|
|
|
Do not tease the animals
|
Trey
|
|
by Trey
|
|
Hate Week already? Hot damn! Time for old Uncle Sticky Pants to pull you up on his lap and tell you how the world real... |
| August 13, 2010 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
| A bit late with the latest, but sometimes life gets in the way.
Here's an assortment of random tracks that are worth li... |
| May 11, 2010 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| It's friday night again, and I'm up past my bedtime digging through the music and putting together a few tunes worth lis... |
| April 24, 2010 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| It's friday night friends, and the the rain is coming down in sheets thick as lead, but, by gawd, I've got music and a g... |
| April 17, 2010 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
Since I never post anything worth reading upon occasion I'll try to post a few things worth listening to.
Some rec... |
| April 06, 2010 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
A few darker selections our readers might enjoy.
(I'm not vouching for the videos. Only the music.)
|
| March 31, 2010 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
Taken from the N-Train, New York City, Feb 21, 2010
Mystery of the Turd by Trey
|
| I work in an office. I'm surrounded by well dressed, college educated professionals.
I work with people who should be a... |
| August 19, 2009 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Another hate week rolls around, and all us reprobate haters crawl out of the woodwork and howl at the moon for a whole w... |
| August 13, 2009 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
| This is a continuation of an ongoing story started years ago. To see the previous chapter and links to all th... |
| May 01, 2009 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| If you're reading this, congratulations. The Swine Flu hasn't killed you yet.
Neither has the Avian Flu.
Nor SARS.
No... |
| May 01, 2009 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| God help me. My guts are churning and I can barely breath.
Apparently the cheap ass generic cold medicine I'm snorting ... |
| February 26, 2009 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| It's done. It's over. Finally. Thank God.
I'm voting tomorrow, for the first time ever. There was a point I was excited... |
| November 04, 2008 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| ***************************************************************************
***************************************... |
| September 16, 2008 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Ahhhh, Hate Week. And about damn time too. The bile’s backed up so far it’s burning my beady bloodshot eyeballs.
A week... |
| August 12, 2008 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| It’s 7 in the AM and you’ve finally managed to tuck an hour and a half under your belt when an explosive, phlemy, almos... |
| July 08, 2008 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Started feeling guilty about the messed up comments so I took some time out of my roadtrip to try to fix them.
I'm hopi... |
| March 05, 2008 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Ray was complaining about comment spam again.
In an effort to finally put an end to this stuff, I've added 'Captchas'.
... |
| February 01, 2008 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
| The point where before and after part ways.
So mundane.
When she steps away.
When you turn away.
When the dotted lin... |
| December 17, 2007 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I’ve been out all night and a cold wind is blowing bad weather through the streets.
I should be in bed.
I’m leaving Ne... |
| December 17, 2007 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| The sun glows red as it touches the horizon.
Bill Parson lowers his binoculars, steps back from the cliff edge, and put... |
| November 21, 2007 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
| It's friday which means I'm slacking at work more than usual.
As food for thought, here is the condensed version of a d... |
| September 14, 2007 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I use the railing of the fire escape to pull myself to my feet. I wipe the puke off my chin and go inside to change pan... |
| August 24, 2007 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Recently, as some of you may have noticed, the comments on the site were spammed (one story had over 20k comments attach... |
| June 12, 2007 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
| As I descend into the boiling water I try to plan it out to lessen the damage.
Rules for being dipped in boiling wate... |
| March 06, 2007 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| 3 Years and counting. Who’d a’thunk it. Happy Birthday to all us freaks and geeks who call this low rent corner of the i... |
| February 02, 2007 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Hate Week. About fucking time.
Sick and ga’dam tired of dry turkey canned cranberry Thanksgivings and max out your cre... |
| January 08, 2007 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Today, I hate New York.
It's one of the ironies of living in NYC that you both pay the highest rents in the country whi... |
| November 22, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Every so often when I’m talking to Ray well into our cups on a weekday evening, he just seems a bit too chipper and I fi... |
| November 07, 2006 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
| I just finished watching The Thin Man.
It’s one of those excellent o... |
| October 12, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I was planning on posting something tonight, but the muse is obviously someplace else.
Instead I made a couple site upd... |
| September 14, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I yell into the dark woods, “I’m just passing through, so if you don’t want any trouble, neither do I!”
“And if we d... |
| August 30, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I just finished Dan Savage's "Skipping Towards Gomorrah", and it's left me in a political state of mind.
I like Dan Sav... |
| June 20, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Somewhere in the depths of that desert tomb the Cupcake was laughing. Hooting echos bouncing down the steel walls of the... |
| May 20, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Four A.M.
Twenty dollars and the pink paper invite from the DJ gets us in.
