. . . sits on his drum throne and bends overto tighten the floor tom legs and the agonyis immediate. He’s not sure if he hears an actual crack or if the pain synapses inhis brain are exploding his auditory nerves. What is most likely is that the pain hascaused him to yell. He’s settingContinue reading “#587: A musician of a certain age. . .”
Monthly Archives: August 2025
#587: Streak Ends! Stats Fail!
According to my Insight Timerstatistics, I meditated 203 consecutivedays and then I stopped. This morning, I meditatedfor the second consecutive day. Part of me feels like I’ve been robbed, so disappointed tohave broken my streak, to have experienced such a monumental stats fail. Another part of me wantsto trash the Insight Timeraltogether, right along sideofContinue reading “#587: Streak Ends! Stats Fail!”
#586: Literature Only: Another Air Travel Poem
Hi, there. Sure is nice seeing you here at 30,000 feet. Feel free to enable, open, scan, and browse, but please note, you can place literature only inside the plastic pouch above your upright tray table. Anything decidedly not literature, you’ll have to place elsewhere. I know you’re already frustrated with the free-for-all nature ofContinue reading “#586: Literature Only: Another Air Travel Poem”
#585: Keeping the Baby
I’m not making this up. The airline steward gets on the microphone at the gate to announce that any families with babies need to be forewarned: if the baby smiles at him, he says, he’s taking the baby, he’s keeping the baby.
michael jarmer 