Category Archives: personal

A Tale about Minnie the Moocher 0

The alley was lit up by the street lights at either end, wide and empty, save for a solitary busker. I found her, upon exiting the pub, already in the midst of performing aloud to no one in particular. With just a hat on the ground in front of her she sang, with a voice that felt too old for her form as if it had been aged by hard living, the single most stirring rendition of Cab Calloway’s Minnie the Moocher that I’ve ever heard.

Categories: personal, prose

Published:
February 18, 2010 – 11:30 am
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By Friar_Zero

Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here 0

People often think of Tartarus. When you’re slipping your pants on after sleeping with your best friend’s wife the mind tends to turn to the thought of exactly what Alighierian torture awaits you on the other side of the death bed. When you see your best friend again that little bitter voice at the pit [...]

Categories: personal

Published:
December 10, 2009 – 11:30 am
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By Friar_Zero

Why I Haven’t Posted Lately 0

Categories: personal

Published:
May 26, 2009 – 9:32 am
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By Friar_Zero

It’s Travel Time, It’s Carnival Time Comments Off

I’m hitting the road this weekend to help my brother move and look for a place to live in Louisville. That’s right folks, soon I hope to be back amongst civilization and fresh from the tap alcohol, which amount to the same thing. I have big plans for life in the city, big [...]

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Published:
September 13, 2008 – 12:00 pm
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By Friar_Zero

Doubt and Trepidation Comments Off

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
– Francis Bacon

It appears, and undoubtedly for good reason, that I have devoted much of my recent time to blogging about not blogging. Very existential, but also due [...]

Categories: personal

Published:
September 6, 2008 – 12:00 pm
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By Friar_Zero