The greasy Italians in the tracksuits and ... |
| May 13, 2006 |
| |
|
by Trey
|
| Years ago I started boycotting radio because it sucks, and since I have my TV hooked up to a 5 dollar set of rabbit ears... |
| May 05, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I wanna pull on your coat about something. I wanna bend your ear. I wanna whisper my thoughts and faith into the cortex ... |
| May 04, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Apparently my floor at work houses the department in charge of all the cellphones, and after 10 years or so they've deci... |
| April 21, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I should be going to bed now. It’s late, I’ve already posted an addition to 2 Heartbeats, and I have to go to work tomor... |
| March 25, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Click. Bang.
Time is crawling now.
My head throbs with a silent scream as the lead slug creeps across the room puc... |
| March 25, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| So, I rolled out the redesign tonight.
There were all sorts of problems and the site was down for a bit of time tonight... |
| March 17, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| So, after a bit more than 2 years, I was thinking that the site needs a redesign.
I have a tentative design already up.... |
| March 14, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| At the request of Ray, I spent a couple of hours tonight adding comments to the site.
If you go to the bottom of any st... |
| March 02, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| (FYI, Whoever I've been 'borrowing' internet access from finally wised... |
| February 21, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I was thinking I should do something productive tonight.
Maybe mess around with new looks for the site since it's over... |
| January 26, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Alright all you haters, it’s Tuesday and my scarred liver already fled the room crying and whimpering at the cheap whisk... |
| January 10, 2006 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I’ve been in New York city now for 6 years.
I’ve been here for assorted bombings, plane crashes, black outs, blizzard... |
| December 20, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| The Cupcake stares at me with surprise.
The world is fat and slow.
I manage a gurgling “what’r you looking at?” be... |
| December 20, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I’m trying to slow down tonight, because I saw it again, and I want you to see it to.
That slow glide of lights outsi... |
| December 15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I just watched American Psycho.
Not a bad flick, certainly not as affecting as the book, but it got me remembering.
... |
| December 15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Added three new sites to the Links section.
We now have a link to the Palace Theatre in my home town of Canadian Texas.... |
| November 30, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| A couple of things about the site.
I know some people have had trouble setting up photo galleries. I'm starting to thin... |
| November 22, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| It’s been awhile since I’ve gone on a tearing political rant.
Your welcome.
Some might say that this site isn’t about ... |
| November 22, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| It’s the wrong side of 5:30 a.m. on Saturday night.
A thick fog has rolled in, coating the city I love and hate in a bl... |
| November 06, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| *an answer to ray's two heart beats. a new story for anyone who wants to write on it... if there's any takers.
It... |
| November 02, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| About a year ago I turned over the new issue responsibilties to our boy Ray. After all, he's kept this site rolling thro... |
| November 02, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Sara’s wisdom teeth are coming in crooked.
I know this for two reasons. The first is because she’s always bitching a... |
| September 20, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I own a mirror, I have eyes, I know I've put on a few pounds.
I like my Ben and Jerry's, there's a perfect ass shaped ... |
| September 13, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I should be in bed right now, but I just don't feel like sleeping. Instead, I reached up to the top shelf of my kitchen ... |
| August 30, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I looked at that huge list of ‘Ray’s running down the front page of the site and felt guilt. The poor freak is carrying ... |
| August 18, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Just so you don't think I'm neglecting this site, two little updates you might not have noticed.
1)We now have a favi... |
| August 02, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I scream, "On your right, on your right!"
McMurphy spins the wheel and pulls the emergency brake sending us sliding... |
| August 02, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I keep telling myself I'm a capitalist. I've spent the last 4 years of my life working for souless multi-national financ... |
| July 21, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I dream of a puppy in a field of grass and sun. A mutt with bright eyes and big clumsy paws. I watch it chasing a butter... |
| July 13, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| What to say?
Our hearts and minds are with you London?
Our hopes and prayers are yours?
All are true, none can take t... |
| July 08, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| So I turned on PBS tonight. Now, I’m a PBS fan. It’s one of the 4 channels my rabbit ears with the tin foil tips can pic... |
| July 01, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I wanna chew on your coat about something. It's not the usual strangelands ranting and raving, but there's some creepy s... |
| June 24, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| So, people say I'm cynical, people say I'm hard. People say I used to be a nice young man but the evil city I live in ha... |
| June 21, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| It's a small world, especially on the crowded island of manhattan.
Got a call last week from an old friend from my home... |
| June 06, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| So, I'm staring into the last two lonely ice cubes melting away in my mason jar full of double discount whiskey.
Yes, i... |
| June 03, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Generally I prefer busting things.
Beer bottles, furniture, family heirlooms, my ass.
