Archive for June, 2009

  • Praxis Makes Perfect

    Praxis Makes Perfect

    June 29th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 7 Comments

    I suspect more than a few of you are writers, be it on a professional level or a personal one. I find the habits of writers interesting — how they do the hoodoo that they do-do, how they emcee their esprit and let free the potpourri of gris-gris. Or something. So, I figure, I’ll toss [...]

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  • This Is Not About Michael Jackson

    This Is Not About Michael Jackson

    June 26th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 4 Comments

    But, it kind of relates. We hate what we love. Or maybe it’s that we love what we hate. The chicken and egg problem rears its head: do we make our pop icons who they are because we secretly loathe them, or do we love them, but then not-so-secretly loathe the success they find? Are [...]

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  • Eleven Stories: Father’s Day

    Eleven Stories: Father’s Day

    June 21st, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 8 Comments

    It’s Father’s Day, so a happy one to all the fathers out there. Sons, a reminder to be good to your Dads. Eleven memories of my father. (I had three in mind initially, but more kept coming. Too bad. Suck it up.) Here goes. One. The moral of this story is, don’t climb a moss-slick [...]

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  • Eat This

    Eat This

    June 19th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | No Comments

    Okay, here you go, a quick recipe for Friday. Lately, as you may know, I’ve been committing to this whole “Fresh Table Experiment” thing — blah blah blah, eat locally, or organically, reduce intake of processed foods, frequent local farms and markets, and what-nottery. So, I wanted to make dumplings. But, I didn’t have the [...]

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  • Mementos of Momentous Momentum

    Mementos of Momentous Momentum

    June 17th, 2009 | The Ramble | terribleminds | 2 Comments

    It’s nice to have some energy and momentum carrying me forward. I got lightning shooting out of my eyes and fire out of my ass. Which is trouble for my office chair, but I’m getting used to the smell of singed leather. This process of gathering energy has already put some things into play, and [...]

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