Blurbotron

I have read that, and will read it again, and then have a close friend explain the larger words to me.-Jack Neary, playwright

Tempus Fugit

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My windshield is anointed by God

God showed His face to my windshield, and by extension, me, today, indicating that He has great plans for us both.

I have not received a parking ticket in the City of Los Angeles since January 12, 2009. It was Chinatown. I didn’t contest it.

“Forget it, Marty,” I said, echoing Boz Scaggs. “It’s Chi-town.”

Nothing’s gonna change my world

Today, a month and 30 days after my fortieth birthday, I realize that, when I go, it is getting more unlikely that people will say, “He was too young.” Instead, they will say, “I guess it was about goddamn [...]

Soggy Notes from the Storm of the Century

Marty Barrett speaks truth to the Storm of the [...]

Horror in Norway

“She would watch while her dogs ate our [...]