November 13th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
It is a pleasant summer day, the sun radiating down to heat our pleasant and bustling tourist destination of a town. I am on my knees behind the counter, busy taking inventory of a shipment of pseudo-prayer flags; squares of cloth emblazoned with brightly colored, new age motifs, strung together with black, cotton string, and selling for $41.50 apiece, retail.
The store is only moderately busy; tourists and regulars milling about the crystals, books, and tarot cards like lazy bees in a somnolent flower garden.
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November 13th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
This’ll firmly mark me as a nerd (who, me???) but I’ve long felt that one of the most successful set of antidrug lyrics ever written, though they claim that’s not necessarily what the song is about, is They Might Be Giants’ Spiraling Shape.
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November 10th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
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November 10th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
It used to seem that time moved slow
now I holler: “where’d it go?”
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November 9th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
(I’ve had hundreds of ideas over the years and, due to finances or sheer laziness, have only attempted a few of them. As I dribble slowly towards quietus, it is time I quit holding so close to my chest the ones I am likely to never be able to attempt)
Inspired by the the writings of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and documentaries that visit people throughout various stages of their lives, this idea requires a family or group of people: Four times a year you assemble them in the same place, in essentially the same positions, and take a picture.
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November 8th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
I wasn’t making kissie-faces at the guy.
I just happened to be whistling as I got out of my truck and ended up face to face with him, separated only by his rolled up window.
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November 7th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Considering the week’s turn of events, these lyrics, which I love, seem radically inappropriate but when I think of myself and those like me whose natural tendency is to doubt hope (in truth a kind of insulation against disappointment, an emotion that, of late, I’ve had my fill), I think we can use a song like this to remind us that we are as ridiculous (if not more so) as those whom we disparage for displaying an emotion that we are too often too afraid to allow in ourselves.
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November 6th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
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November 5th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
“… well, girls usually like my eyes.”
“Your eyes?”
“Yeah: my eyes. The women I’ve gone out or flirted with typically comment on my eyes. Your mom regularly did, so have many others.”
“Uhhh, dad?”
“Yeah?”
“That’s a kind of … a girl’s secret … a way of saying …”
“What are you trying to say?”
“Well, when there’s nothing … when you’re not … it’s what girls say to a guy when there’s nothing else to say anything nice about.”
“Oh.”
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November 4th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
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November 4th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
A young boy, unsteady in cowboy boots, walking down a steep drive:
“My legs are slippery!”
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November 3rd, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
(I’ve had hundreds of ideas over the years and, due to finances or sheer laziness, have only attempted a few of them. As I dribble slowly towards quietus, it is time I quit holding so close to my chest the ones I am likely to never be able to attempt)
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November 2nd, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Jimmy Carl Black, drummer for the original Mothers Of Invention, was more than just another Zappa sideman, fronting and playing an integral role in numerous other groups and recordings and gaining a reputation as a remarkable artist in his own right.
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November 2nd, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Do you know what a Stretch Armstrong is?
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November 1st, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
Do you think me
so easily broken
But a limp pennant
in morning’s grey stillness?
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October 31st, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
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October 30th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
I hesitate to keep dishing on the churches in the area but …
There’s a church reader-board I drive by daily that never fails to catch my eye with its wit and wisdom (a recent nugget of indispensable profundity read “STOP DROP & ROLL WONT WORK IN HELL“).
Another recent admonition “LIVE EACH DAY AS IF IT WERE YOUR LAST” got me to thinking.
What would I do if I it were my last day alive and I knew it?
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October 29th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
There’s this looming, metal sign on the road near my house that says, in large, blue letters: JESUS IS LORD.
The sign undoubtedly once read “Mobil” or “Standard”, “Sinclair” or maybe just “GAS” because it is hung on the same property as a long defunct gas station, which, for an unknown reason, someone keeps painting and maintaining despite its apparent irrelevance. (there’s a connection here, somewhere)
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October 28th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
My life is such a jumble these days – so insane.
Learning the ropes of single parenthood
Personal rediscovery
Legal skirmishes with a loved-one turned enemy
Financial insecurity
Career frustrations
The seemingly endless scrutiny of custody-related authorities (this last one will have you second-guessing your choice of footwear, folks)
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October 28th, 2008 by Corey A. Edwards
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