Rock the Vote |
I was sitting in a bar, not long after Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. An OC conservative-type looked at me and asked, "So, you think he's gonna run for president now?"
"Why would he want to?" I sa...
Posted by Mat Jones on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:26:00 PST |
things i thought about during a few stop lights |
Rock the Casbah is the most consistently relevant song written in the last 25 years.
A Terri Schiavo joke can still stop a conversation in its tracks.
Pizza is becoming less satisfying to me.
Now, I g...
Posted by Mat Jones on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:28:00 PST |
Lost Cause |
I don't care what your mother says. If you don't actually create anything, you ain't creative.
I don't care if you call yourself a writer. If you don't write, you ain't a writer.
I don't care ...
Posted by Mat Jones on Sat, 20 Oct 2007 10:26:00 PST |
Eyes Wide Shut |
So, I haven't been sleeping lately. That's nothing new. I don't know how many times I've opened a paragraph with those words. I've been sleep walking, I think. I wake up sitting at...
Posted by Mat Jones on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:20:00 PST |
Communication Breakdown |
So, the other day, I heard a man say the words, "This is America! Speak English!"
It infuriated me to no end. I'm kind of a moderate. There are some conservatives who call me a libe...
Posted by Mat Jones on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:25:00 PST |
and it was good |
So, this guy, out of nowhere, starts to witness to me. Apropo of nothing. I don't know what I do to deserve shit like this. Don't get me wrong. I have religious beliefs. I'll ...
Posted by Mat Jones on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:00:00 PST |
The Red Eye |
I heard a story on the radio today. I don't remember what it was about. I guess I wasn't paying attention. Fucking human interest stuff, usually involves somebody's cat or something....
Posted by Mat Jones on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:21:00 PST |
This Bird Has Flown |
I think my ma slept straight through the 60's. She stayed up listening to Elvis, went to sleep when they shot Kennedy (the first) and woke up in time to hear Tanya Tucker sing "Delta Dawn." ...
Posted by Mat Jones on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:05:00 PST |
Sports Drinks |
I was standing in the line at the 7-11, getting my newspaper and a drink. The woman talked damned loud. She wanted somebody to notice her, maybe. She had a spray on tan that looked l...
Posted by Mat Jones on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:14:00 PST |
Yawn |
She was one of those girls, who described herself as "bi," to make herself seem more interesting, even though she wasn't really "bi." Then once you got to know her, as a person, you discovered s...
Posted by Mat Jones on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:27:00 PST |
