Note from the editor: For those that would like to belong to a "clique" be advised that the so called "gutter crew" is taking applications. For less than $1000.00 ($999.99US) you could join us here in crazyville. The "application" can be obtained through my OS private e-mail. All checks… Read full post »

   A friend of mine that I hadn't seen in forever dropped by unexpectedly Thursday morning. He proceeded to tell me that the previous evening his wife had called the police and told them that he had threatened her with a shotgun.

   When she called he was in the basement… Read full post »

    I did very little work on this post fellow OS'ers! Last night I posted asking for suggested questions for Ms. Cartouche. Only two of the questions in this informal interview are mine. The rest, the gracious and talented lady fielded off my posts comments and answered back to… Read full post »

   For those of you that are Cartouche lovers (and I don't mean one of her MANY physical lovers) I am taking suggested questions.

  It seems no one has offered to interview her. I offered and well she and I came up with this idea....ok it was HER idea.… Read full post »

   Intro from Dad but this post is from Junior. We went downtown today to participate in some Irish activities. He took the pics on his iPhone and emailed them to me and I couldn't get them to load. Therefore his rant at the bottom here. He included a little bit… Read full post »

                                                Ok I'll give YOU $5!!!!

     Sample question: Trig, is that your gay lover with his arm around… Read full post »

     Damned cell phone. I don't have to wake up today! Quit playing the X-Files theme!

     Oh goodness where was I? A magical place to be sure. Well a couple of places. At first it was a huge outdoor party. Beautiful people everywhere but I knew no… Read full post »

    Trying again here since the first image wouldn't "take". Like I said before, just trying to lighten up the mood around here folks. Einstein's birthday would have been tomorrow. I saw him mentioned in a religious debate post last night. I've seen quite a few other posts that were "r… Read full post »

   Her father was a Viet Nam Veteran. Her mother the oldest child of a hardworking Danish immigrant, a lifetime General Motors union man.  Dad became a union carpenter. She was the oldest of two children. It was her and little brother, dragged around from Kansas City to Riversid… Read full post »

       JK Brady, aka General Brady, aka the fashion hussie of Toronna, aka the Great Ice Panther of Canuckdom...aka "Jenkee" has apparently come up missing while vacationing in Cuba.

   This from undisclosed sources (ok, it's the infamous Canadian/Cuban underground)... "… Read full post »

   Where do I begin? The appropriate expletives elude me. Prince among men comes to mind. God amongst mortals (see tags). The one eye guy with the heart of gold.

   Kerry Lauerman is an extremely humble man. He told me "Trig, I'm not a self promoter. These deeds I… Read full post »

    Lawrence Kansas long long ago.... One fine summer evening, I believe it was a Friday, I had decided to change up my routine and instead of spending the whole night playing pool and chasing college chicks I would go see my friend Ken out in the country.  Still… Read full post »

     Last night I woke at 3 or 4 to use the bathroom. Instead of stumbling back to bed I came downstairs and opened up OS . This is the first time that has happened. Now I'm a half hour late to my job I'm starting today. Because ofwhat? Opensalon. My… Read full post »

   Not sure whose open call for poetry or if there even was one. Just know I keep seeing poetry everywhere and after reading Nanatehay's Ginsberg this morning, of course I had to RESPOND .

   Here are some gems from Jack Kerouac which is not poetry but… Read full post »

   In light of the current worldwide economic crisis I've found myself
wondering, hmmm, how do I get in on the green tech movement? And
for those of you that read my most recent post----no I'm not talking about earning $$$ as a joint roller.

   As an… Read full post »

  Hello my friends. And yes, I mean that when I say it FRIENDS.
Just wanted to post some stuff. Call it a review maybe of my OS
travels recently.
  This place affects me pretty deeply to say the least and one
recent post has really "grabbed… Read full post »

 I loved this response by JK Brady so much that I have decided

plagiarize it and post it here for all to see because as she noted

it is a quite succint analysis of many problems we face here in

the ugly ugly present day world .  Best I can tell… Read full post »

   After years of family strife in one form or another ...divorce, death, 
and everything in between, my "people" and I, those of us that are left,
decided to do a monthly get together for no other reason than to enjoy
each other. What a concept! This novel idea came… Read full post »

Happy birthday Kurt ...you would have been 42 today . R. I. P .  Read full post »

My Mom had come home from the hospital that
late summer day. I knew what THAT meant. That
She had the cure for my clap. Oh my God, it was
sooo embarassing to have to tell her! But my best
friend who I had been traveling with had some
kind… Read full post »

 My Mom had come home from work at the hospital that late summer
day . I knew what THAT meant . That she had the cure for my clap .
Oh my God , it was so embarrassing to have to tell her ! But my best
friend who I had… Read full post »

" BRIAN ! BRIAN !!" Jimmy was screaming angrily at
the top of his lungs after he had exploded through
the front door of the Bucktown bungalow and
slammed the door so loud that I imagined the
sonic boom of a low flying jet . It was after mid-
… Read full post »

   This morning over the breakfast table my Grandmama cracked
another pretty good one . She's been working on her humor and
brilliant personality dontchaknow !
  
   So she says " first dude , did ya hear about the wife , who after
being married for twenty years found out t… Read full post »