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The Rants
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by Ray
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| "My throat's a little scratchy this morning."
This is how it starts, in case you're new to my world. I push my chair ... |
| September 05, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| August 30, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Okay. Maybe my brain isn't firing on all cylinders right now. It has been a long weekend, and I don't get over brain dam... |
| August 16, 2010 |
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by Trey
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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 |
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by Ray
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| So it's time to wind down another Hate Week. Frankly, I don't mind that it's over. I find that the best way for me to g... |
| August 13, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Usually I spend a lot more time preparing for Hate Week. Promotional postcards, posters, or spray-painted goats. This ye... |
| August 11, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| It has passed that time of night. I set myself a limit. If I'm still sitting here with a blank page in front of me when ... |
| August 11, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| The other day, one of my coworkers made this note card for another coworker. Working with a bunch of females is perfect ... |
| August 10, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Writing a post about running during Hate Week is pretty much the easiest thing in the world for me. Because I am not goo... |
| August 09, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I don't really have a motto, nor do I have words that I live by. But one thing I do have is the constant feeling of Karm... |
| August 07, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| It's August 6th, which means a couple things. One, that I haven't posted nearly as often as I'd hoped. Two, that Hate We... |
| August 06, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Right in the middle of a great dream. One of those that you want to live in forever. Alarm sounds.
Bed's soft, temper... |
| July 30, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| So this is my third week. I ran Monday through Thursday the first week I started running. I ran Monday through Friday la... |
| July 26, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| A while back, I made a short little clip about Owl Cat. It was a spur of the moment thing, and even though it was really... |
| July 24, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I don't have much time to write about Day 5. The distance has increased enough that I'm going to have to wake up earlier... |
| July 19, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| More more more of the same.
No exciting weather, no drunken hobo to yell encouragement from the bus bench. Only more... |
| July 15, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Will I write about this every day?
I don't know. I've made an agreement with myself that I am going to write every d... |
| July 14, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| The alarm goes off and I can't help but believe it. As much as I want to hit the snooze button, I can't--alarm is set wi... |
| July 13, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I recently downloaded an e-reader application, and it's one of the few things I like about my stupid phone. What I reall... |
| July 12, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| So I made it through Independence Day with my liver mostly intact, and barely any more brain damage than usual. Still ha... |
| July 05, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I spent a lot of time writing this post the other night, but I made the rookie mistake of trying to post it before savin... |
| June 28, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Do you ever do something incredibly stupid, but you still find it hilarious? I just spent five minutes making the worst ... |
| June 26, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I know I need to post more, but right now I'm listening to Eminem's new album, and I just want to type whatever while th... |
| June 23, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Under the best of conditions, I generally don't take care of myself very well. I try, sometimes. There will be weeks at... |
| June 19, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Do you guys remember back in the old days, when cartoons were awesome instead of just stupid bullshit and flashing image... |
| June 12, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I woke up this morning at 4:30. This was not on purpose, and I tried for half an hour to remedy the situation.
Appar... |
| June 03, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I don't generally pull back the curtain on my writing, because I'm pretty sure nobody gives much of a shit. But I feel ... |
| May 26, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I've been trying for the last twenty minutes to figure out something to write that would be entertaining, something that... |
| May 19, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| One a.m. and I'm just waking up from what I thought was going to be an all-night sleep. Woke for a moment--my princess s... |
| May 06, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| It's another one of those picture-with-word things (idea ripped off ... |
| April 22, 2010 |
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by Ray
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A text conversation I had just now (I'm in bold):
"People in Canadian think you might be dead. Just a heads up.... |
| April 21, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I know I have been exceptionally hard on you this past couple of weeks, and I apologize. But you have to understand that... |
| April 12, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| A couple weeks ago, I made some new posters for The Strangelands. I don't know why, really. I guess I figured that at so... |
| April 03, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| "You need to write the truth," he says. "Quit writing what you wish was the truth, and write the truth."
So here it g... |
| March 31, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Dear Bobby,
Hey, man, I got your postcard, and I just wanted to let you know. As soon as possible, because you really... |
| March 28, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| There's an unspoken rule in my life that I'm not really allowed to use pictures of friends and family members on this we... |
| March 22, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| So I'm sitting here at my desk, not doing anything, really. Looking at things on the internet, but not paying any attent... |
| March 21, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I started the day out by dumping a partial shot of Scotch down my face and chest. I ended it by dumping some sort or sce... |
| March 15, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I've been seeing hastily-made posters up all over town lately, advertising stuff for SXSW, and since I was bored, I deci... |
| March 14, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I don't generally watch TV or go to movies. I don't watch TV because I think most of what's on it is panda-fuck stupid. ... |
| March 13, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| So this is a total punk move, but I can't think of anything good to write, so I decided to just show you some pictures. ... |
| March 10, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I generally try to spread my content out around the internet, which isn't nearly as gross as it might seem at first. Wel... |
| March 09, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| The other day, I saw a man in a wheelchair. He was morbidly obese, and he had no arms or legs.
One thing I want to g... |
| March 08, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Working on something that is taking up most of my time. Hopefully it will be ready soon. Until then, here is this thing:... |
| February 23, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Look, I don't claim responsibility for most of the things I do, okay? I mean, 78% of the time, my brain's working agains... |
| February 15, 2010 |
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by Ray
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This is BJ... |
| February 13, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| Okay, so here's the thing: I got 39 minutes before I have to officially call it bed time. That'll put me at midnight, an... |
| February 09, 2010 |
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by Ray
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Hey you guys, you know how... |
| February 03, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| You might have noticed that I haven't been polluting this site with constant whining about my allergies like I have in ... |
| January 28, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| The other day, I had to carry a bunch of heavy-ass boxes up two flights of stairs, and then through an office building. ... |
| January 24, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I can't swear to it, but I'm pretty sure I first heard rap music when I was about eight years old. It wasn't gangsta rap... |
| January 22, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| So I'm back. From my trip out of town. Because I went to, uh...you bastards didn't even notice, did you?
Well, anyway... |
| January 20, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I know I've talked about it before, and I know the majority of you don't care, but The Strangelands has a Twitter page. ... |
| January 14, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| 7:13 a.m.
My goal today is to write an entire post using only my phone. There are drawbacks--the main one being the lac... |
| January 06, 2010 |
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by Ray
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| I don't have much to say, but I figured I should get a post of some sort up, anyway. So you get all kinds of pieces.
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| December 29, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| You may not believe this, but this is one Experiments In Energy segment I'd really rather not do.
I was having a fri... |
| December 26, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| The other day was my birthday. When my princess asked me what I wanted, I told her I didn't know, and I'd think about it... |
| December 11, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Well heck, looks like the weekend's over, huh? I kinda missed it. I finally decided to force myself to sit down and get ... |
| December 07, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I was out tonight, not for long, but long enough. Crowded bar--didn't realize it was a popular sports bar, and with the... |
| December 06, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Technically, it is Thanksgiving here in Austin, Texas. Not many people eating turkey yet, I don't think, because it's li... |
| November 26, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Okay, holy crap you guys. You wouldn't believe how pumped up I am right now. You know how a while back I wrote a test fo... |
| November 24, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I spent a rather large portion of my weekend proofreading stories for my next book, and I think it might be taking its t... |
| November 23, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I was walking around in Target tonight, looking at toys and thinking about my Christmas list. And I realized something-... |
| November 22, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| The thing is, I was in a good mood. The day began, and I didn't feel too upset by that. The day continued on, and while... |
| November 20, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Pretty much my favorite thing about weekdays is The Charlie Hodge Halftime Show. I stumbled onto the show when I first ... |
| November 12, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Here are some pictures I took on my recent trip to my home town:
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| November 08, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| The other day, I'm driving down the street, like I do, and I hear a song. Something about it catches my ear, so I strain... |
| November 07, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| October 26, 2009 |
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by Ray
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Nothing incendiary tonight, kids.... |
| October 25, 2009 |
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by Charlie Mine
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| By Grandpa Charlie
Yep, once again, Ray, you have |
| October 19, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I have a secret for you, and you won't like it and neither will I. But the deal is, there is no deal. The thing is, yo... |
| October 18, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I have a camera in my phone, and I use it to take all sorts of mundane pictures every day. So there really should be a p... |
| October 17, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I just now got brave enough to post this. I've almost posted it three times before. Each time, I write a little intro fo... |
| October 09, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Here's what I got: a stuffy nose; a washer full of clothes that has to be put in the dryer before bed, a glass and a hal... |
| October 07, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I had to go to the supermarket today to pick up some stuff. While I was there, I got transfixed by the various meats i... |
| September 27, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I'm not a big fan of getting haircuts. The last time I went to get one was just before my job interview. I took the lit... |
| September 24, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| If you're a regular reader, you might assume that I write about pretty much everything that goes on in my life, no matt... |
| September 13, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I still remember.
