Author Archives: Jim

Out of Sorts

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Jim

I know what you’re thinking. I’m still bugged by the “Pluto thing.” And I am. Just the other day I was at the mall, and there were these teenagers handing out brochures in support of the discriminated against planet… “Jews … Continue reading →

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Time in a Bottle

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Jim

I could hear Mommie Soph outside my bedroom door. It was well into my bedtime… maybe I was having trouble falling off to sleep. She was murmuring her prayers through the quiet of the darkened hall. The summer when I … Continue reading →

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What the Hell!

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Jim

You know… you get up in the morning, shit, shower & shave expecting the Universe to be pretty much the way you left it when you went to sleep. Sound reasonable? I think so. Wrong! I went to bed one … Continue reading →

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Haiku

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Jim

In the 7th Grade Mr. Hirata introduced me to the world of Haiku… the distinctive Japanese poetry form written in three lines consisting of five syllables, seven syllables and five syllables. It is the only form of poetry I took … Continue reading →

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