Frampton Chelsea Barrett, 1996-2014
Category: extended status update
Dec 31
Frampton Comes Alive
Dec 04
Asshole Stole My Bike
I’d like to think that, right now, in some lower rent place than where I’m currently living,
Nov 25
How I Lived To Be 45
Advances in medical technology and attention to Quality of Life considerations like exercise, diet, and stress reduction have increased the average lifespan, but it is still a miracle of science — or maybe an offense to nature — to live to the age of 45.
Nov 23
A Box of Free Grapefruit
Jun 21
Deep Facebook: For When It’s Complicated (first in a series)
In this article I use the name of a popular social media outlet as a stand-in for all of them, and thus don’t bother with a capital F. If it’s true that young people are no longer Flocking to facebook, the least we can do is top off the company’s IPO with a common noun.
Feb 09
Raising A Straight Man And Teaching My Daughter about Bigamy
I have many items on my parenting agenda. I take the mission seriously. But I’m always careful to make those agenda points seem as if they arose from circumstance rather than carefully-planned Powerpoint slides.
Dec 16
I Salivate (Like A Pavlov Dog)
Every writer can get into bad habits, but just remember what your best English teachers (mine were Mrs. McGovern, Mr. Molleur, Miss Hallissy, Mr. Kealy, Ms. Hylen, and Professor Goldstein) told you: Think about what you write so that you’re not writing anything unnecessary.
Oct 01
A Visit to L.A. County Men’s Central Jail
As you are well aware, I stay away from seedy things. But today Seedy took a bus to me.
Elevate Your Library!
Limericks of Loss And Regret: International Cormorant Edition