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barking backward

barking backward

“The old dog barks backward without getting up. I can remember when he was a pup.” –Robert Frost, “The Span of Life”   My boyfriend’s older brother was twenty-one. We were seventeen at the time, so twenty-one was a glamorous wedding...
a problem like maria

a problem like maria

  The Agents of Outrage: An embassy attacked. Diplomats murdered. The new calculus of violence against America. Brooklyn is Finished: Or has it only just begun? You call this an election? Could China and Japan go to war over these? The Adventures of Genius: True...
true tales of the almost self

true tales of the almost self

“I have suggested my father killed himself, but it’s just as accurate to say that he died gardening.” –Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic ♥Add a Tooltip Text   Bechdel’s father was gay at the wrong time in the wrong place and so...
to scale

to scale

(These are a few of the fake nails designed for Adriana La Cerva of The Sopranos.)   RKP Proctor Theatre, 1915 112-116 Market Street “Built to replace the smaller Proctor’s Theater on Park Place, this was a classic example of the vaudeville and cinema...
Buckle your pants over your waist.

Buckle your pants over your waist.

    El que no agarra consejo, no llega a viejo. He who doesn’t take advice doesn’t reach old age. El  que quiera saber sus defectos, que se case y el que quiera saber sus cualidades, que se muera. One who wants to know his defects should marry;...