for McSweeneys: Debra
Here’s the opening paragraph to the piece I wrote for McSweeney’s. Full text at the link above.
He’d been her only friend in the desert, and by way of recompense, she’d shot
him in the head, right between the eyes. It was the kindest thing she could
think of at the time, and [...]
kate’s first goatse
Sometime over the weekend, conversation turned to various images which have achieved legendary status online as “shock sites.” Images so gross, so perplexing, so … nasty … as to be burned indelibly into the mind of everyone who has ever seen them.
On hearing about these images, Kate’s curiousity [...]
Snow on Monday Afternoon
Caught a great sunset view of Mt. Ascutney over the barn’s shoulder, during the tail end of a snow shower.
At the end of the Track
We got home this afternoon at 3:30, only about 15 hours later than we thought we’d be arriving. (Thanks to the Dep’t of Immigration and USAir for nearly doubling the return trip’s length.)
We arrived to a marvellously clean house, supportive friends, a weirdly [...]
Woke up this morning to pouring rain. The rain kept coming down all day, letting up briefly in the afternoon and then resuming this evening. We haven’t seen a non-overcast sky for over a week. I think I’ve forgotten what color the sky is.
Started the day painfully, as some muscle deep under [...]