The grim and sinister baby-changing table in the can at Kerbey Lane has graffiti all over it. It’s where all the infant junkies of South Austin go to get changed. I knew you would want to see it, but—and I blame my dog Bert for this—the pictures came out like crap on accounta when I […]
Archive for August, 2006
Public Cans of Austin: Kerby Lane (South Lamar)
Published August 31st, 2006 in Public Cans of Austin, Morsel Institute and Austin. 25 CommentsIn Which Ron Sullivan Raises The Level Of Blogular Discourse To Dizzying New Heights
Published August 29th, 2006 in Easy Persiflage. 58 Comments“Ever had a good close look at a bug’s junk? Lord, lord.”
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When last we spoke I had set off on an enchilada hunt. This entailed begging Stingray to drive me—my bum leg has infantilized me to the maddening extent I must be toted like a warm six-pack—to iconical Tex-Mex dive Curra’s (the one on Oltorf). According to the sign, Curra’s is ‘the mother of all Mex.’ […]
Phil
My ears were burning. Generally this portends another hot flash, but occasionally it signals something even more hilarious: someone in Blogville has invoked me.
I was moved to act.
“Phil,†I said (Phil is my secretary). “Check the internet! And bring me another tub of Cool Whip!â€
Phil checked the internet. Sure enough, ‘Twisty’ was the subject of […]
Footwear as birth control. Photo of three of the author’s lower extremities by Stingray
Linking to yesterday’s essay on misogyny in sporty-wear is this post by pro-sport-corset blogger Random Bird. I am sorry to report that Random Bird’s remarks are mostly of a nature that causes bitter tears to spring to the despondent auntly eye (for […]
Sports, Corsetry, and the Empowerful Woman
Published August 26th, 2006 in Patriarchy-blaming. 98 CommentsSportcorset
This modern preoccupation with the Empowerful Woman was funny for a while, but it begins to wear thin. I predict that if a post-patriarchal social history of the New Millennium ever gets written there will be a hilarious chapter on this bizarre, buffoonish construct.
I allude to the confident, photogenic, entirely fictitious female who inhabits TV […]
Perp and victim. Photo by Stingray.
I must put all speculation to rest. The gripping details of my ankle surgery are as follows.
They appear to be sushi and/or teeth, but the chunks from yesterday’s winsome post-op foto are actually fragments of various ankle bones. The fragments gradually chipped off over years and years of more or […]
The featured chunks were smuggled out of the operating room by my handy sibling, Tidy. Tidy was lucky to get them. Apparently ankle chunks, even those as rare and beautiful as mine, are considered a biohazard or a terrorist threat and are usually incinerated or imprisoned without representation.
Greetings, earthlings. At last I return from my […]
A Sad Diminution of the Human Spirit in the Proliferation of Machine-Made Ornament
Published August 13th, 2006 in Patriarchy-blaming. 27 CommentsSelf-Portrait Number 7: Watching Made-For-TV Biopic With Moon and Lime Green Recliner
Twisty + new camera = unprecedented banality.
As old dead John Ruskin said, “Photoshop will only make us shallower in our understanding.”
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Regular readers will recognize the foul countenance of Bert, my 1-year-old golden retriever, and his puffy ball, also 1 year old. Bert, as I may have mentioned once or twice, is singlehandedly responsible for having dug the hole into which I innocently plummeted a few months ago, reducing what had once been an award-winning ankle […]
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