Bad Excuses
THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL LIST OF ACTUAL WRITTEN EXCUSES GIVEN TO TEACHERS IN THE ALBURQUERQUE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM BY PARENTS OF STUDENTS
1. Dear School: Please excuse John from being absent on Jan. 28, 29,
30, 31, 32, and also 33.
2. Please excuse Dianne from being absent yesterday. She was in bed
with gramps.
3. Please excuse Johnnie for being. It was his father's fault.
4. Chris will not be in school because he has an acre in his side.
5. John has been absent because
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HOUSTON TATTOO CONVENTION 1996
The Astrodome is the world’s first posh air-conditioned sports arena--a true testament to the crass cash available from the oil industry.
In its shadow another first was being remembered this January day a twentieth anniversary of the first-ever US Tattoo Convention, This one hosted by Lyle Tuttle and Dave Yerkew.
The tattooed crowds were certainly causing a stir in
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"HAVE IT, AND THEY SHALL COME"
If incredibly beautiful women, dark handsome men, the most delicious meals on the planet, thousands of years of art, excitement, and one of Europe's best tattoo convention does nothing for you, then read no further.
This past December, organizer and host
La Dolce Vita
The egg yolk in my dish looks so orange to me, almost bloody, I can't help but wonder how many tattoo travelers pass though this place and do not notice how rich in color it all is. I stare at it, flopped over the darkest green asparagus I have seen in a long time. The smell of aged parmesan cheese wafts through my nostrils; I am in heaven.
As I eat, I consider the white of the egg is almost as pure a color as that of the tiles that cover the walls and floor of the Resta
"A CONVERSATION WITH
SHOTSIE GORMAN"
"Only the most mnd blowing seminar I have ever atended"
"I left there so inspired I couldn't wait to apply the ides to my work"
" My third eye was pulled open"
" I had no idea a tattoo seminar could be this exciting"
These are the quotes from people who have spent on hour of their time in "A CONVERSATION WITH SHOTSIE GORMAN"
What is this conversation?
This seminar is unlike anything you have ever experienced. During the discussion Shotsie seems to unr
SPOOKY
What I loved, really was
my memory of him.
Francis, was my mothers youngest brother.
But reflecting now I realize
I knew Butch more by the artifacts of his life.
My feelings were almost archeological
After twenty years of separation
As the facts of his death were
related to me- by his sister sobbing
over a crackling phone connection.
“The prison lost his ashes in transit.”
missing the irony, she wept.
“It was UPS they said, those bastards!”
bruis