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| September 11, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Hey gang, how's your Labor Day weekend going? Good? Good, I hope. I sat around all day today, not really getting anythin... |
| September 07, 2009 |
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| August 31, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Last day of the month, there's no way I'm going to post something worthwhile. As I've mentioned before, almost all of th... |
| August 30, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I made a mistake tonight. One that I have never made before. I wrote an entire post using only the story entry form. And... |
| August 29, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I'm not really allowed to write stuff on this site about my friends and family, but sometimes I disregard the rules and ... |
| August 28, 2009 |
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by Charlie Mine
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| "Don't you ever feel like just saying 'Fuck it' to the whole goddamn world? Day in, day out, the same nine-to-five bull... |
| August 27, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I'm not what you'd call a cheerful person under the best of times. Spending an hour in traffic after working all day doe... |
| August 21, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I was emailed a YouTube link tonight. Demetri Martin. The text message sent to inform me of the email (because we live i... |
| August 20, 2009 |
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| August 19, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Author's Note: This post shows that it was written on the 13th, but that's because our server is weird. Rest assured tha... |
| August 13, 2009 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| Getting home from work to a hot-ass apartment? Check. Going to a math class and staring with glazed-eye confusion for t... |
| August 12, 2009 |
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by James
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| The most proper philosopher from history to represent the Strangelands is undoubtedly Diogenes of Sinope. If you are unf... |
| August 12, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I woke up puking yesterday. Last night, I drank some NyQuil and went to bed. Shortly before, I texted Trey and told him ... |
| August 11, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I'll tell you one thing kids: you sit down at the same desk, you turn on the same song, you feel the fan blow on your a... |
| August 10, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| All right. So the site has been acting a little hinky lately, probably due to the fact that I've been telling pretty mu... |
| August 09, 2009 |
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by Sammie Jams
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| Morning conversation:
Me: Hey, it's hate week!
Him: What? Who do you hate?
Me: You, sweetheart, I hate you.
Him: ... |
| August 06, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| So it's about 87 degrees in my apartment right now, and my air conditioner doesn't give a damn. I've been doing math ho... |
| August 06, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| You know what sucks? People who tell you about their dreams. I mean the dreams they have at night, not like their goals... |
| August 04, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| July 27, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I wrote this longhand in a spiral notebook, using a pencil. I figured that if I was lucid enough when I got home, I woul... |
| July 22, 2009 |
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by James
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| Greetings fellow Strangelanders,
Like many of you, I am a big fan of news stories about humans doing things so monst... |
| July 17, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Fuck. Stuck in stop-and-go traffic. 3 miles an hour. Nobody is ever available to talk during rush hour. Why is that?
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| July 15, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I'd like to introduce you to someone.
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| July 14, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I originally wrote this on Thursday, and I wanted to read over it before I posted it. Then I forgot all about it. I was ... |
| July 13, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I got pizza tonight. I ordered it online, and then I drove to pick it up. When I got there, the guy behind the counter... |
| July 11, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Look man, most of the shit I say on this website, it's better if you ignore it. But sometimes, there are things like the... |
| July 09, 2009 |
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| July 06, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Considering that I'll try just about any energy drink I can get my hands on, and considering how crude and juvenile my ... |
| July 05, 2009 |
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by Ray
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You probably didn't know this, ... |
| June 26, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there--way to not be smart enough to wrap that shit up, or at least pull out. ... |
| June 22, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| The thing is, it's 3:30 in the morning, and I've been staring at this computer for about sixteen hours now. The thing i... |
| June 19, 2009 |
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by Ray
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A while back, I did a picture strip thi... |
| June 18, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| So classes have started, and this was my first week of summer school. I'm only taking two classes, and then I'll be fini... |
| June 05, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Uhg. You know what's stupid? Going to bed early. I hate it. I looked at the clock a while ago, and I thought to myself,... |
| June 02, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| It's midnight, I'm hot, and my air conditioner doesn't work. I blame Obama for the broken air conditioner.
Since befo... |
| May 28, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Usually, I would just link back to this original post, but when I finally tracked it down tonight, I saw that it was all... |
| May 25, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| For a recent story, I needed to know how long it took to perform an abortion. I meant the medical procedure, but that's ... |
| May 18, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| There are a lot of things in life that I need more of. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Dollars. Elastic pants.
You know w... |
| May 14, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I was looking at a Batman comic today--a collection from the 30's and 40's, when he was brand new--and realized that al... |
| May 12, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| May 08, 2009 |
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by James
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| Alright, so I just got back home from The Kills concert at Emo's, and here is my initial observation: The fans of the ba... |
| April 25, 2009 |
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| Wow!... |
| April 23, 2009 |
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by Charlie Mine
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| Maybe I’m just tired. Or shot one too many steroid injections this week. Whatever. I oughta be happy for all of you i... |
| April 20, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| You look around, right? Search through old files, skim through internet pages, whatever. Grab your phone and scroll thr... |
| April 16, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I was supposed to be taking a nap. I didn't get any sleep last night, and I've got a ton of stuff to do tonight, so I wa... |
| April 08, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I just finished writing a couple of pretty big pieces, so I'm taking a break from the serious story-telling for the ni... |
| April 07, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| April 03, 2009 |
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by James
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| At the company I work for, a lot of the people's whose products we sell, they often give us free chtozki sort of things.... |
| April 01, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I was talking to my sister earlier, and I told her that my princess and I went for a walk yesterday and almost got caug... |
| March 26, 2009 |
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by me
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| I encounter fear now. I certainly know the feeling of destruction of heart, of self. I have always been opened up to the... |
| March 24, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| March 23, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| March 15, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Towards the end of last year, a friend of mine began harping on me because I wasn't writing as much on The Strangelands ... |
| March 12, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Every morning, I wake up and tell myself that I’m going to start going to bed earlier. Because honestly, what the hell ... |
| March 04, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| On my way home from school, I was going to stop and get the mail. I was listening to a mix CD I made like ten years ago,... |
| February 23, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| February 19, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Right now, it feels like a troll clawed his way through my eyes, trudged with dirty feet to the very top of my brain, a... |
| February 16, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| All day, I have checked to make sure my eyes aren't bleeding. In case you have ever wondered what kind of a freak I am,... |
| February 04, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| January 31, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| As we all know, I don't try very hard this late in the month. At anything, really, but especially not when it comes to p... |
| January 31, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I recently had the following text message conversation.
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| January 29, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I've been trying to think up something worth ranting about, something worth writing about. Nothing has come of it. I us... |
| January 28, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I've started like twenty short stories lately, and have yet to finish any of them. So instead of a story, you get an ins... |
| January 16, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| I am going to make this short, A) because I really need to post something, but I can't think of anything good, and B) be... |
| January 10, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Believe it or not, I used to be funny. I used to post on this site pretty much every day (sometimes even more than once... |
| January 07, 2009 |
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by Ray
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| Three in the morning, just returning from a drug run to the convenience store down the street. Mucinex, throat relief sp... |
| December 30, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Christmas morning, and it seems like an exceptionally noisy one, especially considering the fact that I'm the only one a... |
| December 25, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Today did not go as I had planned. At all.
I have a nine-hour drive back to my home town tomorrow, and I was supposed... |
| December 22, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Sometimes—not often, but sometimes—I forget about how much I hate people. Going out during the holiday season quickly r... |
| December 18, 2008 |
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| I'm two classes down, which means only three to go until I'm done with the semester. Which is a good thing.
A while b... |
| December 10, 2008 |
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| December 04, 2008 |
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| All through it I wondered if Ray Milland somehow knew that a little less than two decades later he'd co-star with Rosie ... |
| November 29, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I gotta tell ya, kids, I'm kind of excited. Almost...cheerful. I've got a full five days before I have to go to class a... |
| November 26, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So listen: I know it has been a while since I last posted. I had to register for classes, which involved a lot more hust... |
| November 16, 2008 |
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by Jesse
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| It's been a long time since I posted, and this surely will not make up for the absence, but it was just wierd enough to ... |
| November 13, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| One thirty in the morning, I just finished up my most recent school project. In all fairness, I got sidetracked a little... |
| November 11, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So I'm still dog-puke sick, which is just really outstanding, I assure you. I got over the stomach stuff--apparently tha... |
| November 07, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Here’s a quick way to tell if your weekend is going to suck: Your princess, who is an elementary school teacher, comes ... |
| November 05, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| My first draft of this post got wiped out by a strange incident with the backspace key, and to be honest, I'm kind of gl... |
| October 30, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Not much in the way of words tonight, but that is a-ok, because I realized I had some projects from school I hadn't show... |
| October 29, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So I’ve been screwing with Dreamweaver and CSS for about eight hours straight now, and I’m pretty sure it was a mistake... |
| October 27, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So where we at tonight, kids? You doin' all right? Doin' good? Good.
My cockhole neighbors are tromping up and... |
| October 23, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I'm at that weird place where I should be asleep and I want to be asleep, but I just can't be asleep. I had to stay up l... |
| October 21, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I'm supposed to be doing homework right now. But something was bothering me. My last post. What if someone came by, like... |
| October 17, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So listen: I don't really have anything worth writing about, but I'm not sleepy. Which is weird, considering that I wok... |
| October 17, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Okay. I want to take this moment to assure you that this site is not going to turn into an exercise log. But I generally... |
| October 16, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I got up this morning at five (okay, a little after five, but just barely). I got dressed. I brushed my teeth.
And I ... |
| October 14, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I'll be honest with you kids--I'm not in a fantastic way at the moment. The night, it took a sinister turn at some poin... |
| October 14, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Okay, so we already know I'm a little biased against this crap, but just to show you how fair I am, and because I'm bor... |
| October 11, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| The little blue light isn't mocking me, not quite, but it's getting dangerously close. I only see that little bastard w... |
| October 09, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I think you'd be lying if you said you didn't think I had seen my share of she-male porn. I also think you'd be lying i... |
| October 08, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| "We're starting late and we're letting out early."
This is where a lot of people would say that the words were music ... |
| October 07, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Did you guys register to vote yet? Did you watch that debate? And most importantly, do you really think I care?
What ... |
| October 03, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| There will be a new post here shortly. No, seriously. It might not be very good, but it will be here. Trust me.
