Patrick Calder – Page 58 – Words and Pictures

There was a very ugly woman on the train tonight. She sat across from me as I tried to read Dandelion Wine. She wore a beautiful black dress. But underneath, she was knock-kneed and boney. She had a mustache and eyes that didn’t belong. I think the ugly girls go Continue Reading

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Disney: Am I Full of Shit or Not

By Patrick Calder

July 1, 2004

Disney refused to release Michael Moore’s newest movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, claiming it was too mean and gritty for their image. Today, Hyperion Publishing, which is, you know, a subsidiary of Disney, paid $300,000 for the rights to a book from a Senate intern who was briefly famous a month or Continue Reading

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Definition: Boondocks

By Patrick Calder

July 1, 2004

Boondocks – n. Slang term to define a rural area. Derived from the Tagalog word bundok, meaning mountain. Became part of American vocabulary during the Philippine-American War. Mountainous terrain offered refuge and strategic advantages to Filipinos fighting for their country’s independence, and patrolling the boondocks became a common task for Continue Reading

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Kern, Damnit, Kern!

By Patrick Calder

July 1, 2004

There’s design ignorance and then there’s outright contempt for design. Someone in the juror’s office no doubt felt that it would be improper to go so far as even make their badges legible, ’cause it would appear as they were concerned with something other than justice. Cause frankly, this top Continue Reading

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