Archive for February, 2008
Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Microfiction - 052/365
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The Liquor Bank Job
You could tell they were twins, but life had clearly beaten one of them up more than the other, giving the impression that they’d been born ten years apart instead of maybe ten minutes. Sitting in the right turn lane on Crenshaw at Stocker I saw them immediately as [...]
No Comments » - Posted in fiction by Will
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Condor Canyon
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Once again, a little sumpthin’ from the archives, taken at the south rim of the Grand Canyon that was remarkably and gloriously lousy with one of my favorite creatures on the planet on the last day of our 4,500-mile roadtrip in 2006. Susan and I had seen condors via binoculars a long [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in animals, nature, outdoors, photography by Will
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Flash Fever
Anyone else relate to these odd symptoms I experienced yesterday? I had something of a widespread low-grade ache that spread across my back, shoulders, neck and head throughout the day that worsened into the evening hours. Shortly after I got home I felt the onset of a fever that partnered with the aching to leave [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in health by Will
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
Microfiction - 051/365
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Strange Heat
“What happened.”
“Jude’s dead. They all are.”
“Dammit!”
“But it was weird at first. To see them just standing there, twenty at least. They’d come around the bend and seen Jude out in front of the cave. They were watching him. Hungering for him, but didn’t attack. Just stood there, shuffling and drooling [...]
No Comments » - Posted in fiction by Will
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Noirvelist
It was last summer when I read Lucas Crown’s piece in Los Angeles Magazine about the enigmatic life and times and writings of his friend, novelist Mercedes Lambert who died in 2003 at the age of 55.
It was last week when I went into the Border’s across from the office building where I work to [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in books, los angeles by Will
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Down By The Riverside
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Just one from the archives, snapped late December.
No Comments » - Posted in biking, los angeles, outdoors, photography by Will
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
Microfiction - 050/365
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A Chili In The Air
Here’s the thing. Forty hours ago give or take I’m cruising home from Canoga having wrapped my latest — a real high-concept piece of shit with a three-day shoot in an ungodly hot industrial building. If you don’t know what goes on in industrial buildings out Canoga way [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in fiction by Will
Monday, February 18th, 2008
Play Ball!
At the gathering of last weekend’s Watts Happening II Ride, friend, Blogdowntowner and fellow IAAL•MAF’er Eric Richardson told me just enough about the Los Angeles Baseball League tryouts he’s planning on attending this coming Sunday morning at L.A. Valley College to get me thinking I’m a-gonna go as well.
I know: sillysauce. Especially since Eric has [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in adventure, sports by Will
Monday, February 18th, 2008
Wall Crawla: The Eyes Have It
Writing this morning’s microfiction entry I fwas visited by this itsy bitsy spider found crawling up the wall next to my desk, and it was kind enough to pause and allow me to go all macro paparazo (click to quadruplify):
2 Comments » - Posted in animals by Will
Monday, February 18th, 2008
Microfiction - 049/365
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The Cleaner
It was so cake. Print up a few flyers at the local library with a bogus name and number and then pick a neighborhood — preferably within walking distance of a Vons or a Ralphs — and go door to door up and down a few blocks like a salesman. Clipboard, [...]
