If It Feels Good Do It

[Toward the middle of June, I read the following piece for an event with my Venice nonfiction writing group.] I’ve bought many mops. I’ve bought yellow mops, and I’ve bought green mops. I’ve bought quality mops, and I’ve also bought trashy mops that leave blue lint on the floor. I’ve bought mops with fixtures that [...]

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Nice modeling.

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There are 11 Boys and Girls Clubs in Long Beach. All of them are north of Anaheim Street. I live on Third Street, about 10 blocks south of Anaheim. Third Street is where the guy pretended to murder my neighbor and her pit bull. Third where the senior described how his friend shot someone in [...]

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I used to think I was overly sentimental. Then I looked up sentimental. Then I looked up nostalgic. Then I realized I was not overly sentimental. Then I realized I was overly nostalgic. Like during the past week. I was overly nostalgic about moving out of Northern California. Or maybe it was appropriately nostalgic. I [...]

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I received an absolutely horrible email this morning. Or horrifying. Maybe that’s a better way of putting it: horrifying. subject: Whole Foods E-waste and Donation Event on Saturday Dear Ian, This Saturday, Goodwill, Energy 92.7 Radio and Whole Foods Market have teamed up to make donating easy, fun and delicious. Visit us at the San [...]

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Suppose that someday I write an enthusiastic piece entitled “Jimmy Buffett Actually Plays at a Margaritaville.” And the piece is serious. I mean like, I’m not being tongue in cheek. And like, the piece looks like this. In that case, please shoot me in the head. Of course, the woman who wrote it would probably [...]

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I barely remember the below photo being taken. My instructions to Alden and Herb went something like “YELL AT THE TOP OF YOUR LUNGS!” Thanks again to Jon Logan for the badboy back in black Raiders hat birthday present. I don’t remember posing for the below picture at all. I took off my shirt for [...]

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thank you for showing up. My sister was into it too.

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I live in north San Mateo, just west of the Railroad tracks by one block. Now some people get freaked out when they come to visit me. That’s especially true if they drive through the other side of the tracks to get here. They say things like, “Your neighborhood looks pretty hardcore. I hope I [...]

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Yesterday I realized I forgot to tell you something. IAN BOWMAN EXCLUSIVE REPORT I’m going to Portland, Oregon next week. I have good feelings about this trip. THIS CONCLUDES THE IAN BOWMAN EXCLUSIVE REPORT

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