GHOSTS ON THE GROUND: CEMETERY-4

Define opulent. Hey, what's that kid doing to that chicken? Only one goal today. Jump in the Honda and traverse the downtown Los Angels freeways on a mid Tuesday morning. If all goes well headed back home before 1:00. Famous last words. You ever drive the 110 North to downtown? The mania burns fierce and

GHOSTS ON THE GROUND/ CEMETERY-3

Tell me you don't see the very face of evil in that stonewall, please tell me you don't see it! A quick jaunt aside. I don't know how I write. You call that shite writin? I usually smoke a bowl and drink a beer or seven then lean over a keypad and see

GHOSTS ON THE GROUND: CEMETERY-2

HERE THERE BE GHOSTS   Where are we going? Oh yeah,Hollywood Forever. Fun. Is that Merle Oberon? If you can't see the ghost over Johnny's right shoulder then you and I are on a different journey. It was a cool place. Legendary for it's creepiness. Hell the band, The Misfits did a live shindig right in

GHOSTS ON THE GROUND: CEMETERY-1

 When and how boredom sets in is still a bit of a hermetical mystery, but by god the weeks before football truly dies, (think the Owl) I find usually no later than Wednesday during the bye week the lethargy really starts to soil the mind and degrade the spirit. You

Last Stop at Hamlin

"Look, it's the question you're always going to ask. But that's your focus; not mine. I don't have fear. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence

Friday Morning Brain Farts/Carpenter Jorb

In lieu of actual prose, here's some randomness to waste time while waiting for DJ 3000 to reload munitions from last night's operations the playlist. I semi-successfully managed to get through my first week as a 9-1-1 operator without causing any serious harm. So, that's a plus. Somehow I've managed to

Soil after harvest

(click here for part 1) (click here for part 2) Author's Note They discovered a bacteriophage that could inject and propagate inside microplastics. This strategy allows it to hide from the body's immune system, uninterested in spreading to biological material. Once matured enough to outgrow the plastic, it hatches and begins consuming biological

Eat and grow

(click here for part 1) Lab Report Narrative (draft) After hatching, they eat their way out. Growth rate is constant and rapid. Any that are not consumed by larger specimens after hatching continue to eat and grow until they emerge from the body. Specimens of all size are able to survive outside

Formaldehyde and milk

Pictured: samples from human lung 1. Inert 2. Unfertilized 3. Destroyed 4. Left, fertilized. Right, unfertilized Notes retrieved from demolition site (damaged) Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin, France Dated 1893 Translated by Auguste O'Connor They call the material Galalith. Just formaldehyde and milk, it is so easy to make. Sadly it does not function well. At even modest size, it begins

Balls metaphorically shoots Franz Ferdinand

I write this fully knowing the consequences. I apologize in advance for the blood about to be shed. However, I've held my tongue long enough. I'm only doing this for the good of society. Here goes: Girl Scout Cookies are tasteless saturated fat guilt bombs that prey on the weak and

The Education Continues in the Dallas Cowboys QB Room

Interior Dallas Cowboys practice facility in Frisco Texas. Enter Offensive Coordinator Kellen Moore:  Kellen Moore: "Hey Scott! How we doing today?" Enter Scott Tolzein QB coach Scott Tolzein: "Hey Coach K! Everything is going good. Ready to kick some ass in practice today." KM: "Damn good to hear. We're getting down to nut cutting time

Your Thursday “Asleep-At-the-Switch” Carpenter Thread

Ahoy-yoy!   I realized I never did a Stillers bye week report, but who cares. They're 7-6, will never beat the Patriots in any meaningful way, the offensive is broken to hell, and are somehow in currenth #6th seed. Tomlin Voodoo is real, ya'll. Just accept this. This season has been so