Under the flatly neutral white fluorescent lighting, I navigated through the sullen-faced crowds of busy parents and lonely singles that populated the Target department store half a mile away from my home. It was not difficult to ignore them. As I habitually did, I had earphones plugged into my head, and I had a hunter's…
Twenty Dollars
The term bespoke is a British word that means that an article of clothing is made to a buyer’s precise specification. Most commonly used to describe the construction of a man’s suit, bestowed upon the term is much prestige. The term comes from humble beginnings and has since found its home in the parlance of…
Mister Marky and The Turtle
Every afternoon on Mondays through Fridays, the children from the first grade at the Theodore Ersiday Elementary school would line up by the side exit near the schoolyard and await their parents. Rowdy young boys and chatty young girls were itching to run off to do something—anything would do—and their irascible shuffling noises filled the…
City Folk
You know, there’s this one oldies song I heard this one time, I was in the li’l bar down the road from my momma’s house. You ever heard it before? It’s about this guy who goes to the river to meet his love. It’s a helluva song because he finds this note there, and it…
Jan and Dean – Gotta Get a Date [Lyrics]
I gotta find a date for Saturday night I gotta get a girl and I gotta do it right I gotta find someone to make my own I gotta go where we'll be all alone I gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta Get a date for Saturday night Saturday night Let me tell you a bit…
