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What would you type on the Unabomber’s typewriter?

By Mark | May 17, 2011

I’m wondering if maybe having the Unabomber’s typewriter would help me break through my writer’s block. It goes up for auction tomorrow, along with all the other possessions of Ted Kaczynski. I’m thinking that everyone else will go after his infamous hooded sweatshirt… Somewhere, at this very moment, I suspect a hipster in Williamsburg is […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Observations, Uncategorized | Also tagged hipsters, Jack Torrance, John Wayne Gacy, manual typewriters, online auctions, serial killers, technology, Theodore Kaczynski, Unabomber, Williamsburg | 8 Comments

HORmobiles, shoe bombs and cell phones

By Mark | August 14, 2002

This morning, I looked out the window and saw a little, blue hatchback wedged perfectly into the mouth of our crumbling cement driveway. The parking job wasn’t the work of an ordinary drunk either. And, this wasn’t an, “Aw, fuck it, they can still get around me” job, where you have to go a foot […]

Posted in Mark's Life, Other | Also tagged "I will spend the rest of my life fucking with your shit. I will fuck your shit up.", "Who did you fuck last night HOR", 9/11, airport security, al Queda, car door, cell phone, cell phones, Crouching Tiger, Del Rio, Dukes of Hazard, ex-boyfriend, getting parked in, Hidden Dragon, high-tech ass, HOR, HORmobile, humorous misspellings, keyed, MIT Technology Review, OCD, police, Richard Reid, shoe bomber, slow-witted in-bred Amish bouncer, The Entertainer, using my fence against me, vandalism, whore | 1 Comment

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