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Monthly Archives: March 2002

Helpful Jeff

Monday, March 11, 2002

If I had drinks-mixing skills: a) People at parties who don’t know how to mix drinks might ask me for help. b) I might end up volunteer my services anytime I detected a hint of hesitation on the part of a drink-seeker and people would be put off by my eager-to-please attitude. So, ignorance is [...]

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Slide Shows

Saturday, March 9, 2002

Robert tracks me down at a cafe. “Doc Holliday sent me some more artwork. And I wanted you to see it.” I get him a cup of coffee and bring it over to the table. He pulls a big manila envelope out of his bag and hands it to me. I empty its content out [...]

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Jeebuz

Wednesday, March 6, 2002

A man in a trenchcoat stands in a doorway holding copies of The Watchtower and Awake out in front of him like they were shields. A young man with a stylish haircut strolls along offering tiny pamphlets to everyone he meets. He rattles off nonsense words in a sermon’s cadence, “Jolly-rolly Jeedee, peaches-leaches Jeebuz.” A [...]

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It takes all kinds.

Sunday, March 3, 2002

I’m sitting at a coffee shop reading. A couple of seats over, a man sits down next to a cute twentyish girl. He is probably fifteen years older than her: “Do you mind if I sit here?” “I had trouble finding a place to park.” “I’m from the East Coast.” “Your haircut is very stylish.” [...]

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Geography

Saturday, March 2, 2002

When I was a kid, we had a globe with a textured surface. I liked China, its texture was different from the rest of the globe – kind of wrinkly. There was also a relief map of Washington State that I used to study. I’d run my hand over the mountain ranges and the more [...]

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