Category Archives: Something or other but True

That’s Badass

Posted on 26 December 2010 by cenobyte

“So this one time, I was in a hurry, and I sliced the tip off of the end of my finger with a wood chisel. So I drive down to Dr. H’s clinic there, downtown, and I’m sitting in the … Continue reading →

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Sometimes the best ExMass story is a good Hallowe’en story

Posted on 25 December 2010 by cenobyte

“So I picked up this midget hitch-hiking,” he started. You know it’s a good story when it starts like that. Particularly when it’s my Da telling it. “Used to want to be a midget wrestler, he did. The guy thought … Continue reading →

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Even the end is true

Posted on 23 December 2010 by cenobyte

“Half the night I waste in sighs,
Half in dreams I sorrow after
The delight of early skies;
In a wakeful dose I sorrow
For the hand, the lips, the eyes,
For the meeting of the morrow,
The delight of happy laughter,
The delight of low replies.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson (Maud, and other poems) Continue reading →

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I swear, all of it is true.

Posted on 22 December 2010 by cenobyte

Matt stood there, holding my hand, as I wrestled with ‘should’ and ‘might’ and ‘can’t’ and ‘want’ and he stared at me for a moment. Then he let go of my hand. “You have to promise me you won’t tell … Continue reading →

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This, also, is true.

Posted on 21 December 2010 by cenobyte

Scott phoned my grandmother’s house one evening and asked if I was interested in going to a movie. I was. Oh God, I was interested in going to a movie. I was interested in going to ALL of the movies. … Continue reading →

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This is a true story

Posted on 20 December 2010 by cenobyte

The summer I was fifteen, the very last thing I wanted to do was to live on the farm in the hot shoebox of a pull-behind trailer with my mother who chain smoked and drank beer all day with vodka … Continue reading →

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to be or not to be

Posted on 28 September 2010 by cenobyte

First, go read this story about some Very Unpopular Decisions the Saskatoon school division has just made. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Now. It’s a pretty dumb idea. It’s dumb because, like the whole “we won’t fail your kid because it … Continue reading →

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Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful

Posted on 17 August 2010 by cenobyte

** There’s this guy. I see his leering face everywhere. He’s at the post office; he’s at the pharmacy. He’s in the city when I drive there. Sometimes, I even see him at the mall. It’s really annoying. I mean, … Continue reading →

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And now, intolerance!

Posted on 5 August 2010 by cenobyte

On the cusp of hearing the very good news about gay marriage being permitted in California, I read this article about severe douche baggery perpetrated by morons. Far be it for someone from the state of Florida to do something … Continue reading →

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What isn’t said

Posted on 25 July 2010 by cenobyte

There were people in the house. I could hear them downstairs, in the back room. I could hear footsteps on the floor below, and the particular timbre of the stairs as someone ascended. There were often people in the house; … Continue reading →

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