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| October 02, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I spent the day doing homework, so I don't really have anything for you to read. Except that rik texted me, so I have th... |
| September 29, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| is it daytime yet? shit no! don't even play like that, actin' like the sun's there and it's time to take action, take re... |
| September 28, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I've been meaning to write this post for a while, but I keep putting it off. Which is weird, because there's really not... |
| September 27, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| we dance like we're instructed, each and every day it's like those footprints telling us where to step and dammit if we... |
| September 25, 2008 |
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by Ray
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Usually, I don't write about the people I go to school with. I wro... |
| September 24, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Look, let's not even play around: I'm freakin' tired. I mean, I'm an idiot for even being awake right now, and sitting ... |
| September 16, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So I did a search of our website, using that little Google thing up in the upper-left corner of the page, and discovered... |
| September 15, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I’ve already whined about being busy, so we’ll just skip over that part for tonight. We’re all busy, it seems like late... |
| September 12, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I mentioned at the first of the month that rik and I did a little recording. I think I have something like two hours of ... |
| September 06, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Once again, I find myself too busy to write a proper post, and have to resort to using pictures of my school work in ord... |
| September 03, 2008 |
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| Y'know that part at the beginning where that girl cradling the dog absent-mindedly lets it escape her clutches and it ru... |
| August 31, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Been a busy, busy week, kids, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to slow down any in the months to come. Quite the opp... |
| August 29, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So I went back to school today, and the two classes I went to were pretty rockin'. Not sure how tomorrow's going to be, ... |
| August 26, 2008 |
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| School starts tomorrow. In eleven hours, I will be hauling my tired ass into class for another semester of humiliation.... |
| August 25, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| One of those days, kids, which is strange, because it really shouldn’t have been. Yesterday’s plan: Do some laundry, ea... |
| August 22, 2008 |
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| I actually wrote this at 5:30PM but couldn't post it until now, my title explains why.
I found a nice shady s... |
| August 19, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| 1) That I liked Crystal Pepsi. It was clear but it tasted like Pepsi…kind of. I mean, it’s not like it was world... |
| August 15, 2008 |
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| Hate Week.
I actually had intentions for Hate Week. They were simple, but achievable.
Intentions:
Find things t... |
| August 12, 2008 |
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| 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 |
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by Jesse
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| Well, Hate Week. I haven't missed you after all. However, I'm pretty fricken tired, cause it's the middle of the night a... |
| August 12, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| With Hate Week winding down (only another 24 hours or so until it's over for the year), I figured I'd go ahead and post ... |
| August 12, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Hate Week isn’t all about me bitching about my car catching on fire and me having to deal with scumbag car salesmen. It’... |
| August 12, 2008 |
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by Jesse
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| There's an empty corner in my livingroom. Really it's filled with clutter right now, but when I finally put that stuff a... |
| August 10, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I will be back shortly. rik is supposed to post while I'm gone, but she's terribly unreliable, and probably won't. I'm j... |
| August 09, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| What sucks is that it’s Hate Week—my time to shine—and I’m too busy gathering source material to write any of it down. ... |
| August 08, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| This is making the rounds on the internet today, so some of you may have already seen it. But in case you haven't, and i... |
| August 07, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I get asked a lot why I would start and/or continue something like Hate Week. “A lot” being relative, of course, consid... |
| August 07, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I was in the shower this morning when I remembered that today is the first day of Hate Week. I have some pictures made ... |
| August 06, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Guess what yesterday was, kids!
If you guessed Monday, you’re partially right. Also, August 4th would have worked fo... |
| August 05, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I decided to try to be a regular human and go to bed last night. I did that thing like regular people do, where they re... |
| August 03, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Since my princess got her wisdom teeth removed, I’ve spent a lot of time watching TV. I try to keep her in bed most of ... |
| August 02, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Ah, what a day. I’m not entirely sure what I had expected, but I’m pretty sure it didn’t go according to plan. I slept ... |
| July 30, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So you may have noticed a lack of posts around here the last few days. There are a few reasons for this, but the main o... |
| July 27, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| In case you were wondering what I just got through doing, I just got through reading all about kangaroos. Not so much b... |
| July 23, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I just got back from watching the new Batman movie. If you haven’t seen it yet, I suggest you run out and do that. Righ... |
| July 18, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I know we all get spam in our email boxes, and most of us probably get the same kind, so it’s not really worth writing ... |
| July 15, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| The sun sets. The sky blazes like a spilled rainbow, violet inkblots of clouds splashed across dazzling streaks of oran... |
| July 14, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Damn and damn and damn. I got no new story, nothing interesting to say, and I already used up my bad poetry thing for th... |
| July 10, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I had this dream last night. I was walking through a hallway, and I came upon a dimly-lit room. There was nothing but a... |
| July 09, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Man, I had really planned to spend some time writing a quality post tonight, but just before I began, I remembered that... |
| July 07, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Happy Fourth of July, Strangelanders. I hope you’re all out getting drunk and catching things on fire right now, as you... |
| July 04, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Began writing in class:
Brain-worn and glassy-eyed. Didn’t sleep much last night, and when I dozed, it was a restless... |
| July 03, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I don't really have anything ready for your viewing/reading pleasure tonight, but since I've really been trying hard to ... |
| July 02, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I was messing around with Photoshop today, and decided to make an “Air Strangelands” logo to go with the
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| All right, we’re done moving. We went to do our apartment walk-through today, but there was no one in-charge enough to ... |
| June 30, 2008 |
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by Carey
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| The following is the highly anticipated (or not) post I began writing the other day and then got timed out on and did no... |
| June 24, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| It’s been kind of a strange day. Not incredibly odd, but a little…off. I dropped my princess off at her school, and as ... |
| June 21, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I went out onto my deck this morning with a cup of coffee. I don’t particularly like taking coffee outside on the deck ... |
| June 20, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So I’ve got shit for writing ideas tonight. Normally, I’d just cop out and post a lousy poem, but since I did that last... |
| June 20, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| You know how sometimes I write about abusing my penis? It’s time for another one of those stories.
I bought some new... |
| June 16, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I'm in the middle of moving, so I haven't really been writing. I had to do something with the time I didn't have interne... |
| June 14, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Posting via cell phone sucks. Go screw, Time Warner. Bastards.... |
| June 13, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| True story:
I’m at class this one time, and the teacher is telling us about some new reality show, I think it might h... |
| June 12, 2008 |
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by Lynne Grey
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So, last night I was ready to go and post something amazing. I was reading through the comments on my previous post ... |
| June 11, 2008 |
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by Ray
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“I might be a bad person.”
“Why do you say that?”
“I don’t know—just little things I do. Like, you know how ther... |
| June 08, 2008 |
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by Ray
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I like the internet. Sometimes, I’ll just sit around thinking about how wonderful and amazing it is. You ever do that... |
| June 08, 2008 |
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by Ray
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I went to Subway the other day for a sandwich. The bad service you get at the Subway in my neighborhood is legendary.... |
| June 07, 2008 |
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by Ray
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I had to buy some shoes today. Mine are all worn out, and they constantly squeak, like I’m comic relief in a spy movi... |
| June 06, 2008 |
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by Ray
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1:30 in the morning, my breath tastes horrible. Not tired, but I know I should go to bed. Drunk girls, playing in the... |
| June 05, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| You remember a while back, when I did that picture of a
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| Since my last post was a little hardcore and unpleasant, I decided to lighten up a little bit with this one. I’m back i... |
| June 03, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I was just reading through my hometown newspaper, and I saw something that bothered me. It bothered me enough that I d... |
| June 02, 2008 |
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| April 04, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Before I get into any sort or ambling tonight, I have to give huge props to
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| Okay, so I finally managed to get a story finished. It’s damn long, though, so I’m going to wait until next month to p... |
| March 27, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Sometimes I wonder if I was ever normal. I think back to my childhood, and it seems pretty normal, but then it occurs t... |
| March 21, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| It isn’t always lonely in the dark. Sometimes the shadows keep me company, the night sounds keep me thinking. But ther... |
| March 20, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Sorry, kids—another day down, and I still haven’t finished any stories. I’m trying, I really am. Real life has been ha... |
| March 19, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Hey, Ray, it’s been a while since you whined about some sort of health problem. What gives?
Well, since you ... |
| March 17, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I recently bought Adobe Photoshop. I’ve heard that you can do the same stuff with open source software like |
| March 17, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| “How long do sperm live?”
