• The disenfranchised youth leave their mark where they can, on construction barricades and abandoned businesses.

  • We seek truth in books, but if we pick the same kinds of books, is this not a kind of tunnel vision?

  • Trouble Coffee was the rage before it went under. They would blast Wu-Tang Clan and everybody who worked there had neck tattoos and looked like they were in a loud band. As a non-tattooed dorky dad who just wanted a Depth Charge, I was recognized and appreciated by the gritty baristas tired of all the giddy aspiring influencers. There was always a sign outside with said directive passionately scratched with chalk. I miss them, and continue thrashing not dying.

  • Before smartphones, at the height of my loneliness and taking of the buses, all we had was an LCD displaying how many minutes before.