Stories

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The Ultimatum - Get in Shape story by Ralph Underwood Fit One, two, three, four. Work it out. Work it out. One, two, three, four. Get in SHAPE, Get in SHAPE. One, two, three, four. Are you fit? Are you fit? One, two, three, four. Help yourself. Get in SHAPE. Work it out. Please allow me to…
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    NY Times obit-tribute 4/1/17 Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Poet Who Stirred a Generation of Soviets, Dies at 83 The City of Yes and the City of No - a surging outcry against repression The City of Yes and the City of No - Tribute site Performance Poet (1966) - LIFE photo
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Listen To The Fool Courting Dance Soundtrack   A ROADSIDE DISTRACTION First eve of their journey, SF to Boulder, T-Bone asks Mobility B (MoB for short) to stop in Carson City, so he can gamble. But he sleeps thru town, and wakes up in Reno. “Here we are,” MoB announces. He goes into a…
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To compete for prizes in front of our live studio audience, you potential contestants have been invited here to the universal ‘Hobo Jungle’ sound stage for a dry run and a simulation of that popular game show – “Who Wants to be a Homeless Person?”  A few tips before we get started – please…
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The Troop Song The Hawk Patrol has standards high We’re moving forward all the time This cast of hawks never lets you down We’re Scouters on the uphill climb We’re honor bound to service On brotherhood our aims depend We’re all of like persuasion joined That Scouting may not ever end Fall of…
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by Tim & N.C. Weil for the love of the game T for Temple U T for Temple U U-ni-versity! Fight, fight, fight! For the Cherry and the White. For the Cherry and the White, We'll fight, fight, fight! We are the Mighty Bruins, the best team in the West. We're…
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A Good Story Begins with the Blues I will not go down under the ground 'Cause somebody tells me that death's comin' round. An' I will not carry myself down to die; When I go to my grave my head will be high. Let me die in my footsteps Before I go down, under and drown - Dylan (with apologies…
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Let Your Conscience Be Your Guides Truth be told, I&I took a trip this year and got stoned. The trip was to Jerusalem and the country of Israel. The stone was the marrow of antiquity in the living, breathing bedrock of ancient walls, the sanctity of hallowed halls and the shopping suqs of…
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"What I like about the New Age is how well it prepares us for the Old Age." – Fred Driver (a golfing novice) Zen Flesh Zen Bones Over his years of shopping at New Age bookstores around the world, Fred built quite the collection of religious teachings, martial arts training guides, hip magazines…
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"Nick's knack at packing flats and stacking skids is midst a whiz of ritzy kids, a cracking bats and hacking skids." – Alex Estes (bakery graffiti artist) On the Back of a Grocery Sack Fred got this crazy idea to build an outdoor bread oven from a sketch that Marcel had drawn on a shopping bag…