Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes
Funnier than a sharp stink in your eye…
My first memory is of my mother telling me to forget what I just saw… Nothing before that… even though it would probably explain why I wet my bed until I was four and wet my brother’s bed ’til I was eight. I remember learning that the hot stove was not to be touched. I […]
Read More Book Excerpt Part Two[This is an excerpt from a book-length project that I’m working on] “I’d give you a hit off of this but I think you’re high enough already”, the flightless bird told me. He didn’t look like a flightless bird. He looked like Marlon, the guy from school who dressed like he was in the glee […]
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Read More Signs that You’ve Smoked Enough PotJune 29th, 1980, President Jimmy Carter signs a law mandating 18 – 25 year olds register for the draft. This ensures a strong military comprised of the best and brightest from those males whose parents couldn’t afford to send to graduate school or bribe doctors. The Soviets had invaded Afghanistan and THAT was only eleven […]
Read More Why I’m Glad That I Slept Through the 80’sThe earthworm’s worth a second look it’s more than something on a hook. If they’re in your garden, for what it’s worth they aerate and fertilize the earth. Show one to your sister Beth And, you will scare her half to deth. A chow doesn’t chase sticks or perform any other tricks. If you tell […]
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Potatoes and the Promise of More Potatoes 