Arts Online Writing Mixed Genre Personal Pages D Copyright 2009 Michael De Soto. All rights reserved. You've made it to a dwelling of eccentricity. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification en-us Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:23:57 -0500 http://www.michaeldesoto.com/ Outlook As I'm sure I've mentioned before, I spent some time in Romania. I lived there, went to school there, spent my pre-adolescent years there. This was the early nineties. A lot of shit went airborne in those days. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/exile-on-a-peppercorn/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/exile-on-a-peppercorn/ Sun, 15 Mar 2009 13:45:17 -0500 Outlook But I kept thinking about my grandfather fighting in the Pacific when this chick was born. My dad wasn't even ten years old when this motion picture was made. I was turned on and skeezed out at the same time. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/to-be-a-better-man/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/to-be-a-better-man/ Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:39:28 -0500 Outlook Since I quit this place, I've been working a job that's very analytical. Very clinical. Things have loosened up the last few months and so I'm feeling the desire to write creep in again. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-needle-and-the-damage-done/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-needle-and-the-damage-done/ Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:42:22 -0500 Outlook The year before, the year of the boar, the zodiac of my birth, we'll that year was a doozy. It was drug fueled and not memorable in the way one remembers positive things. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/spirits-and-libations/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/spirits-and-libations/ Tue, 10 Feb 2009 22:36:31 -0500 Outlook I went to the grocery after work. Anybody that knows anything about me knows that I don't do the grocery thing. Maybe I go once every two or three months. And that's only because I haven't found a take out place that carries cat food. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-wild-wordsmith-of-wasilla/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-wild-wordsmith-of-wasilla/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:28:15 -0500 Outlook I wish I could say I took a trip around the world. I wish I could say I fucked all kinds of girls. I wish I had a story to tell, or some sort of mischief to unfold. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/breaking-bread-and-barriers/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/breaking-bread-and-barriers/ Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:41:03 -0500 Outlook So I go in and sit down. Woman mutters something about water pressure. Something about the weather. A Eucalyptus-mentholated blend and a quickie rinse. OK. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/deus-ex-machina/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/deus-ex-machina/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:01:54 -0500 Outlook I feel guilty when I lock him in his crate. This guilt is why he's not on the street. Yet. That, and he's my only friend. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-now-distant-conflict/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-now-distant-conflict/ Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:13:42 -0500 Outlook I didn't do so well checking off items on last year's edition of the life list. Aside from a few key moments, last year was pretty much a wasted year. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/have-you-ever-seen-the-rain/ Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:05:09 -0500 Outlook I've been doing a lot of thinking recently and I've got a couple of questions that have not found answers. http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-rules-of-digital-engagemen/ http://www.michaeldesoto.com/outlook/the-rules-of-digital-engagemen/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:36:03 -0500