This is how conversations start when you have friends like mine. The tragic part is, a sim... |
| March 16, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I sent rik a couple of pictures that I had been working on in Photoshop—one of a nastier version of the
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| Back in the old days, I probably would have just tacked this down in the comment section like I... |
| March 14, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Okay, this is going to be a let down, due to all the
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| We have this candle, I don’t know where it came from, but it’s been sitting there on the shelf for a while, now, ... |
| March 12, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| You know how I’m always whining about not being tough enough? I was looking through my old footlocker this afternoon an... |
| March 08, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| It’s already time for another Photoshop project. This time, it’s logos. We’re still in the beginning stages, where we... |
| March 06, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| When I first started this semester, the instructor of my digital imaging class went on and on about how there were goin... |
| March 04, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| You know that guy I bitch about who sits next to me? He came to class last time smelling like cat piss. And not just a... |
| February 27, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| There’s this thing called Twitter, you may have heard about it. I recently discovered it through a website called |
| February 25, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| All right, I posted a few more sound clips you can listen to if you want. It’s rik and I again, but it’s different fro... |
| February 24, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| For my Web Design class, we had to sign up for a blog on WordPress. As many of you know, I am not a big fan of blogs. ... |
| February 21, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| The house has a thick atmosphere of booze, not in the miserable, pathetic way of a drunk contemplating suicide, but rat... |
| February 18, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| 12:33 am on a Saturday morning, and I just finished up my homework for the night. This wouldn’t be so bad, except for ... |
| February 09, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I’m going to tell you a story, and I hope that I can relate to you at least a fraction of the humor it involved. I’m g... |
| February 07, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Kind of an awkward day, really. I was doing fine this morning, right up until I had to leave my house. The roads I ta... |
| February 06, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m supposed to be doing school work today. Technically, I was supposed to do it yesterday, but the allergen-laden ... |
| February 02, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I don’t like people. I think we all know this. Sure, there are a select few that I’ll suffer because they’re awesome,... |
| January 25, 2008 |
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by Jesse
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| This started as just a comment on Ray's post about his trip to the supermarket... |
| January 18, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| Classes have started back up, which means I’m a full-time student once again. Not worth writing about, really, but I’m... |
| January 17, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I decided to make a frozen pizza for dinner tonight. I’m a fan of the DiGiorno Ultimate. I used to really enjoy their... |
| January 13, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I was in the supermarket yesterday when I heard a voice I recognized. It wasn’t recognized in the way a friend or loved... |
| January 12, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I recently bought a shitpile of journals. I would like to think it’s because something monumental is about to happen i... |
| January 06, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I’ve been doing a lot on online shopping lately. Some of it was Christmas shopping for others, but most of it was Chri... |
| January 05, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I went to the supermarket tonight to get some candy. I needed lemon drops, you see. I was tired, and wanted to go to ... |
| January 02, 2008 |
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by Ray
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| I went home for the holidays, and for a brief second, I was foolish enough to think I’d made it out unscathed. I shoul... |
| December 31, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| There was nothing important about my day, or maybe there was. I don’t know, and I don’t really care. The point isn’t ... |
| December 21, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| For my birthday, my princess got me a gift certificate for this place called Planet Replay—a place where you can get us... |
| December 14, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Over the course of my life, I’ve come to realize a few things, none of which are important. One thing I find a little ... |
| December 09, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I was talking to Trey the other night, and somehow the subject of dreams came up. I think it’s because we were discuss... |
| December 07, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So there’s obviously a lot to love this time of year—bright, festive Christmas lights, jovial decorations, the general ... |
| December 05, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Update 12/04/07
I rarely go out to the movies. It’s not because I don’t like i... |
| December 03, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Ah, the night after Thanksgiving. I trust you did your share of eating and slothing around on the day of thanks. My m... |
| November 23, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| If you’ve ever been looking at something of mine on this site, and suddenly found yourself thinking something along the... |
| November 18, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| This is a total cop out post. As much as I revel in the power of my pain medication, I have to admit that it’s shit on... |
| November 16, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I did a little movie watching over this past weekend. DVDs, of course, because going to the actual movie theater means... |
| November 13, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| written 11/09/07
I’ve been going to the chiropractor for quite a while now. I was skeptical in the beginning, ... |
| November 11, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I should be in my hometown right now, anticipating going trick-or-treating with my nephews. Instead, I'm getting ready ... |
| October 31, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| “I was watching this thing on TV the other night, and they asked a bunch of world-famous chefs what they would have if ... |
| October 26, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I went to the chiropractor the other day. For the duration of this post, I will refer to him as “the doctor,” because ... |
| October 25, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I haven’t posted anything in a few days—I think we all realize this. There was a reason for this, believe it or not. ... |
| October 15, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Last week, while I was dealing with some of the worst physical pain I’ve ever endured in my life, I missed a test. In ... |
| October 09, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I was bored and Vicodin-ed up one night and wrote this for submission to an online humor magazine. I don’t have anythin... |
| October 07, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| It’s three in the morning, which has never been my favorite hour of the day. I used to have all kinds of theories abou... |
| October 06, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I have a new bit over at Strange Noise if yo... |
| October 02, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| When I’m at work, I sometimes have to go to the part supply place next door to get stuff. When I walk in, there’s a hal... |
| September 30, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So I had a test in my Speech class this morning. Because I’m something of a super-genius in all things that aren’t alg... |
| September 29, 2007 |
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by Ray
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Long day of brain-melting education, so I got nothin’ for you tonight. Luckily, ... |
| September 25, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I went grocery shopping today. And for something like the eighth time in a row, the retarded girl bagged my groceries.... |
| September 23, 2007 |
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by Ray
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If you’re reading this, you should probably just go re-visit the <... |
| September 19, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Back when I worked at Circuit City, there was this guy everyone liked who worked in the TV department. Customers liked... |
| September 16, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Up and at ‘em like a mad bastard, I woke up late, my stomach a little queasy from the previous night—not enough sleep, ... |
| September 09, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| It’s not that it’s terrible, really, and it isn’t like there aren’t worse things out there. Hell, man, pretty much eve... |
| September 06, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So last summer, I was working with this guy named Brian. One day, we’re in this stupid-hot warehouse, pulling cases of... |
| September 02, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| My first day of class was on Monday. It was not, by any stretch of the imagination, what you would call successful. I... |
| August 29, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I started writing this post on Thursday night. After finishing my drink, I was even more exhausted than when I started ... |
| August 25, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| My muse is still off somewhere, maybe on vacation; or maybe giving unprotected blowjobs in a dark alley for twenty buck... |
| August 23, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Carey once told us a story from when she was wor... |
| August 22, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Most of you know that I hate Sunday evenings. For those of you who don’t: I hate Sunday evenings. I also real... |
| August 19, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| “I don’t think I’m going to be able to be a robot ninja monkey like I had planned.”
“…What? Are we talking about Hal... |
| August 15, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| You may have noticed that my posting has waned over the past few days. The reason for this is because I’ve been out fi... |
| August 11, 2007 |
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by Jesse
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| August 07, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I’m not sure if I find writing cathartic, or if it’s the drinking that I do while I’m writing that helps so much... |
| August 03, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Note From Ray: I could have sworn I posted this a long time ago. I think what happen... |
| July 30, 2007 |
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| July 29, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| It’s the end of the weekend, which is always my least favorite part of the weekend. I pissed away the last couple of d... |
| July 23, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| When you wake up first thing in the morning with chewing gum in your pubic hair, there’s really no need to wonder what ... |
| July 19, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| July is turning out to be quite the crap month if you’re fiending for a little Ray postin’. Sorry about that. I’m sti... |
| July 13, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I recently went back to visit my hometown for the 4th of July, and it was kind of weird. To tell you the truth, it’s a... |
| July 09, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| As I’m walking out, the lady at Whataburger goes, “You have a God blessed day.” Bles-sed, two syllables, have a God bl... |
| July 08, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I’m not a hundred percent positive, but I’m pretty sure I’m going to be all over the place tonight, jumping from subjec... |
| June 27, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Usually, I try to use the weekend to get caught up on my Strangelands posting, and maybe write a few extra posts that I... |
| June 25, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m sitting at my desk the other day, and I hear a giggling behind me. My princess was in the living room, perusing... |
| June 22, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Note from Ray: I wrote this a while back for submission to a humor site. It had to b... |
| June 21, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| It’s Father’s Day, Strangelanders, so make your calls, send your cards, whatever. I’ve actually been looking for a car... |
| June 17, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Just for the record, I know this is a bad idea. When I wake up tomorrow, the alarm blaring in my ear, and I see that t... |
| June 15, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So I’ve been trying to eat healthy lately. Not really a diet, but more of changing my eating habits thing. Part of th... |
| June 14, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I recently bought this movie on Ebay. Actually it was a set of movies—nine movies on three discs, I got it for fifty-f... |
| June 12, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| It’s 12:30, I’m tired and pissed off. I somehow managed to miss my window for sleep, which almost never happens. My s... |
| June 10, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| UPDATED
Dear California,
Thank you and thank you and thank you.
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| June 08, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I got an unusual letter in the mail yesterday. Not a letter, actually, but rather a postcard in an envelope. And not ... |
| June 06, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I’ve been sitting here for about ten minutes, listening to old Pearl Jam songs (the only kind of Pearl Jam songs to lis... |
| June 04, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Dear Gatorade,
Propel fitness water? Not a good idea. I’m not sure what you had in mind when you started out, ... |
| May 30, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Ugh. It isn’t writer’s block, because there’s always something to write about. But everything wants to turn in... |
| May 28, 2007 |
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by Jesse
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| I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than win a phlebotomist lottery.
Hilarious. My soul is roused to bois... |
| May 24, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Sometimes I try new things and it works out. Other times it doesn’t. Sometimes my princess tells me, “That’s one of t... |
| May 23, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I'm too tired to post anything real tonight, but did I tell you I got hit in the face with a box the other day?
I got... |
| May 21, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So I made it back, in case you couldn’t tell. And listen: It was a hell of a time. There will be pictures, but due t... |
| May 17, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Ah, but the return trip is never as fun, is it?
Even though I’ll be returning to my princess, and I miss her fiercely... |
| May 16, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| “I got a new SkilSaw.”
“Oh, yeah?”
“It’s great. It even has padding, like on athletic equipment.”
“I wrote abo... |
| May 11, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So many and then some...
Printout on one piece of paper, read it, study it, this piece of paper is your mother now, y... |
| May 10, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I hate when I finally survive ‘till the weekend, and instead of getting to do anything fun, I have to spend my time rec... |
| May 06, 2007 |
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by rik
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| I came to Austin and a bird shit on my head.... |
| May 05, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| If you don’t live in a city filled with dirty stinking hippies, you might not realize that today is Earth Day. There’s ... |
| April 22, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| “What is, ‘Madonna and eat yogurt,’ Alex?”
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| April 18, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Sometimes I hurt for the world. As I type this, it is 11:40, Monday, April 16, 2007. And it is one of those times.... |
| April 17, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I need a haircut, probably.
