Vampire Selfies

Dateline: most of these are recent; in the last several years. All this year I would occasionally ponder how 6 friends of mine have experienced catastrophic divorces. That's a lot, no? In fact, one of them is starting his divorce trial this month, ergo the beginning of the end of a brutal 2 years for him. Let's focus. Each of the 6 I know personally; in fact they're all friends of mine to varying degree; some more, some less. I'll start with 3 birds & finish with the 3 blokes. Strap in. That's what she said. The Green Card A year ago I met this bird on Tinder. We ran around for a couple months. She has a certain quality that ensures she will always have a boyfriend. Fellas, you know to which I refer. Let's focus. However, her obsession with her divorce, & its subsequent fallout, she brought up constantly . And whenever she did, which was every single time we got together, my mind is on a repeat loop: you married this fucktard. You. Your decision. Wor...

That one fun Xmas I spent emptying deceased Pop's AZ condo

Dateline: 2017, Xmas. Pops was a 'snowbird' ergo spent winters at his Scottsdale, AZ (next to Phoenix) condo. I visited him there ever Xmas week, 18 years in a row. The 19th he wasn't there. I had a tradition of always flying there on Xmas or Xmas eve. It's easy to fly then, not crowded. Security just waves people through without checking. When they're not napping. Planeloads of Jews high fiving over the cheap flights. It's a good gig. The population of Scottsdale swells in winter. I would scan license plates at shopping malls: MN, WI, MI, IA, IL etc. Every day is 75 & sunshine, hard to resist that alternative to living like an animal back home. Pops had a ground floor condo in a collection of 4-plexes. For those of you who know the area: Miller & McDowell. On the greenbelt. The cheap end of Scottsdale. Anyhoots. He had died (mostly) unexpectedly 2 months earlier. I was the estate executor. He left me with a stupefying amount of financial secr...

Pink Floyd actually did met Wizard of Oz. I saw it happen.

Are you familiar with the urban legend of The Wizard of Oz + Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon? Dateline: 2017. Boise Treefort Festival (5 days of amazing, same format as SxSW). Final nite of the fest, Sunday nite. Boise Contemporary Theatre. I saw a play so profound, so outrageously ambitious, I have no interest in seeing a play again, ever. It was called 'T here are Chinese Tunnels under Boise.' But back to Floyd, Oz, and the urban legend. Thousands, maybe tens of thousands, swear it's true. This is a global phenomenon. The gist is that the two are perfectly synchronized. If you watch the flick on mute, listening to the record at the same time, they're in sync. I'm not making this up. Do a search on it and you'll also be pulled into the rabbit hole. Anyhoots. That's the background of this blog, and this play. Act 1 of 2 begins in a basement of the stoner Floyd fan. His 3 friends arrive: 2 blokes & a bird. He argues with his friends at lengt...

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