Monthly Archives: April 2010

Ginger Root Bart Goes Bowling ©

Posted on April 12, 2010 by gary

We’ve been looking for a sign that things are going to get better. Any sign. Today, it happened. I’ve always thought that if Jesus came back today he would blend in, just be one of the guys. Kinda like Eddie … Continue reading →

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The Evil Monkey

Posted on April 12, 2010 by gary

The Evil Monkey watched over our copy desk in the old days. He was our own little patron saint of journalism, if patron saints wore Mr. Potato Head hats, had funhouse eyes and were perpetually poised to slam two cymbals … Continue reading →

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Oh my God, he wasn’t just making that cactus up!!!

Posted on April 7, 2010 by gary

In a move sure to send El Señor Runner into a frenzy, I have shifted gears yet again and am taking to life as a Conventional Runner. This entails following Halifax Higdon’s marathon training plan, albeit it to spit me … Continue reading →

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One day in a Scottsdale parking lot

Posted on April 7, 2010 by gary

“That’s illegal, you know!” I’m sitting in the parking lot of a Scottsdale shopping center that houses the H&R Block. Mo is inside doing the dirty work while I listen to a woman on NPR talk about her year in … Continue reading →

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Gym etiquette

Posted on April 6, 2010 by gary

The two women yammer endlessly on the treadmills next to me. Nobody notices. Midway through my third hill interval, I let out a shriek intended both to relieve the pain and make the saguaro blink midway through our staring contest. … Continue reading →

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