“Did you start taking vitamins or change vitamins or something?” Jenny, my beloved hair cutting waif asked. “Uh, no, why?” I asked as she chopped at my hair with something that looked like pinking shears….
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Conversations with the Grader
Yesterday, before the first day of school Nolan dropped some knowledge on us. Mostly that Liam is now a “Grader” which is a big deal, you know having a grade instead of being in kindergarden….
For Peabo: The best of Vodo, Summer 2011
“They take a story and turn it into like Algebra, which is why nobody wants to read,” Vodo on English teachers. “You know if you’re boring or not,” Vodo. “The word panties was in there…
Actual quotes uttered by the old sexist in my writing class
“Why are there so many women in this class?” “It was overwritten, boring, and I didn’t like it.” “I just didn’t care for any of it.” “Well, I’m not a woman so maybe women like…
Ben Greenman + Paul Westerberg = Bliss
“Hi,” I said, and slid my copy of What He’s Poised to Do toward Ben Greenman. “Nice Replacements’ quote.” (The epigraph to his book is the line “I’ll write you a letter tomorrow. Tonight I…