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Accidents

by Bryan Waterman

( Death and Life )

1. The jogger
A little over a week ago, my younger brother, a marathoner who lives in Arizona with his wife and two kids, was taking a routine morning run with friends when a car slammed into him from behind at about 60 mph. Knocked clean out of his shoes, one leg broken near the knee, [...]

The terrible truth about marijuana

by E. Tan

( Drugs )

I just got this txt message from my dealer:

What a good guy.
So have a happy 420. Here’s a 1950s propaganda film about marijuana. “Hundreds and hundreds of teenage boys and girls are becoming hopeless dope addicts every year. It’s fantastic.”

PEACE OUT GREAT WHATSIT

Thursday open thread: But when the man dances…

by Dave Barber

( Sounds )

Speak ye of what you will.
But if you need a topic, accept this bleg. In a couple of months I’m DJ-ing the wedding of two friends of mine. The problem is, I am not really a DJ — that is, someone who can successfully make people dance by spinning records. I recently bought a John [...]

Duuum-bah-duh-dum …… daaah!

by Literacy H. Dogfight

( Conflict and Health and Life )

While attending a concert at a downtown arena, my then-boyfriend and I thought ourselves clever to have found a parking space on the street and thus avoid paying through the nose for garage parking. Prior to leaving his apartment, we put all our stuff in the trunk of his late-’80s Toyota Corolla, planning on continuing [...]

A small thought in connection with televised tragedy

by Dave Barber

( Death and Television )

Horrifying and heartbreaking. The shootings at Viriginia Tech are as yet unexplained, a nightmare that impinged on reality. I can’t begin to imagine the shock and sorrow of the families and friends of the victims or the shattering of the campus community.
Unfortunately, I won’t have to make the effort to imagine it. A promo on [...]