I’ve had a pretty wicked widow’s peak since I was a little kid, and as I’ve aged... |
| April 12, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| It’s April here in Austin, which apparently means forty degrees and ice pelting my windows all day long. I haven’t che... |
| April 08, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I don’t have kids of my own, but I have my sister’s. I don’t technically have them, I suppose. Like, I don’t f... |
| April 04, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I woke up at six thirty this morning, without good reason. I wanted sleep, but my body goes, “No!”
I was up and at ‘... |
| March 31, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| “I got a line in my pocket, I’m lyin’, I got a nine in my pocket, and baby, I’m just dyin’ to cock ‘im, he’s ready for w... |
| March 28, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Another note from Ray: The following was cut/pasted from what was at one point... |
| March 25, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Note from Ray: I wrote this Sunday evening, but wasn't sure if I wanted to post it be... |
| March 20, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| My princess came down with a pretty bad cold last week. She works with children, which means when she gets sick, it’s ... |
| March 12, 2007 |
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by Jesse
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| My life kinda feels like a trainride. Everywhere I go, I feel a little cramped, and the people I meet - well, you talk, ... |
| March 11, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I got a new CD today, and thank goodness, because sometimes you have to hide. Turn on the tunes, knock back a glass of... |
| March 08, 2007 |
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by Ray
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The thing ab... |
| March 07, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| An odd thing happened to me today. You know what? That’s not true. It wasn’t all that odd, and it didn’t really h... |
| February 28, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| My pizza cutter is always dirty. Rarely do I eat pizza, but when I do, I always have to hunt down my pizza cutter. Wi... |
| February 21, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| It’s three in the morning, and I’m just hanging out with my honey-sweetened cup of green tea, wondering if I’m going to... |
| February 18, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I caught a little flak because I haven’t posted anything in a while. On one hand, that’s sort of cool, because it mean... |
| February 17, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So you may have noticed that underneath this post, there are a shitpile of short story posts all with the title ... |
| February 05, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| As the month nears the end, I get really bad at posting anything worth a shit. The way I figure it is, rarely do peopl... |
| January 31, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| For some reason, my sisters seem to be sending this little questionnaire all over the place. I generally don’t h... |
| January 27, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| In case you’re wondering why the only thing I’ve been posting over the last few days is short drunken nonsenses, odd bit... |
| January 24, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Something’s been bothering me for a while. I guess It’s been bugging me for about 26 or 27 years now. Here’s what it ... |
| January 19, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Did you know that if you’re ever in Austin, Texas, and you’re up at one in the morning on a week night, and you’re bore... |
| January 16, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| As I type this, the clock is just rolling over to tell me that a new day has begun, and that Hate Week is over once mor... |
| January 13, 2007 |
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| Every now and then an uncooperative computer application forces me to visit a support forum, which bolsters my misanthro... |
| January 13, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| So after days of not getting any sleep, I finally broke down and decided to schedule a doctor appointment. To be compl... |
| January 11, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| Four thirty in the morning, I’m up and freakin’ at ‘em, choking on my own defective immune system, contemplating the ra... |
| January 10, 2007 |
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by Trey
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| Hate Week. About fucking time.
Sick and ga’dam tired of dry turkey canned cranberry Thanksgivings and max out your cre... |
| January 08, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| All pumped up for Hate Week, but not sure what to do? No problem! As always, you can look to the dashingly handsome w... |
| January 07, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| I had about a million ideas for posts throughout the day, but once I actually started working on them, I realized they ... |
| January 03, 2007 |
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by Ray
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| “Man, I will never give you shit about your allergies again.” We’re about five seconds into the conversation, and asid... |
| December 31, 2006 |
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by Jesse
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| Now that I'm home, I'm going to have to try and stay busy. I haven't done a very good job of it so far, but it does feel... |
| December 31, 2006 |
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by Jesse
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| I went to see a doctor today. I'm pretty sure I'm depressed, and that I have been for a very long time, some ways. It's ... |
| December 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| You know, I bitch and moan a lot, but I have it pretty good.
I hope you all had a good Christmas, if that’s your th... |
| December 27, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’m not real sure how many of you drop by this place during the weekends, but I generally post some stuff because 1) I ... |
| December 18, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’ve been staying up entirely too late recently. I just haven’t really been able to sleep. I’ll get in bed, get all u... |
| December 14, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I am not a thin man. If you’ve read this site for any amount of time, you probably know this little nugget of informat... |
| December 11, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| “You turn thirty, your body just starts breaking down.” My sister has been throwing this disturbing bit of wisdom my w... |
| December 07, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I took my last test today. When I got home, I wrote on that stupid forum thing, and now I’m just sitting around, waiti... |
| December 06, 2006 |
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by Jesse
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| I wonder things. I wonder about the day, about politics and society, about life and what I'm supposed to do with it... S... |
| December 05, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I was in a pretty rotten mood yesterday, and I’m not really sure why. I thought it was because I wasted all kinds of t... |
| December 03, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Like many Americans, I bought Christmas lights last year. I went to Target and I perused the many aisles of Christmas ... |
| December 02, 2006 |
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by Dave Riley
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| You know that old Kraft TV commercial* with the white-haired grandpa who eats a piece of cheese, then gets all misty-eye... |
| December 02, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’ll be honest with you—I don’t generally put a lot of work into my posts this late in the month. I mean, it’s the las... |
| November 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Sometimes I use the phrase, “I knew better.” When I use this phrase, it generally means that I did not know bet... |
| November 27, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| It's the day after the day after Thanksgiving, about six thirty in the morning. I don't have any real reason for being ... |
| November 25, 2006 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| I generally try to avoid commenting on mainstream news. I figure if it’s big enough for national media, there has prob... |
| November 22, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Twenty minutes after three as I start this. I woke up at midnight on the dot. Got up to turn off the TV, had a brief ... |
| November 18, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I don’t come out of sleep gradually. One second I’m asleep, the next I’m awake. And worrying. I glance over at the c... |
| November 17, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| After eating, we end up going souvenir shopping, where one of my nephews (the one that’s zero years old) manages to bre... |
| November 16, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I went and got married. It was the worst trip I can remember ever having taken, followed by one of the happiest tim... |
| November 15, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Last month, I was sitting around talking to rik about riddles. I made ... |
| November 07, 2006 |
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by Dave Riley
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| Reformism is for simple-minded wussies. I used to espouse the notion of changing the system from within—there were copio... |
| November 05, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I went to get my student ID today. I need it so that I can go take my first test next week. My text book still hasn’t... |
| October 26, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So tonight was the first night of class. You have probably noticed that I rarely post anything even remotely political... |
| October 24, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I decided that I was going to make a puppet. A marionette, to be more precise. I was trying to buy one, but I cou... |
| October 23, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Every ... |
| October 19, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I don’t watch much TV. The thing is, I think most television programming is unimaginative horseshit that is not only a... |
| October 13, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I like shoes. Sneakers, mostly (I grew up calling then tennis shoes, for some reason, and calling them sneakers still ... |
| October 10, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| After Best Buy, I went to CompUSA. Nothing there but extra-friendly employees who really weirded me out. I bought a p... |
| October 08, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| “So what do you have planned for tomorrow?” I asked my princess on Friday night.
“Not much. You?”
“Well, it sort ... |
| October 08, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I got a new keyboard today. I haven’t had a chance to use it a whole lot just yet, but so far, it’s awesome. The keys... |
| October 07, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| In an ideal world there would be something great to read every time you checked out The Strangelands. Also, I would be... |
| October 05, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| In my head, I pictured it like this: come home, work out, clean the house.
While working out, I thought up an idea... |
| October 04, 2006 |
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by rik
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| Hello Strangelanders,
It has been awhile, but it’s good to be back in the swing of things and making my Strangelands... |
| October 03, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| My desk is a mess. I mean, there’s crap stacked all over it: pencils, pens, books, lava lamps, candles, more pens, sho... |
| September 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| One of the worst things about being me is that I’m kind of an idiot. For instance, instead of going to bed last night ... |
| September 28, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| At first, I was a little sad, because I thought the Lifesaver in the little cellophane wrapper was broken. I put it to... |
| September 27, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| In case you didn’t notice, I haven’t really been around for the past few days. I actually managed to write a couple of... |
| September 23, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| A strange thing tonight—I’m not sure what I want to write about. Generally, the problem is that I have nothing to say,... |
| September 19, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| In continuing the wonderful theme of stinking my apartment up beyond belief, I just got through cooking some baby Bruss... |
| September 10, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’m a big fan of bacon. Since meeting my princess, I’ve pretty much been eating turkey bacon, which isn’t bad. ... |
| September 09, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Man, I can’t believe how dumb things are at the moment. Can’t sleep, don’t feel like drinking, my body aches, and I th... |
| September 08, 2006 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| The day after I turned 30 I got sick and bruised my leg. Is this going to be the rest of my life? Getting sick and bruis... |
| September 07, 2006 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| On my 30th birthday a pair of close friends gave me an ecosphere, a totally enclosed eco system which contained 3 shrimp... |
| September 07, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| My mouth has tasted like dissolving aspirin for two days now, and I can’t figure out why.
You wouldn’t believe how ... |
| September 07, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I am a zombie right now. Except for instead of craving brains, I sort of want pizza and about two days of sleep. I am... |
| September 05, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Two of my least favorite things are sneezing and back pain. Thanks to my defective body, I got to experience both this... |
| August 31, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I was at work the other day, and I heard that Sheryl Crow song, Strong Enough. It pissed me off.
