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Posted on 2018-02-182020-11-23

Survivor is the name of this helmet

My Bell bike helmet

If you haven’t met it yet, may I introduce you to an outstanding survivor of my many street battles versus biking accidents?

Meet an old friend: a Bell bicycle helmet, bought nearly 20 years ago at Fry’s along Rosecrans Ave in Hawthorne CA (at $35.95 if I remember right). Originally in steel gray, and later repainted a militant red with Igan’s help. Continue reading “Survivor is the name of this helmet”

Posted on 2017-11-202020-11-23

My prison jogger’s shorts

My prison jogging shorts 3

We were young, defiant, audacious, and in jail. But incarceration didn’t really matter because we knew we had to prepare for the long struggle ahead. So we made the most of the time we had in prison.  Continue reading “My prison jogger’s shorts”

Posted on 2017-10-312017-12-08

I have nothing against the paranormal and dark gothic, and yet…

I have nothing against stories of the paranormal and the dark gothic, which most mainstream broadcast media seem to spew out during the Halloween and All-Souls season, massively to the point of surfeit and silliness. Continue reading “I have nothing against the paranormal and dark gothic, and yet…”

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