In line at the grocery store. Big sign in my lane says “EXPRESS LANE. TEN ITEMS OR LESS.”
Cashier: Sir, just so you know for next time, this lane is for ten items or less.
(I’m behind Sir, attempting to purchase a single item)
Sir (in line with eight year old girl): Hmph. Ten items. Fuck ten items.
Cashier: [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Teach Your Children Well
Posted in Food and Drink, Society & Culture, tagged grocery store, parenthood, rude customer, ten items or less on 19 December, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Handmade Christmas
Posted in Food and Drink, Pottery, tagged Christmas, Pottery, pottery lessons on 12 December, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ever since an eighth grade art class introduction to ceramics, I have always wanted to learn to make pottery. Due to a recent windfall of extra time, I’ve finally taken it up and am really enjoying it. I like every stage, from taking a moist lump of clay and giving it a useful shape, to [...]
Your Father is Watching
Posted in Middle East, Philosophy & Religion, Politics, Society & Culture, tagged Christian teens, Christianity, Islam, Middle East, purity dance on 4 December, 2007 | 3 Comments »
People are funny creatures. At a time when the right wing is warning us that we need to keep vigilant lest we find ourselves wearing burqas here in the good ol’ U.S. of A, it is apparently failing to take a peek at itself in the mirror. It just might find a teenage girl who [...]
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