gals can do anything
Friday, September 19th, 2008Except kill insects,
produce a Y chromosome
or laugh at this verse.
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Archive for September, 2008
Sidewalk 2008: That Darn Cat
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Movie review: ‘Goliath’
sidewalk.wadeonbirmingham.com
By Chance Shirley
Watching “Goliath” cold — I hadn’t even seen the trailer — I entertained the thought that it would be a sequel to “Colossus: The Forbin Project,” a movie from 1970 in which two supercomputers, Colossus and Goliath, take over the world. After the opening credits, I realized this would be a considerably more intimate flick.
The Goliath of the film’s title is not a supercomputer, nor a biblical giant. Goliath is a cat. More specifically, “the sweetest, most wonderful cat in the whole world.”
But it’s really about the cat’s owner, an unnamed guy (played by David Zellner) who lives in an initially unnamed town (eventually revealed to be Austin) working at an unnamed job.
The film screens Sept. 28 at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival.
forecast of doom
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Whether it’s the cost
of goods, the betting line, or
the rain, we’re all doomed.
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bad cop
Thursday, September 18th, 2008You be the one who
smiles and plays nice. And I’ll be the
the complete bastard.
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the birth of the cool
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Rash of heat subsides
as autumn breezes in the
back door with a grin.
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listen and learn
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Narrator explains
through car speakers, nearly drowned
out by sirens’ wail.
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b & e 5
Thursday, September 18th, 2008You can’t tell someone
invaded this space, save for
dark ghostly footprints.
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b & e 4
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Tough new deadbolt goes
in, while the broken lock sits
on the piano.
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b & e 3
Thursday, September 18th, 2008The memory test
begins. What’s missing? What’s left
behind? Think, think, think.
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b & e 2
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Clothes strewn about. Bits
of glass in crunchy heap. All
touched by stranger’s hands.
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b & e 1
Thursday, September 18th, 2008He came by bike to
smash his way into a man’s
(once secure) castle.
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rocky outlook
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Hilltop outcrop holds
cultured fish swimming in a
pond unto itself.
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huffery puffery
Thursday, September 18th, 2008The political
landscape has no horizon,
just an endless fog.
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life is but a dream
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Blurry mornings blend
into hazy afternoons.
I’ll sleep when you’re dead.
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laceration fascination
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Crystal slivers pierce
pale surface, drawing forth thin
rivulets of life.
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