I realize ... |
| August 28, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Two thirty in the morning, and I’m awake only because I fell asleep this afternoon and stayed that way for several hour... |
| August 27, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I tried to go to bed like a normal member of society, but I just couldn’t do it. I’ve been staring at my ceiling for a... |
| August 25, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| It was only a matter of time, really. As soon as I picked up the little box containing the little tube, it was pretty ... |
| August 21, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| It’s weird, but I think back pain makes me want to smoke. When I first stopped smoking, everything made me want to smo... |
| August 18, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Today was all about kicking my ass, I think. Out the door at six this morning, covered in sweat by six-thirty, and ele... |
| August 17, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I got my hair cut today. I’ve been growing it out for eight months now, because my princess wanted to see me with long... |
| August 14, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Even though I was able to post a couple of times last week, my access was still really sketchy, and getting online was ... |
| August 13, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I haven’t had any internet access for the past four days. Any. In fact, as I write this I don’t have intern... |
| August 13, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| There are all kinds of things I don’t like in the world, and I’d have to say that hippies are way up on the list. It’s... |
| August 09, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Against my better judgment, I went out this weekend. Not out to a club or a bar, or any safe place like that. I went ... |
| August 07, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Man, you wouldn’t believe how tempted I was to pull “Making Reality” off the site tonight. It’s not even close to bein... |
| August 03, 2006 |
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| July 31, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I know it’s pretty ridiculous to have a two-part rant, but I got a little out of control here, and I didn’t think it wa... |
| July 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| You know, glass is pretty amazing, when you stop and think about it. Take the silica-based variety, for instance. San... |
| July 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I got home from work tonight, ate a little supper, and went to take a shower. This is all pretty standard stuff, as... |
| July 26, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So my princess made it back from NYC safe and somewhat sound. Very tired, as she was quite the party animal her last n... |
| July 17, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I just uncorked a bottle of Ezra Brooks Kentucky Straight Bourbon. It’s not something I generally drink, and since ... |
| July 16, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I was writing on a legal pad this evening, and I found it rather pleasant. The page I was writing on was a little wrin... |
| July 16, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| When I was thinking about tonight this afternoon, it went an entirely different way. See, when I was imagining it, wha... |
| July 15, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I was up at four this morning, on my way to the airport forty-five minutes later. My princess is currently on her way ... |
| July 11, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m sitting here at my desk with my third bowl of vegetable soup and a glass of water (I have no idea how many glass... |
| July 09, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I watched Superman Returns today. I usually get to see one movie every four months or so, so watching two in one we... |
| July 09, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’m still wicked sick, just going to prove how evil kid germs are. That didn’t stop me from going to see Pirates of th... |
| July 08, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Reporting to you live from Canadian, Texas, and oh shit. I went to the parade today, because that’s what people do her... |
| July 04, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I spent most of the day writing and still managed to not get anything posted for the 25th (although technically, it’... |
| June 26, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’ve been stuck late at work almost every night this week, and that totally blows. By the time I get home and get s... |
| June 24, 2006 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| I have entirely too much head-hair. I’ve sported a goatee pretty much since I got out of high school, and for some rea... |
| June 11, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| “So one thing she liked about me, she said, was that I was calm and level-headed, th-”
“Wait. What?”
“What?”
“Sh... |
| June 10, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I just looked at the clock, and noticed that it’s much later than I had expected. Usually I know when I’m supposed to ... |
| June 05, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| What’s up, kids? If you spend any time actually reading the babble I throw at the internet, you probably know how much... |
| June 05, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Update: Apparently there’s a scene after the credits, which I kind of figured, seeing a... |
| May 29, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’ve become spoiled, that’s the thing. You ever have a puppy? I did for about two weeks, before I realized that puppi... |
| May 28, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So for people with normal jobs, it’s a three-day weekend. I didn’t even realize, until yesterday, when the new guy ask... |
| May 27, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I should be thankful, that’s what I tell myself. Because my life is usually so good. Maybe not all that exciting, but... |
| May 24, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Sunday night, only just now recovering from the past week. Man, work blows. Driving myself crazy trying to remember th... |
| May 22, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| All right, so I’m gonna tell you this story, okay? It’s about this friend of mine, and this double date we went on. T... |
| May 17, 2006 |
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by rik
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| Wouldn't it be cool if there were random stick-figure people walking around? We could work with them, go to school with ... |
| May 12, 2006 |
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| It's been said that artists wallow in their own feces. Then hardcore technocrats wallow in the feces of others. A well-d... |
| May 11, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| For a while, I was planning on posting a series of pictures showing what happened to my desk calendar each month. The ... |
| May 10, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I heard one of the greatest expressions today. One of the greatest expressions I’ve ever heard—and I’ve heard a lot... |
| May 06, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| You know, it’s been a strange day. Thinking back over the events, it isn’t even worth discussing, describing, whatever... |
| May 02, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I got an odd request tonight. It was from someone that wanted to post, but had a hard time doing so because his comput... |
| April 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Friday morning, running extra late this morning, because when I went to hit the “snooze” button, I accidentally hit the... |
| April 28, 2006 |
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by rik
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| I'm afraid this is a bit overdue, but I wanted to get it in on the April issue so that it would at least be on the same ... |
| April 26, 2006 |
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by Carey
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| There seems to be a drought of estrogen driven writers on this web site so I figured it was my duty to step up to the pl... |
| April 25, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Man, it’s too late for me to up rambling. I have to be up in a few of hours. Not only up, but up and at ‘em. The stu... |
| April 24, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| You know what I’ve been doing a lot of lately? Drinking. And not alcohol, either. Just, you know—liquids. Fluids. ... |
| April 15, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’ll be honest with you, kids—I got nothin’. I mean, my brain is fried. In fact, I’ve started this third sentence ove... |
| April 14, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| One thing I like is macaroni and cheese. Out of the box. Generic, name-brand, I don’t care. Enough milk and butter, ... |
| April 13, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Alarm goes off, I can’t figure out what it is. My brain tells me that it must be either some sort of emergency, or wha... |
| April 11, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Monday morning again, and although I haven’t mentioned it in a while, I’m still pissed about the time change. “How lon... |
| April 10, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Saturday morning, early, but not early enough to make me feel like I’m getting a head start on the day. First drink of ... |
| April 08, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m sitting out here in my writing area, trying to do my thing, but I keep getting distracted. I’ve been checking o... |
| April 07, 2006 |
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by rik
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| I have to drive 45 minutes every morning to get from my apartment to my work, and from the time I pull into the parking ... |
| April 06, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Man. What a long day, and what an unproductive night. Trolling the waters, looking for writing contests. Why? Long ... |
| April 04, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Austin, Texas, 7:00 a.m., what should be 6. Hot already, humid like it’s pretending to be the jungle, and I can barely... |
| April 03, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Note from Ray: I actually wrote this late Saturday night, but while writing it, I got s... |
| April 03, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So it’s like, what, April Fools Day? Sheesh. You know, like people across the world, I think Valentine’s Day is stupi... |
| April 01, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| The only thing I have for you this morning is an excuse: My itunes player asked me if I wanted to upgrade to the lates... |
| March 31, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Thursday, and I’m continuing my trend of the week by posting before I go to work. I have plenty of time, but nothing t... |
| March 30, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m sitting here with my one-liter travel mug filled with extra-strong coffee, my bologna and cheese sandwich (the t... |
| March 29, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m coming back home this morning and I see this lady jogging on the side of the road. It’s like six thirty in the ... |
| March 28, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Woke up late, out of Visine, burned my tongue with my coffee. Groggy, irritable, lurking headache, and I’m wondering i... |
| March 27, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I spent Friday night on the phone with one of my friends, drinking with the reckless abandon I usually reserve for w... |
| March 26, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Finally got the wireless thing figured out, I think—and it only took a week. I ended up having to swap out the interna... |
| March 25, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| (A note from Ray: I wrote this this morning, because I had some extra time before work. My internet connection screwed... |
| March 24, 2006 |
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by rik
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| Ok, I’m taking this graduate course over selected works of Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, and we were to have re... |
| March 23, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So here’s the thing, boys and girls: about two days ago, my word processing program crashed. Well, not really cras... |
| March 23, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I did it, you Netgear bastards! All of your crazy software and all of your crazy freezing my computer up sixteen times... |
| March 20, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I'm trying to hook my shit up for wireless, and it's driving me insane right now. Just thought I'd let you know, in cas... |
| March 19, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| You know what I just realized this morning? I posted all that crap this weekend, and I forgot to post the story with... |
| March 19, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So you know I wrote that deathbed story, and ... |
| March 18, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I up woke this morning, bright with the potential of the day. All right, so that’s just a nice way of saying I woke up... |
| March 18, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| What’s up, kids? I’m just hangin’ out, eating an old bag of Pop Rocks out of plain boredom. Strawberry, I believe the... |
| March 16, 2006 |
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by rik
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| Hello Strangelands.
