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WGA Strike 2023

strike!

Well. We are on strike. When I say we, that is WGA as in Writers Guild of America writers. [Screenwriters are union labor. You knew that, right?] Wall…

May 2, 2023

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show us your shoes!

battle of the flowers!

I went to the Battle of the Flowers parade last night in San Antonio. High school marching bands are impressive these days. Jeez. Those bands are fanc…

April 30, 2023

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conversations with the avocado

MONDAY: Me: Ready?Avocado: No. TUESDAY: Me: Ready?Avocado: No WEDNESDAY: Me: Ready?Avocado: No THURDAY: Me: Ready?Avocado: No FRIDAY: Avocado: Ready!M…

April 22, 2023

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table for two

When I was totally underaged — And lying like crazy about that to get and keep jobs I worked in this hotel restaurant. It was not upscale. It was no…

April 12, 2023

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black and white easter eggs

number four and easter eggs

I’m admiring Easter egg designs I will probably never rally myself at all to do. I like monochrome and black & white. Also foil eggs are rea…

April 4, 2023

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glass ashtray on white surface

the wind is smoking my cigarettes

The wind is smoking my cigarettes again. It does that. San Antonio is windy. Or where I stand to smoke my cigs is windy. We wrestle. Me trying to smok…

March 23, 2023

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charlie & george

I went to a building event tonight. It was an outdoor movie on the amenities deck. It was the new Top Gun movie. It was fun. Also Tom Cruise has total…

March 10, 2023

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my new ghost

I have a new ghost. I figured out something was up when right after I moved in the elevator told me the building was on fire [it wasn’t] take th…

March 5, 2023

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marilyn returns

You knew I was not going to leave Marilyn sitting right? Well okay I have before but this move I am hanging the art. There is Marilyn. She is living i…

March 4, 2023

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charlie scoops marilyn!

Charlie came out from behind and beat Marilyn and Rothko both out for the fame wall. He is like Smarty Jones. You don’t see him coming till he s…

February 14, 2023

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bat email

I got bat email today. This is my favorite line: “The bats will enter your apartment and hide until dark, which is when their flying party start…

February 8, 2023

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key on top of blue sheet of paper with handwriting

dear lysol

Dear Lysol: Here is my pretty feng shui kitchen. Here is my not so pretty not so feng shui kitchen with your ginormous logo in it. I get you spent a g…

February 7, 2023

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stylish jackets on rack in room

closet 1, max 0

The closet broke me. Okay, really the new closet shelf broke me. How do toggles break? Seriously? That closet shelf is so going back to the manufactur…

February 5, 2023

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i got up early

I got up early today. It was for a parade. Not just any parade. A rodeo parade. This is totally out of character for me but the parade was going down …

February 4, 2023

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