Thanksgiving. Well, no, I didn’t want to have dinner with the WEET-DOO...

Maupassant led me to Flaubert. Here's what Thug Notes says about Madam Bovary. https://youtu.be/bN-vjCihHs8

OK I just read this and remembered I had difficulty with the format. A key sentence was left out.

When we first saw Balboa Park, one of the distinctive features were the red Spanish tile roofs...

A Matter of Perspective

I feel awkward even talking about this. If you suggest to someone you’ve been on the Goodyear blimp, they narrow their eyes. Their skepticism slaps you in the face, and you...

Notorious


The Grand Wailea Resort is formidable, impressive, with high roofs, scenic vistas, and island-themed designs laid out on smooth terrazzo floors. An environment all gild and flash....

I love this. Flirting, what about flirting? ''eyes meeting across a room; the chemistry of instinct at first visual impressions, the fear of rejection, the hope of acceptance were all on hold."
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Holland Over and Under


None of the prisoners seemed evil. Many made rash and ill-informed decisions. Some younger ones stumbled into The System on trails cut by their families generations ago,...

Cancelled by author

Pulled Over Part Two



"Oh, O.K." he says, just as a young officer's head appears at my open window.

“Can I see your license?”

“Sure, Officer…” I give his name tag a look, “Callahan.”

Dude Dreams of a Grand Gesture

Dude didn't fight fires all the time. In the night the men slept. Here's where the inmates took their true recreation. In their dreams they made their escapes on a...

Offering an Oldie but Goodie. That's all I can say.

It's short, contemporary, realistic, good. Welcome to Litnet.

Many of the kids I had in this class have full-time support in the home. Some have physical challenges to working online, but they are used to challenges. They'll get by with a little help from their...

Stay safe in the meantime. Days are never more precious than these, no matter how hard they are.

This is top-drawer. "Nothing but what Nature gives her wild children originally of the desert: ferocity and appetite; strength grounded on hunger." One hell of a line. And chapter 11, just love...

This is top-drawer. "Nothing but what Nature gives her wild children originally of the desert: ferocity and appetite; strength grounded on hunger." One hell of a line.

"Add on the virus pandemic, economic collapse and political chaos and one could understand the closed banks and the vandalised ATM machines he passed; the reports of starvation in Tripoli and the...

Update:

The Mohs nose is all healed up and I got the "rugged" look I bargained for. No one even asks about it. Then again, how can they see it? The mask blocks your nose.

On the Covid front:...

Near the end of one semester a Special Education teacher at a nearby high school bailed out. I got to be a long-term visiting teacher for a couple of months. You can see why of all students out of...