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About German Jones

I am a librarian by day; I do all sorts of things at night.

(there must be) 50 Ways to Kill Your Liver

This catchy pun/turn of phrase was sung by some chubby-ish cowboy-type at a bar the other night. He and his band were the act before the act before the act that we had gone out to see play. I had … Continue reading

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For Steffen

I feel like there’s a 90% chance that he’ll get the e-mail and read this site, and for that 90% I want to give thanks. An impulse and a coincidence lead me to an 8 minute phone conversation with someone … Continue reading

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Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll…

It has been touted as the recipe for freedom and liberation. It seems for me it just keeps me sane. To explain–I realized the other night that there are a few things the quell my anxious mind: fantasies and the … Continue reading

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Tonight

Sitting on our couch. Drinking whiskey. Feet resting on his lap. Watching re-runs of Noah’s Arc on Logo. I was wondering why I didn’t have anything much to write about. And then I realized. Not enough anxiety to make my … Continue reading

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the 10th Labour

“…it seemed to him to be much better .. to fight by stealth .. against the mighty man; .. (crouching) on one side he devised for him .. bitter destruction; and he [Geryon] kept his shield in front of (his … Continue reading

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Context 2

“Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire.”

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Context 1

“Art is the human disposition of sensible or intelligible matter for an aesthetic end.”

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Ruin and Re-begetting

First I felt like I needed a name. Then I added a bit of history. Shortly thereafter, I also discovered some patterns. And then I took a walk.

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Moment of Zen

New pleasures have taken hold. Yesterday we purchased a couch. A soft, full, adult-type couch. A couch we first met at the newly-weds’ house. A couch that belongs not to me, nor him…it belongs to US. This has caused me … Continue reading

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Piercing Insight

“As glamorous as it all sounds, getting your nose pierced is very undignified. The guy used a long metal clamp to pull my nostril far out to the side before sticking it with a needle. He said I have unusually … Continue reading

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