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Impromptu (Slightly Drunken) Speech at Scotch Brand Double-Sided Tape Celebration (1982)

May 14, 2012

We did it everybody. We fucking DID IT!! [raises can of Coors] I remember when those assholes at Elmer’s were like “Double-sided Tape? It’s called GLUE.” We showed them, didn’t we. We SHOWED THEM…the assholes… [deep drink of Coors] So what’s next everybody? Where are we going? Cause I’m going to the FUCKING MOON The [...]

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Scalded

October 31, 2010

I’ve only had two earaches ever.  I don’t remember the first—I was eight months old—and at nineteen I feel much too old to have this one.  After all, infants get earaches; adults get Hepatitis.  I shouldn’t complain—I’m not losing my toes to frostbite—but my eardrum’s throbbing, and every pass of blood feels like Keith Moon’s [...]

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5 Seasons at My Father’s Grave

December 16, 2009

Fall: No talking. Poured scotch on the headstone. He drank brandy. Winter: Told him about Theresa. Stayed for an hour or two. Spring: Picked up some trash–a plastic bag and a chicken bone. Put them both in my pocket. Summer: Read some Yeats out loud. A train horn spoiled the moment. Fall: No talking. Poured [...]

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