I was buying a soda at a gas station, waiting in line to pay at the register. A disheveled old woman was in front of me in line. Suddenly, without warning, she turned to face me and loudly said, "I AM JANE DOE AND I AM AN AGENT OF THE ILLUMINATI. X4983ZQ49859." She then turned to…
In the early 90s, I was in high school in the Midwest. To say the culture was homophobic was an understatement; I'm hetero, but homosexuality was always a punchline and the f-slur was horribly common. But then I saw a show on HBO called "The Kids In The Hall", a sketch comedy show…
"Soap" in the 70s: the main character was tied up in front of a firing squad, you hear the guns fire, you see her twitch, then freeze frame. And then the damn show got canceled! What happened to Jessica?!??
Not terribly shocking... but this was at my grandma's visitation. Lots of her elderly friends came to pay their respects. A small elderly woman approached my family, spoke with us for a bit, said some lovely things about my grandma. She must have run out of things to say, because…
There was a very, very early Sesame Street segment featuring Kermit and a monster that was terrifying; they were teaching the sound of the letter B. The monster would take a huge deep breath, make a squeaky sound, then his eyes would get huge and he would do this roaring B sound.…
Freshman year of high school, science class. I arrived before the final bell, sat down and got situated. Suddenly this preppy comes running in; he doesn't say a word. He's looking around frantically, with a bottle of mouthwash in his hand. He spots the metal wastebasket, and spits…
“Cursed Diamond” by The Black Crowes from 1994. Their most elegant, soaring melody of longing, of desperation, of heartache. Listened to that song for three months after a breakup, I’m still here. Thanks, Crowes.
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