mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | August 21st, 2009
The Time I Accidentally Created Seinfeld and Other Strange Pages from the Notebook
By James D. Irwin
This is a pretty spontaneous post.
I’ve been out of bed for about forty-five minutes, I’ve had a coffee and I’m currently in my pajamas listening to The Ramones.
I’ve become obsessed with The Ramones recently and haven’t really listened to anything else in over a week. I’ve even stopped listening to my favourite classic [...]
When I Think Of California: Chemical Toilets, Peace Cafes And Falling Deeply In Love In A Bakersfield Sandwich Shop
By James D. Irwin
Bakersfield. I will get to it in a moment…
‘Goddamnit woman!’ I remember thinking. ‘SQUEEZE! YES! But for the love of God please shut the hell up!”
I hadn’t travelled all this way to hear a rubenesque Midwestern woman squat out a deuce. We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert, [...]
