ZUCCHINI |
I drove down to Northern California awhile back to visit my dad. My mom, Lucy, died a few years ago so now my sister and I try to see the old man as much as we can.He seems to be doing okay, making th...
Posted by jva on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:40:00 PST |
ALL I HAVE TO DO IS... |
I don't really like to sleep, I find it sort of boring...but I love to dream. Everyone dreams differently, so they say.Some people don't really dream much, at least not that they know of.Or some peopl...
Posted by jva on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:57:00 PST |
BRIMLEY |
I just had a nice chat about hate with neighbor Bob.Not ABOUT hating neighbor Bob, by any means.No way. Bob's a wonderful guy...I like Bob very much.But, I've been thinking about hate lately. The idea...
Posted by jva on Wed, 28 May 2008 01:31:00 PST |
COURTNEY’S KITCHEN |
There were so many nice responses to my Robert Wagner story from a couple weeks ago (the one where I tried to injure him on the bumper cars), that I decided it might be fitting and proper to tell you ...
Posted by jva on Tue, 13 May 2008 03:15:00 PST |
THIS WHEEL IS ON FIRE Pt.3 (Quality Control) |
I can't do this anymore, I thought, staring at the Watts Towers. I sat in my delivery truck, across the street from the Towers, shielding my eyes with my hand from the hammering sun. I real...
Posted by jva on Wed, 07 May 2008 03:18:00 PST |
THIS WHEEL IS ON FIRE PT. 2 (The Glorious Geyser Of Glee) |
"This is your hand truck, Jim...it's your best friend..." said the man who looked like Sean Connery.Uncannily so. "Uh huh..." I said. It was 7.30 in the morning and still fairly cool. But I knew the a...
Posted by jva on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:34:00 PST |
THIS WHEEL IS ON FIRE (The Paperboy) |
This here is part one of a three-part story. Parts two and three will come next week and the week after...like a Buck Rogers serial. It's about my life with trucks.Enjoy!----- "Fine, but if you fire h...
Posted by jva on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:38:00 PST |
CAMPING? MOI? |
"So what time do you want to leave tomorrow?" I asked my father. This was a couple of weeks ago.Kim and I had just spent a few days vacationing on the Oregon Coast.Most of the time is was cloudy and d...
Posted by jva on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:05:00 PST |
AN OPEN APOLOGY TO NUMBER TWO... |
This morning when I turned on TV to see who got killed last night, I ran across a repeat of the movie AUSTIN POWERS. I’ve seen it half a dozen times, but in a few moments I was roped in again an...
Posted by jva on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:40:00 PST |
BUT SWING...RIGHT? |
I don't usually tell you folks stories about the gigs Tim and I play.That's something I usually reserve for the bar after the gig. A bunch of guys who gigged that night will sit around somewhere, drin...
Posted by jva on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:46:00 PST |
