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The Panel

By nacho Posted on October 31, 2011 Posted in Rants Tagged with rowe sween, vignettes

Professor Albert danced in front of the table like he was the emcee at a circus.

The Follies

By nacho Posted on October 26, 2011 Posted in Nacho's Lousy Novel Tagged with Nacho's Lousy Novel, rowe sween, vignettes

“It’s…the best…shit…ever…” Travis opened his courier bag and pulled out a plastic grocery bag. He glanced around suspiciously, then hunched over and pulled out a copy of Mi Gringo. The cover flashed in the dim light as I downed half …

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By Association

By nacho Posted on October 21, 2011 Posted in Meanwhile, in Silver Spring... Tagged with nacho's family, vignettes

My grandfather was the family patriarch for many years, holding court and always dreaming of returning to the family seat in Parkersburg, WV, which he fled after World War II in the years when New America was born.

BFF

By nacho Posted on October 19, 2011 Posted in Rants Tagged with butt fuck friends, vignettes

I’m ashamed to admit that, for a very long time, I thought that “BFF” meant “butt fuck friend.” That it was a thing the kids were saying and had somehow become mainstream. I figured I was just out of touch, …

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Choking to Death

By nacho Posted on October 17, 2011 Posted in Rants Tagged with childhood, death, nacho's family, vignettes

Following on from “The Business of Death” posted earlier this month…   January, 2007. It took my father four hours to choke to death. I sat vigil in his hospital room as he fought the fluid in his lungs, his …

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The Dead Box

By nacho Posted on October 14, 2011 Posted in Wage Slave Tagged with catering, vignettes

My weekend job is at an organization housed in a historic mansion on a large wooded lot in the middle of a wealthy suburb. The event rentals make about half a million a year, which covers half of the yearly …

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God is Dead

By nacho Posted on October 10, 2011 Posted in Rants Tagged with catholics, childhood, excommunication, nacho's family, vignettes

I haven’t had sex since 1995. Good sex, I mean. Enjoyable sex. The pain started in 95. A pain so severe that drawing breath felt like I was being tasered in the eye. Sex, of course, was almost out of …

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Special Day

By nacho Posted on October 7, 2011 Posted in Wage Slave Tagged with vignettes, Wage Slave, weddings

The business of weddings, as I’ve watched it evolve over the last 20 years, has become one of the more disgusting examples of runaway capitalism and usury.

Emotionallydamaged.com

By nacho Posted on October 5, 2011 Posted in Rants Tagged with dating, vignettes, women

My friends worry about me. I know this. I try to be normal around them but, in the end, it always ends with vodka and a critical analysis of Stargate episodes.

The Business of Death

By nacho Posted on October 3, 2011 Posted in Bangs & Whimpers Tagged with nacho's family, vignettes

The greatest mystery isn’t why my dad left. It’s what happened to him between 1985, when he vanished into the night, and 2000, when he sued me for control of my mother’s estate.

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