I’ve admired you from afar for quite some time now, and I think it’s time I introduce myself. An... |
| March 06, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| The quality of my neighborhood McDonalds has been declining steadily over the past couple of months. Have I ever told ... |
| March 05, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I ended up shaving to improve my look this morning, and although it didn’t help a whole lot, it did work a littl... |
| March 04, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I got home last night, took a shower and fell asleep while waiting to build up the energy it took to get fully dressed.... |
| March 03, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Here are some things I did today: I accidentally left my pen in the rent office while paying my rent. I paid rent. I... |
| March 02, 2006 |
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| In urban art-damaged neighborhoods/communities, barely talented dimwits devoid of basic social skills who don't bother t... |
| March 02, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| What’cha think, kiddies? Last day of the month and shit, right? I generally don’t post anything good this late in the... |
| February 28, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So it’s Friday again, and I got nothin’ going on. I feel bad about it, really. Like I work my ass off all week, it se... |
| February 26, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I don’t know what was going on, but I fell asleep at like seven o’clock tonight. I know people who sometimes do that, ... |
| February 23, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I may have told you this before, but for some reason, scrawled across my desk calendar, are the words, “Drive away, you... |
| February 22, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’m spoiled, man, I realize this. But I pay for high-speed internet each and every month, even though I’m smart enough... |
| February 20, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So how’s your weekend, kids? Mine’s rolling right along, like weekends do. I don’t have much for you tonight, but I’v... |
| February 19, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| What up, Li’l Homies? Sorry about dropping the ball on the story over the weekend, but I had some weird shit going on ... |
| February 14, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I’m feeling kind of angry tonight, and I don’t really have a reason for it. I blame dehydration—I haven’t been drinkin... |
| February 10, 2006 |
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by Carey
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| Hello fellow strangelanders! I know, it's been too long since you seen a rant from yours truly grace these pages. But, I... |
| February 10, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Good morning, boys and girls. I stumbled out of bed at seven o’clock this morning, laughing bitterly at the fact that ... |
| February 04, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| At my computer for over an hour, and this is the first sentence I’ve typed. Pulling up word files left and right, tryi... |
| February 04, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m home sick for another day. I’m not as bad as yesterday—I can see straight, and I’m not falling down every time ... |
| January 28, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So if you’ve spent any amount of time on this website, you more than likely know that my princess is a teacher. Also, ... |
| January 26, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’ve got to go to work in a minute, but I thought I’d quick drop in to let you know that I made it through the first... |
| January 19, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| I open my eyes and look at the clock, but the only number I see is the first one, and it’s a four. Are you serious? O... |
| January 12, 2006 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| I’ve got about a million things I should be doing right now instead of writing, but…oh, heck, who am I trying to fool? ... |
| January 09, 2006 |
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by Jesse
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| Hate Week! Baby, this is my time to shine! I, for one, believe there's not enough hate in the world. Well really it's ju... |
| January 08, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Hate Week rolls on, with or without me. I had to take some cold pills earlier, and it seems like they waited for a few... |
| January 08, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| What’s up, kids?
New year treatin’ you all right? Gettin’ back into the ole swing a things? Back into the groove,... |
| January 03, 2006 |
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by Jesse
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| Allow me to promulgate (convenient Joshable link) ... |
| January 03, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| Here’s the thing: I don’t have cable. I don’t have satellite. I don’t watch TV. I’ll kick it on to watch a movie or... |
| January 02, 2006 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m back…again.
I’ve been pretty much living out of my suitcase since I packed it two weeks ago. I made my trip f... |
| December 31, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I’m back, kids. Made it back to Austin this evening, about to head out again at five tomorrow morning: from the botto... |
| December 24, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m doing a little traveling. As I type, I’m sitting in the tenth floor of a beachfront hotel in South Padre Island... |
| December 21, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m back from the wedding. It was about as much fun as you would expect, unless you’re the type of person who enjoy... |
| December 19, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m supposed to be packing. Got to go to a wedding this weekend—not mine. My little brother is getting hitched tom... |
| December 15, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| I just watched American Psycho.
Not a bad flick, certainly not as affecting as the book, but it got me remembering.
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| December 15, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| It finally got cold down here in Austin. Not cold like in NYC, where you walk outside and your testicles cry out in ho... |
| December 08, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Maybe it’s just the Christmas carols talking, or maybe it’s just that I’m a softy, but sometimes I feel like maybe huma... |
| December 05, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So here we are again. I had a rat bastard of a day, and I can’t decide if I want to stay up late drinking and writing,... |
| December 03, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Yeah, so I know I wrote an entire post about h... |
| November 30, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Happy Thanksgiving, indeed. I’m up several hours before the sun is, and right now I should actually be preparing the t... |
| November 25, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Happy Thanksgiving, I guess. I don’t really know if you’re into that kind of thing. I was pretty jazzed about it a co... |
| November 24, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I was proofreading my last post, and I got to thinking about things. Will there ever be any anorexic people visitin... |
| November 18, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Definitely tying one on tonight, boys and girls. Going to bed hungry because it’s too late to be eating, and although ... |
| November 18, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So it finally cooled off a bit down here in Austin. Oh, jeez, I started out by talking about the weather…never a good ... |
| November 17, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I’ve somehow managed to give myself a major case of the creeps. Earlier tonight, I walked out into the kitchen…where a... |
| November 13, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| You know what? I’m tired. I woke up around two this morning, wondering if I should get up and do a little writing, de... |
| November 12, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| 12:46 on a Saturday night. My cell phone picks the strangest times to ring. I’ve had it for over a year, now, and I g... |
| November 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Let me hear you scream it like you mean it, if you know what I’m sayin’. Cold pills, man, DayQuil rockin’ my boat in w... |
| November 05, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I’m back, boys and girls! Yeah, you can all come and give me a big hug—just ignore what my hands are doing while you h... |
| November 04, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| You know, I like a good toast. Oh, wait...no I don’t. In my opinion, all toasts are just more words to get in the way... |
| October 24, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Maybe you’re not like me. Maybe you think kids are cute and adorable and funny and all kinds of shit like that. You’r... |
| October 22, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Man, I have too many thoughts right now, none of them coherent, none of them worth more than a second or two, but just ... |
| October 21, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Okay, so here’s the thing. Remember how I told you that any store you go into, there’s going to be that little Mexican... |
| October 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I went and got my movies, as planned, but the watching of them didn’t go as well. I watched Land of the Dead... |
| October 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m up early, not doing anything in particular…waiting, mostly. Batman Begins comes out on DVD today, as wel... |
| October 18, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I went outside tonight, just to stretch my legs, stand around, whatever. Even though I haven’t smoked in four months, ... |
| October 17, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I went to the post office today. I’m sure this has been said a million times before, a million different ways, but ... |
| October 14, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So mostly this is just to try out my new keyboard. It’s got a huge spacebar. It’s not a keyboard for frills—if you wa... |
| October 08, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| You know, I piss and moan a lot, I sit around and complain about how things suck and all that. Because that’s what I e... |
| October 07, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I went to fuel up my car the other day—an event which has never been too much fun, and which has gotten to be quite the... |
| October 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I want to tell you all something. I don’t know Dave Riley. I’m pleased as punch that he’s found his way here, from…we... |
| October 05, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| My fingers are tired tonight, they want to go to bed, but I won’t quite let them.
Why? I wonder. Is it for me? N... |
| October 05, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Okay, so maybe I should apologize—I haven’t really had any top-notch stuff so far this month, and it doesn’t look like ... |
| October 03, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| Do you ever have one of those nights when you feel like you'll never fall asleep, and then by the time it happens it's t... |
| September 29, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I go in to work today, it’s pretty much like any other day, with a few exceptions that make it worse than most days—bro... |
| September 23, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I’m bringing in groceries the other day, right? I get them all carried up the stairs, and I’m trying to not huff an... |
| September 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Back again, on the new computer. A little scared to put any work into anything, as it likes to turn off at random time... |
| September 11, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So Trey sent me a computer in the mail. It’s pretty sweet, at first glance. Then you start hooking it up, you start t... |
| September 10, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I discovered something about myself the other day, and although it’s not a traumatic discovery, it’s always sort of str... |
| September 08, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I made it through another bullshit holiday. I remember once, when I lived in New York, I’m sitting there, I’ gettin... |
| September 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So Carey decided to step in for a dance, I see, dropping my name like the social climber she is. In case you’re wonder... |
| September 05, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| After looking back at last month's posts I realized I need to start contributing a little more before it becomes Ray's b... |
| September 01, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I’m going to tell you a little about my morning. See, sometimes people tell me I’m too cynical, I’m too jaded, I’m too... |
| September 01, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I was looking back over some old stuff today, stuff I wrote in the little notebook I used to carry in my backpack wh... |
| August 27, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| There has been talk lately of me being too…what’s a good way to put this? Glum, lately. I don’t see it, but it... |
| August 25, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I got up this morning, and I had to run out to my car for a second. I went outside, and the moon was still out. An... |
| August 22, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I wanted to share something with you tonight. It wasn’t much, really. Just a little image to let you know that I was ... |
| August 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I used to live in the same apartment as Trey, in case you didn’t know. He used to wander out into my room, sometimes s... |
| August 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Feeling much better tonight—not so manic. I’ve made it through the better part of Season Six of The Simpsons, and I’ve... |
| August 18, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I started a rant tonight, but it’s carrying on like you wouldn’t believe, about all kinds of dumb stuff that nobody car... |
| August 16, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| All right, kids, it’s been a pretty lousy day, but I haven’t started killing it with booze yet, so I don’t want to talk... |
| August 13, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Well kids, it’s another night, and I’m not sure how I feel about that. I’m here, you’re here, I guess we should try to... |
| August 09, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Throat’s all sore from laughing. What’s the point of giving up the smokes if you can’t laugh for a solid two hours wit... |
| August 07, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| All right, kids, I don’t have much time tonight. It’s been a long day, and I’ve got another one tomorrow. But I just ... |
| August 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| So I was in Target the other day, because Target absolutely freakin’ rocks. Except for their super stores. Yeah, man,... |
| July 31, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I generally write posts at night, after a long day of listening to customers bitch and my bosses make asses out of them... |
| July 30, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| One night I was sitting around with friends discussing our favorite music and what songs reflect us. A drunken voice sho... |
| July 29, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Hey kids. Listen, man, about the ultimate battle thing…it’s been done. Yeah, I’m sure none of you are surprised. To ... |
| July 28, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Well, it’s Thursday night, and you know what that means, don’t you? No you don’t, little liar. You don’t know what it... |
| July 22, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Hey, kids. Feels like it’s been a long time since my last post, at least to me. You know why? Because when you stop ... |
| July 17, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I’ll be honest with you, kids: I’m just not feelin’ it tonight. I’m sitting here in front of this computer mostly bec... |
| July 08, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Hey Kids. I hope you all had a wonderful July Fourth, contrary to how it might have sounded in my holiday post. You’d... |
| July 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Hey Kids,
So I’m working on 4 days as a not-smoking guy, and I’m telling you right now—I’m not going to make it. I m... |
| July 03, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| At the time of this writing, it’s 7:47 pm on June 29, 2005, and you’ll never believe what I’ve been doing. Well, maybe... |
| June 30, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| You know what I’ve been thinking about a lot lately? There was this time I went down to Florida for a school trip. Ok... |
| June 28, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Hey kids,
I’m sure you’re all waiting anxiously to see how I’m doing at this whole waking-up-too-damn-early thing that... |
| June 23, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| Geez, Carey, I missed your shiny little posts around here, man. My ass has gotten a little out of shape, what with not... |
| June 18, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Six o’clock in the morning, boys and girls. For the next two weeks. My princess has started her student teaching, and... |
| June 14, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| You know, very rarely do I get excited: trips to Taco Bell, when I get to go watch a movie, when I see a deer outside…... |
| June 12, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Okay, Strangelanders, here’s the thing: I’ve started exercising. Swimming. I went down to the pool the other night, ... |
| June 08, 2005 |
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by TODD TODD
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| So this Strangelands is a really out there place.A place we all have inside us.Trey and Ray are you guys for real? I ho... |
| June 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I fell asleep early this evening, which is kind of my habit on Friday: get home, watch The Simpsons, sleep for a few h... |
| May 28, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| If you thought this was going to be another one of those whiny rants about how I've been done wrong or how the univ... |
| May 28, 2005 |
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by walt valentine
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| well, ill tell you
but only cuz i like you
errico malatesta
an i-talian
he was extremely intelligent
but inste... |
| May 25, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Unless you’ve been living under some sort of wonderful media-dampening rock, or unless you’ve had a surgical procedure ... |
| May 25, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| (Note: I wrote this the morning after Trey posted Bibles, Bullets, and Weds. Whiskey. Due to circumstance, I’m only po... |
| May 21, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| All right, kids, I don’t really have anything to work with tonight, so try to work with me. If we all take a few drink... |
| May 15, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Hiding from the sun in the middle of the night,
The light is a truth poison
That I don’t want to ingest.
