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Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 26

10 Sep 2025 20 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Still, we don’t get around to assembling the Buffett costumes until our ship is about to leave the harbor, when the final horn is blowing. As the first big party weekend of the unofficial summer approaches, Dylan’s lame coworkers nonetheless cobble...

Jason Statham Pencil Drawing

10 Sep 2025 1 minute read 1 comment Philip jones

  Last night I was invited to my friend’s house to watch the movie The Beekeeper with some friends, and we had a pleasant time together until late hours of the night. The movie ended around four in the morning, and because of extreme fatigue I prefe...

Time is free, but it's priceless.

9 Sep 2025 4 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea

“Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.” ― Harvey MacKay I became accustomed to treating the hours in my days like spare change...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 25

8 Sep 2025 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Friday afternoon finds me standing inside a Goodwill, just around the corner from our apartment. Though each of us conducts his own research independently, the chosen subject is identical. Namely, as summer inexplicably approaches much sooner than s...

We are not Islands

7 Sep 2025 2 minute read 0 comments JaynieLea

  I have always had enjoyed that tongue in cheek quote “You are unique, just like everybody else.” On the surface, it is somewhat amusing... but dig a little deeper, and you quickly realise that it’s actually quite profound.   We all walk...

Proverbs of Smog #4

7 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Domino.Domiyes.Domiknow.Domiguess.Domini.Domini.Domiknee.Domineye.Dominon.Domioui.Domiyou.Domime. Proverbs of Smog Chapter Four 1. Wire we here? 2. Water we doing? 3. Who are the dog Goners? 4. Wearer they going? 5. People exploded. The shadows are...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 24

5 Sep 2025 5 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

That’s my take on the situation, too, that a few drinks might help the situation. Regarding Big Phil’s assertion about the impact of drugs, eh, not so much, for it seems mighty obvious how that’s working out. A radio is just barely audible in his ro...

Pablo Smog's Rules For Writing

2 Sep 2025 1 minute read 0 comments Nathan Payne

Note: The article Desertion of the Circus Animals contains more of my thoughts on this topic, and Raptured From A Kerouac Dream reminds me not to focus on it to the point that I neglect my spirit. But it was fun to write this out, and perhaps it will...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 22

2 Sep 2025 6 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Yes, I have a black name,” is one of the first things out of Shoniqua’s mouth, this maiden voyage meeting her. Though I haven’t mentioned that, she is apparently used to hearing such, hence the preemptive strike. Yet still must prefer it to he...

Well-Behaved Monsters: chapter 20

31 Aug 2025 13 minute read 0 comments jasonmcgathey

Tonal shifts arrive in subtle waves, the longer we continue to sit here. So much seems preordained in retrospect, considering the list of characters who behave exactly as one would expect. And yet this amounts to a longshot betting parlay, whe...