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Blanktheism
The brain is a funny little monster. It dictates what we remember, what we cherish and what we simply pass over, deeming certain aspects of our lives memorable for years and others for mere seconds. How many times have you … Continue reading
Posted in Reflection, Religion
Tagged catholicism, hall and oates, heaven, hell, religion, spirituality, the simpsons
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Typecast: A Quick Note About Queens
Writers don’t write anymore — we type. Perhaps some of us still remember how to trace pens in circular motions to sign our checks or do some journaling, but mostly, we’re merely typists. In a fraction of a second, we … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Notes, Reflection, Travel
Tagged desolation, isolation, let it goooo, new york city, paul simon, queens, signatures, sunnyside, writers, wrtiting
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Notes from a dusk spent shuffling
Every time I sail on the craggy blacktop of Interstate 86 for a day-trip, I simply have to listen to music. It’s not to drown out any road noise like, say, the piercing rush of tires on highway — I … Continue reading
‘There’s no such thing as a free lunch.’
George Carlin had a bit in one of his routines about the little quirks of daily life that begin to seem more normal when we realize that we all do them. “Have you ever been talking to yourself, and someone … Continue reading
Season Five, Episodes 16 & 17: ‘The Incident’ Parts I & II
The dark basement air hung thick with acrid vomit. My friends laughed and ran away from the scene — a salt-and-pepper futon now colored with an orange splat. It looked like the popular Nickelodeon logo from the mid-‘90s. I galloped … Continue reading
Posted in Reflection, The Preface
Tagged buck hunting, chevrolet impala, london, lost, myrtle beach, peroxide, pints, pubs, the incident
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Robert Lax: a simple life
In late 2009, I sat in an undergrad poetry-writing class at St. Bonaventure University watching my professor carefully trace a title in chalk at the front of the room. The four words remained etched into the blackboard for the entire … Continue reading
Let’s go down the waterfall: a story about Radiohead
I used to sell doughnuts for a living. Well, that’s only half true — I worked in a coffee and doughnut shop part time for the latter two years of high school. To say that I hustled baked dough circles … Continue reading
Posted in Narrative, Reflection, The Preface
Tagged blossom music center, bodysnatchers, climbing up the walls, colin greenwood, ed o'brien, fake plastic trees, give up the ghost, hail to the thief, i might be wrong, idioteque, in rainbows, jonny greenwood, phil selway, pyramid song, radiohead, thom yorke, videotape
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Spirits on the hill: the story of the St. Bonaventure Cemetery
The St. Bonaventure Cemetery sits atop a large hill overlooking the university of the same name. That colorful campus lies below, and the cemetery keeps watch with a Delphic eye like a wise old uncle. Walking the long sidewalk between … Continue reading
