Volume 12 Issue 11
I'm Busted
In prison there are serious restrictions on prisoners' personal property. In the world, people tend to accumulate things as they get older, but in prison convicts are expected to live decades of their lives and not accumulate any belongings. Not that...
A Million Little Gross Jars
A dedicated reader in San Francisco keeps an assortment of gross jars in her house. Here they are...A few months ago I was keeping a huge, oozy garden slug in a jar along with a few daddy longlegs and some vegetation. One day I noticed the slug was...
Hey, What's In Your Bag There, Huh?
FredPostcards: "I'm originally from France. I pick these up to write folks back home."Journal: "Mostly I just put my ideas in here, but sometimes I write about things that have happened. It's all in French, though, see?"
Seven Inches, Hardcore
1. Against The Wall, Identify Me (Nemesis Records, 1989)2. Assuck, Necro Salvation (Rigid Records, 1989): All those bands in Tampa thought they were on some "real music" shit and looked at Assuck as something funny
These Are Polaroids Of Funny Signs
"I've been collecting Polaroids of funny signs since I was 13 years old. The past few years have really helped my collection because I've been touring with my band Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops, and Europe is filled with weird words. Here're some of...
Tidbits
THE TOTO CHLOE BIDET SEAT"I bought Adam Carolla one of these because he kept saying wiping his ass was 'like getting peanut butter out of a shag carpet.' He swears by it."
Word Nerd
SCRABBLE RUGI bought this on eBay for a friend's wedding present. It took months and months to arrive so it didn't make it in time. It's a workable board and has a Scrabble Brand sticker
Tech Nerd
ZOOM RHYTHMTRAK RT-123This is my favorite cheap drum machine. You can program in your own patterns with not only the many different drum sounds, but also the bass and keyboard sounds. Lots of
Idle Hands
Going to jail in Durango, Mexico is easy l.i.v.i.n. It's actually not even really punishment at all, which makes one wonder how a handful of murderers, drugs dealers, rapists, child molesters, and petty thieves can ever get rehabilitated. Guess what...
Trash 'n' Treasure
Darren plays in the band Gerling. You can finally see them again at the Big Day Out in Jan