Archive for October, 2008

Wednesday’s Wackiness. Or Whackjob. Or WTF?

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

I am trying to come up with a theme for a regularly-scheduled blog post. My friend Kristy does “Six Word Sundays,” and I like that, but my camera’s acting hinky these days. Derek suggested “Derek’s Dumb Ideas,” where he sends me six words or less, and I write an index-card sized story on that. His [...]

Gentlemen callers (named Chaos)

Monday, October 13th, 2008

This weekend, in Santa Cruz, a guy on the street waved and said “hi.”  When I waved back and smiled, he said, “You have a very nice smile.”  I mumbled thanks, and kept walking.  Later I walked by again, and noticed he was panhandling with the line, “Got forty-thousand for yacht repairs?”  The next day, [...]