I love Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. My buddy thinks it’s a key to Robert Downey Jr.’s resurgence.
It’s getting some new love thanks to Iron Man 3.
The AV Club - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | The New Cult Canon
Christmas Eve by the fire
Chicken at Oviedo Branch Library
Land of Lakes
Oliver Littlechap investigates the Devil’s footprints In my upstairs storeroom.
Florida
Nature Walk
What’s on the iPod? My novel Gnelfs as an audio book. Just released from Crossroad Press.
It’s available via Audible.
New review of my graphic novel
A new review of my graphic novel The Dusk Society was posted the other day. Guess the publisher sent the review copy to this blog.
The Difference of A Few Letters
So I’m wearing a free t-shirt from the postal service that reads en-vi-ron-mail-ist. It’s a perk via the corporate marketing day gig. I occasionally write some direct mail pieces. It’s olive. Goes with my cargo pants.
I’m at the deli counter at the grocer to ask for sliced turkey pastrami, when this guy who’s already been noticeably loud turns to me and says: “You know, I’m with you people on one thing.”
I’m looking behind me to see who’s encompassed in that you—have any other people of Irish descent suddenly joined me—when I realize he’s talking about the tee.
“I’m against clear cutting,” he says. “I”m from Arizona, and the we have pine trees. That might surprise you.”
“I’ve been to Arizona,” I manage.
“They used to come put a big orange C on the trees, and I asked what that was about. They said: `That’s the forest service marking trees for culling.’”
I nodded. Sounded sensible.
“Clear cutting’s not good,” he continues. “Level a whole acre. No rain forests means no rain whether it’s South America of Viet Nam.”
I continue to nod. No argument with that.
“In California they stopped construction on a hospital, though. There were some kinds of insects on the property. That’s where I part with you people.”
I nod again. I don’t know the particulars on this case he’s talking about. I’m thinking “One butterfly flaps its wings and..” but I don’t really see a need for debate at the deli counter.
“People need hospitals. They don’t need insects,” he continues.
OK, time to go. We need things like bees, right? But again I’m not at the supermarket to debate. Lady hands me my turkey pastrami, and I smile.
“With you on the clear cutting,” I say and point to my chest. “Free tee shirt from the postal service.”
I beat a path for the cash registers before he can go postal or anything.
Some Saturdays are just more interesting than others.
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