Tag: charles thiesen
member name: charles thiesen - gather's only god, proud to be from gay-supporting Massachusetts
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March 19, 2006 10:28 PM EST --
Here's how cool spoken English is: I'm sitting on a bus the other night and I overhear two teenage girls talking. One goes, "I'm all like, get out of my face! And she's like, you . . .
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April 17, 2006 02:38 PM EDT --
Both rayguns blazing I duck behind the pillar where Dale Arden cowers in abject fear.
"Buck up, Dale," I say in my most confident and manly voice. That isn't easy. Thirty of Ming's . . .
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March 08, 2006 05:12 PM EST --
I don't think of myself as 'old school.' I'll end a sentence with a preposition at the drop of a hat. I welcome neologisms - anything but 'proactive', I do have standards - I'll . . .
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April 12, 2006 11:46 AM EDT --
[I've published one version of this story already, but I wasn't that happy with it, so I thought I'd try it a different way. This is that attempt. If you haven't read that yet, I suggest . . .
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May 13, 2006 12:59 PM EDT --
I was sitting at a table in Saloon #10 when in walked a man in black with a bullwhip attached to his belt where a holster oughta be. I leaned over to my drinking partner, Bat Masterson, and asked, "Is . . .
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March 14, 2006 09:48 PM EST --
I DID NOT hear voices in the air. NO ONE told me to do the things I did. They were OBVIOUSLY NECESSARY.
And NOT FUN. The things were not fun. I did not enjoy doing them. Lest you get the wrong idea. . . .
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April 08, 2006 12:00 PM EDT --
My cat, Chat, likes to hide in brown paper bags, in cardboard boxes, behind curtains. He likes to play tag and hide-and-seek. Sometimes when I'm chasing him he'll stop and turn and give me an "I . . .
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April 08, 2006 11:36 AM EDT --
My cat, Chat Cousteau, loves water. He loves the way it looks and sounds. As a kitten he would run through three rooms to jump up beside the sink when I did dishes. Now he won't budge unless I turn . . .
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April 08, 2006 05:03 PM EDT --
I just read this in a NY Times Book Review piece: "Often she short shrifts her own emotional state...." ("The Road to Bali" by Jennifer Egan a review of Elizabeth Gilbert's . . .
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April 09, 2006 03:33 PM EDT --
The wheeled garbage can pulled him down the driveway, the detritus of his wife's latest remodeling enthusiasm weighing it down and filling it up, making the kitchen garbage bag at the top hold it open. . . .
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April 05, 2006 05:45 PM EDT --
Driving a six-by for the US Army in the Philippines wasn't all that bad. One Japanese sniper shot at me. He missed. At the same time, I missed my horn. When I was discharged my lip was gone.
I . . .
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April 05, 2006 09:40 PM EDT --
Driving a six-by for the Army in the Philippines was one way to stay alive. One Japanese sniper shot at me. He missed. On the other hand, all the time I was there, I missed my horn.
When I got out, my . . .
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