But, sometimes I feel like fixin... |
| June 03, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| posted a new photo gallery called "some old photos".
It's, well, some old photos. I used to take tons o... |
| May 24, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| So, after a year of the strangelands I actually got around to looking at the site statistics for the last month.
I thou... |
| May 24, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| A long night tonight.
Late to bed, early to rise.
Late night at work, pounding out code, a dollar for a pound, a pound... |
| May 21, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Weds night with whiskey. Gotta get up early tomorrow, but who has time to care. A fellow can learn to live with a hango... |
| May 19, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Ga'damn parties.
So your GF gets a few cups in, out on the town in NYC, hanging with some big peck'd six pack... |
| April 26, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Let's talk now, you and me.
Lean closer.
In vino veritas, and veritas I have.
What do you want, oh strangelands ... |
| April 17, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Evening blooms, full and heavy, hanging across a new york friday night.
The club. Expensive, full. Walk through the r... |
| April 17, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Posting problems should be resolved now.
I had to go through every page in the administrative section and force re-en... |
| March 16, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| In case you did not read "a note from the admin" below, I thought I would repost this with a slightly more accurate titl... |
| March 15, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| "We gotta go to bed", the lucid voice announced.
"I don't feel like it. Music still playing, whiskey still flowin... |
| March 11, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| So, I have noticed that some stories are being rejected upon posting.
I have looked into the issue and it is related to... |
| March 11, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I remember, late whiskey fueled nights.
Good friends and music.
Dancing with lights flashing.
Letting go of all t... |
| February 10, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I got a new Canon 300D digital camera, and I figured I'd post a few pics taken with it. I only found 8 I liked, so to s... |
| February 04, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I coulda gone to sleep early tonight. Woken up with 8 solid under my belt, a grin on my freshly shaven face, and a spri... |
| February 01, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| You might have noticed that the stories are listed in a different order now.
Stories used to be listed with the oldest ... |
| January 27, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| As long as I'm ranting and raving, I have another bone to pick, only this time it's with our illustrious strangeland's a... |
| January 27, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| CLICK ME t... |
| January 26, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| CLICK ME
... |
| January 25, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Hm,” Sarah said. “Well, I guess if there have to be clowns around, they might as well be on fire.”
I laughed, she lau... |
| January 21, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| I wonder.
I wonder about the wrong war at the wrong time in the wrong place.
When is the right war, time, and place?
... |
| January 20, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Some intresting reading from Iraq.
LTC Tim Ryan is Commander, Task Force 2-12 Cavalry, First Cavalry Division in Iraq: ... |
| January 19, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| And so, Hate Week ends.
Just as it was becoming my new favorite holiday.
Move over Columbus day...
At least we here a... |
| January 14, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| A few suggestions for making your Hate Week all that it can be:
1) Put the toilet seat down when you're finished? Ho... |
| January 07, 2005 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Just got off the phone with my boy Ray.
He's obviously lost a step or two. Only one in the A.M. and he's already too d... |
| December 31, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Ray layed down a challenge.
Obviously he feels like the rest of aren't carrying our weight. I don't blame him.
I star... |
| December 22, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Change is in the air, swirling through this dirty Burg, born aloft on the sweet treacley strains of dead vocalists croon... |
| December 16, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| The election is over, and, thank you John Kerry, platoons of disappointed lawyers have trudged home with briefcases full... |
| November 05, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| "I'll be with you in a moment", the mindless voice announced.
.
.
.
"How can I help you? 45 for 1, 65 for 2. That'... |
| September 04, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| A wendensday night...
Following in the footsteps of the great authors of old, I got good and drunk to post the intro fo... |
| August 05, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| You know that when you become involved with someone their baggage will become yours.
I met a certain New York girl se... |
| July 30, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| The evening started innocent enough. A bit of dinner, maybe a movie, then to bed early as reasonable people are want to... |
| July 20, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| He talked of life, and love, and dreams found and lost again.
"I sought truth", he said, and took a drag of his stunt... |
| July 07, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| TheStrangelands.com is surprised to be celebrating it's 6 month anniversary.
Yes, it's true. Oh rare and appreciated r... |
| July 05, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| This short cigar belongs to the man with no name.
This long gun belongs to the man with no name.
This poncho belongs t... |
| June 02, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| A month come and gone, yet The Strangelands remains.
Last month we had 12 stories posted by 4 different autho... |
| March 04, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| Cooking. A whitetrash feast extraordinaire. Browned beef, too much cheddar, a few cans on sale.
In the frid... |
| February 29, 2004 |
| |
|
|
by Trey
|
| According to this report from the New Yo... |
| February 04, 2004 |
| |
|