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  • Tripping Raul’s honest bio

    Bios are so dreary. “I worked here and there, clawed my way up from the tar pit to become this amazing specimen of humanity.” Add to that the exaggeration and embellishment factor and you’ve got yourself historical fiction. If I were to write my bio, honestly, it would read something like this: Tripping Raul sometimes Read more

  • Sense and synchronicity

    The bands were tight, the venue open and intimate and the rock was, well, classic. Yup, last night’s Under the Sun concert was pretty freakin’ awesome and as I stood six people deep, wedged among throngs of younger fans and groupies while the bands bared their souls on stage, I thought back to what we talked Read more

  • Small miracles

    I ran into the house and quickly dropped the groceries and, panicked, did a 180 at 190 mph back out to the truck, but what I saw made my blood run cold and hot all at once and I screamed, “Don’t move! Don’t move!” But he took a step toward the house and I screamed Read more

  • Sharing the dream

    Dreading the coming week, I’d had a couple glasses of wine Sunday afternoon and headed to bed early. Like, 8-ish. So when I awakened and it was still dark, I figured it was 4-ish and I wondered why the boys were still watching TV and Edison’s Black Dahlia got defensive when I asked, and it Read more

  • Transitions

    Dammit! The doc’s colorful character doesn’t resonate unless I talk about the tidbits that are irrelevant to the article. Having to kill my darlings and I hate that. Oh, and look at this! A graph is in there twice, which spot is better? Augh! The transitions on both of the graphs before are awkward without Read more

  • Remake

    I feel as if I should be able to simply say, “All right. Body is breaking down. Time to turn it off and go home.” But it’s not that easy and most people think I’m odd for having that notion in the first place. Without that option, I guess I’ll just “take to bed,” you Read more