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NORTH CITY BUS ARMATURE EMPLOYEES

People need a sense of identity.  This can apply even when the identity is not such a good one.  I worked at numerous shit jobs over the years,  The pay was low and the benefits were poor.  Of course, they were just pass throughs for me,  It was a means to survive for a few months or a year orContinue reading “NORTH CITY BUS ARMATURE EMPLOYEES”

DAY OF RECKONING

Sitting at the Trestle Inn indulging in a Trestlewide.  There’s a candle on the table and a video on the wall.  It’s footage of Nancy Sinatra presumably singing “These Boots Are Made for Walking”  but there’s no audio.  There’s a young lady on stage in the backroom dancing some go-go.  I snap a couple pictures of the dancer that comeContinue reading “DAY OF RECKONING”

CHEAP MOTEL IN BERKELEY

Waking up in a cheap motel in Berkeley is weird enough.  The Indian food I had for dinner the night before is throwing a hootenanny in my intestines.  That Chicken Masala was heaven going in but there is a price to be paid.   I look about the room and see 5 other people laying about.  There’s someoneContinue reading “CHEAP MOTEL IN BERKELEY”

LINEBACKER WITH A POET’S SOUL

I was always a defensive player so my mindset was always focused on brutalizing the sissy skill position players.  I had that mindset of a linebacker.  One year, I had a bloody nose that lasted the entire season.  Every practice, every game, the wound would get opened up.  It was awesome.  I would be in the defensive huddle with bloodContinue reading “LINEBACKER WITH A POET’S SOUL”