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The Gookies
In this story... I contemplate the great tasting garbage left in the bottom of my wife's cooking pan. Read: "The Gookies" in my new journal on cowbird.com
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“A Hairway to Seven” — the #Steelers meet Led Zeppelin on a great new t-shirt
In this story... I warily reflect on the cultural implications of a Pittsburgh Steelers playoff t-shirt that references Led Zeppelin...and I botch an attempt at writing the song it suggests. Read: "A Hairway to Seven" in my new journal on cowbird.com
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“Under the Auspices of Astronomy” — my latest #cowbird journal entry
In this story... I take a picture of the night sky...and a stranger won't stop asking me questions. Read: "Under the Auspices of Astronomy" in my new journal on cowbird.com
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“Eyebombing” – when the uncanny is cute
Here's the latest entry posted to my Popular Uncanny weblog, musing over the cutely weird meme known as "Eyebombing" (eyebombing.com) -- affixing googly eyes to inanimate objects in the public square -- and how it taps into feelings of strange familiarity. "Eyebombing is the Fozzie-Bearification of the community property -- the Jim Hensoning of the public square. There is a return of the repressed invoked here, but it very well may a repressed belief in the power of folk art, which has been increasingly "surmounted" by technology..."
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Milking the Cereal
In this story... I will train you in how to properly engage in the morning cereal-eating ritual. Read: “Milking the Cereal” in my new journal on cowbird.com