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It’s be... |
| May 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Reverse meditation. Red everything, and feelings of unease:
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Levitate your laundry, it doesn’t matter. You see... |
| April 29, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Hi.
I was hoping to get another Portly Boy posted tonight, but I didn’t count on my bizarre attention span. Oops.
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| April 23, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Short one tonight—not much booze to drink, and nothing important to say. The only reason I’m writing anything anyways ... |
| April 17, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Once again in a pretty crappy mood, I don’t know what the hell’s wrong with me lately. Had a cool day: my princess br... |
| April 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Clogged brain, churning, like a motor greased with honey. Hot and sticky and bad-off. I made it through April Fool’s ... |
| April 03, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Night time. Gotsta go to bed early tonight, gotsa wake up early tomorrow. Sucks. Nothin’ goin’ on: watched TV, clea... |
| March 30, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| The mysterious, infallible they. Holding you back, holding you down, holding you everywhere except for where you want ... |
| March 30, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Wading through pre-work limbo. Too early to start getting ready, too late to actually do anything constructive with my... |
| March 29, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Well kids, here we are. It’s a little early tonight, but it’s been a weird day, and I’m ready for nightfall. I always... |
| March 23, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I don’t even think I know anymore, man. I used to think I had at least some of the answers, but I’m pretty sure that w... |
| March 20, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| (Author’s note: I wrote this a while back, when I was living in NYC. I didn’t have a website to vent on back then, so ... |
| March 13, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Well, here we are: in March. Christmas is a faded memory. Those idiots with no concept of time have finally stopped ... |
| March 02, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I’m sitting here with my coffee cup of bourbon, just got done watching the Academy Awards. Wasn’t too impressed, but I... |
| February 28, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Once again it’s late at night, and once again I have to get up early. Just finished the latest Portly Boy installment.... |
| February 08, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| I don't recall exactly when it happened. I am hard pressed to even give a particular stretch of time credit for the incr... |
| February 05, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| (Author's note: I found this in my old files--I wrote it back when I was living in NYC, but just never posted it. I th... |
| February 04, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| It seems I have been called out. I’m surprised it doesn’t happen more, what with all the shit I talk around here.
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| January 27, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| CLICK ME t... |
| January 26, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| It’s late, and I have to work early. A pretty hideous combination, even in an ordinary context. But, as we all know, ... |
| January 23, 2005 |
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by JFK Harris
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| yo yo yo! word up from philly!
although i submitted at the tail end of hate week an egregiously long
and spiteful em... |
| January 17, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Well, here we are. I don’t know if I have anything to say, really, what with Hyde not posting any of her practically-t... |
| January 16, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| I swear, man. It’s like sometimes Hyde just doesn’t understand the world around her. And that’s fine. I can relate t... |
| January 15, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| Phew, I needed to write some sort of upbeat blog to off set Mr. Kerrigan's venemous rant. But, I guess that was a fittin... |
| January 14, 2005 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Trey
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| 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 |
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by Ray
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| No, Carey. It’s not “Dislike Week.” HATE Week, okay? Don’t take this away from me.
Sorry I put your puppy on the h... |
| January 06, 2005 |
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by Carey
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| After noting that my pup made it to the list of things Mr. Weeks hates I had no choice but to post a rebuttal.
Truth b... |
| January 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| It’s Hate Week here at The Strangelands, and I’m really enjoying it. As much as I would love to just sit around and ta... |
| January 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| [Author’s note: I wrote this in the last week of December, but it seemed like too cynical a post to end the year with. ... |
| January 06, 2005 |
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by Ray
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| Thanksgiving has come and gone, one more time. Both my mom and my brother have made it home, safe and sound, and they ... |
| November 29, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| It’s about two thirty in the morning…Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I’ve got to get up in a few hours and put the turke... |
| November 25, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| I’m putting this one under “The Rants.” I guess it should maybe go under “Whiskey Pages,” as I’ve been drinking, but I... |
| November 21, 2004 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| As you know I’m in charge of a Skank Search at my work and we had to disqualify one of the girls; well actually she with... |
| November 12, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| NOTE TO READERS: I actually started writing this before I had seen Trey’s bit about politics. I thought at first that ... |
| November 07, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| It’s three in the morning. I fell asleep around nine o’clock, on what would now technically be called last night. I s... |
| November 07, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| Hello dear readers! I must apologize for my MIA status at the wonderful land of the strange this past month. Between an ... |
| October 26, 2004 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| I have left the mean, cold corporate world and went back to work at Dallas Mustang. A company that specializes in modif... |
| October 20, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| It's midnight and I can't sleep. Well, I can, I suppose. I just don't want to. I feel like I should be doing somethi... |
| October 19, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| Not fish but the apocalypse. Sparky, the wonder whatever, his teeth flashing, none of us knew that a puppy could look s... |
| October 12, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| OK, here I go posting a rant in a drunken oblivion. Stand up comedy is the subject and the bone of contention. Just rent... |
| September 11, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| I'm out of it, man, I admit it. I got down to Texas, out of the mainstream, and without a constant internet connection ... |
| September 09, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| I recently had a conversation with a few friends which included some folks from out of town about the standard of living... |
| July 21, 2004 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| I have come to the conclusion that IT guys are creepy! Ever since starting at the company I work at there has been this... |
| July 21, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| OK dear strangeland readers, hold on to your hats, this is the big one. This is the burning question I and many female v... |
| July 20, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| Casa de Strangelands has closed down for the night, what with the main administrator getting a real job and all (Trey h... |
| June 24, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| I am going to take this opportunity to wish Ray and Fema the best of luck (of which they don't really need) on their upc... |
| June 23, 2004 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| Let me start out by saying that my parents and anyone in my family cannot and I repeat CANNOT relay correct information.... |
| June 06, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| We reach for the stars, man, only to get burned. But we all need a good burnin’ once in a while, right? When life wor... |
| June 05, 2004 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| To my luck I happen to have an old friend who is a Playboy Playmate, Miss August 2003. This year marks the 50th anniver... |
| May 14, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| I don't claim to know the key to life, not unless I've had way too much to drink or things are going really well for me.... |
| May 12, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| I just read the new stuff by Hyde. It's like the chick has lost her mind talking about shedding bad habits. What the h... |
| May 05, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| Happy May, everybody. Hope you're enjoying life, whether it's an overwhelming gift of happiness each and every day or ... |
| May 02, 2004 |
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by Ray
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| “I’ve never been my own protagonist.” That’s what he says as he slams down into the lawn chair that counts as furnitur... |
| April 21, 2004 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| I was at the Dallas Peace Center yesterday discussing a possible showing of my photography when all of a sudden the dire... |
| March 26, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| This past week I found myself amongst the land of queens, fairies, hippies, herbal smokers and free thinkers. I also lav... |
| March 11, 2004 |
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by Trey
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| Cooking. A whitetrash feast extraordinaire. Browned beef, too much cheddar, a few cans on sale.
In the frid... |
| February 29, 2004 |
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by Emily Kattan
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| People always complain about their cube jobs, which I don’t understand because I have never had one. They say things li... |
| February 09, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| What is the only part of the human anatomy that can make us flaunt like a peacock or hide behind a "wall" of obscurity? ... |
| February 05, 2004 |
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by Carey
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| Is there such a thing as Zsa Zsa Zsu? Has anyone ever met someone and thought...yes, they are my perfect match and we sh... |
| February 04, 2004 |
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