Monthly Archives: May 2010

"When I coughed I saw fire­flies…" –Denis John­son Hind­sight is 20. With twen­ty twen­ties, at Hap­py Hour, burn­ing pin holes in the eye­ball of a dol­lar bill > pyra­mid. In God, what­ev­er. Luck­i­ly, pimps, repo men and beat cops are … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

(from cit​i​zensvoice​.com) BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF) Pub­lished: May 26, 2010 HARRISBURG — Increased crime and dam­aged roads are two neg­a­tive impacts of the Mar­cel­lus Shale nat­ur­al gas drilling boom, Ren­dell admin­is­tra­tion offi­cials said as the push for a state … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

This is grat­i­fy­ing to see, but Kesich doesn't rep­re­sent the typ­i­cal Miller­ton res­i­dent, either, many of whom I imag­ine will, like Steve Miller, take the mon­ey and run. And why wouldn't they?  To para­phrase my dad, these are most­ly life­long … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

The End of the War Moth­er drove our exhaust­ed Toy­ota out of the shade of the trees, past a swath of sun­burned lawn lit­tered with bits of Sty­ro­foam where they had dragged the raft from the shed down to the lake. … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

The Wire Out For the sec­ond morn­ing in a row Lawrence leaned back in the chair onto two legs and away from the table and let go.  Count­less attempts at strik­ing the per­fect bal­ance so the chair would stay on two … Con­tin­ue read­ing →