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Skid Row

Ice wrote 1 day ago: Today I visited the skid row again.  It’s a very ugly place, and no matter how romanticized yo … more →

Tags: Gonzo, drugs, Skid Row, Adventures

This is not easy...

jbstansel wrote 3 days ago: Man, today was quite a day. Being here in Alequippa really hasn’t been easy, but I have learne … more →

Tags: Jesus, Thoughts, Alequippa, anger, Christ, Gossip, Hurt, internship, Justified

Not True Grit

justabovesunset wrote 1 week ago: Consider it a warning. Perhaps someone who spent the better part of a decade – the seventies – teach … more →

Tags: John Ensign, Mark Sanford, Republican Credibility, Sarah Palin, Self Esteem, Palin-Sanford-Ensign and Self-Control, Politicians and Personal Responsibility, Politics as High School Writ Large, Self-Reliance

Fancy Plans... Guide to Rock and Roll V. 612 comments

Capitalist Lion Tamer wrote 2 weeks ago: Yet another volume of rock and roll factoids, jam-packed full of information you just can’t ge … more →

Tags: Music, Danzig, Humor, Rock and Roll, guides, Coldplay, gwenyth paltrow, Consolidated, cranberries

The Serious Art of Haggling

sidewalkgrit wrote 4 weeks ago: The Serious Art of Haggling On the way to Queens Boulevard where the tree sellers have made forests … more →

Tags: Short Story, New York City, writing

Grit Excerpt Published

sidewalkgrit wrote 4 weeks ago: The first 20 pages of  Grit has been picked up by the Brooklyn Rail.  Check 0ut the July/August issu … more →

Tags: writing

Stanage Edge

nksheridan wrote 1 month ago: A nice couple of days spent climbing on grit with the folks from Dallam. We camped at the Pinnacle F … more →

Tags: Climbing, derbyshire, Rock Climbing, stanage

Forty Deuce, Union Square and the Warriors

sidewalkgrit wrote 1 month ago: [New York Stories, New York Attitude, New York Voice] (Grit excerpt #4) Forty Deuce, Union Square an … more →

Tags: Movie Quote, Trivia, New York City, writing

Q: What do they eat?

polloplayer wrote 1 month ago: Baby chicks are fed what is referred to as “starter” feed, which comes in “crumble … more →

Tags: 1, grape nuts, Crumbles

The measure of success...

Ankit wrote 1 month ago: Well, I would like to start this blog by acknowledging the influence of Sri Harivansh Rai Bachchan o … more →

Tags: Career, Life, Determination, Inspiration

4 Train Goes Underground - Backpacks, Stadium, 149th Street Kiss

sidewalkgrit wrote 1 month ago: [New York Stories; New York Voice; New York Attitude] GRIT (excerpt #3) What! Ow! Fucking kids with … more →

Tags: Trivia, New York City, writing

Grits and Other Urban Legends

poetryman69 wrote 1 month ago: Did you ever make up something colorful for the “civilians” just for the hell of it? Be … more →

Tags: Colorful, Corn, Grits, hominy, lye, Legend, Legends, Urban, urban legend

Diamond Sharpening1 comment

Stuart wrote 1 month ago: There are many different abrasive systems used to produce sharp edges on tools, be that sandpaper, a … more →

Tags: Finishing, Tools, diamond, DiaSharp, dmt, micron, sandpaper, sharpening

Haiku

minlit wrote 1 month ago: The humble oyster fashioned snowy pearls from grit - Who would believe it! . … more →

Tags: Haiku, Oyster, Pearl

Worst Seat On The Subway

sidewalkgrit wrote 1 month ago: [New York Stories; New York Voice; New York Attitude] GRIT (excerpt #2) At Woodlawn we’ll turn – Hah … more →

Tags: Trivia, New York City, writing

Grit- Hangover

insomnihack wrote 1 month ago: Fairweather friends were not something he was interested in any more – they left him with a se … more →

Tags: Prose, Short Story, Crime, flash fiction, Update, Serial, writing, writer, Fiction

Grit: Allowance

insomnihack wrote 2 months ago: He pressed the muzzle into the back of her neck – he was watching her face in the mirror and h … more →

Tags: Crime, flash fiction, Prose, Serial, Short Story, Update, Crime Story, Fiction, Literature

Yankees 5, Twins 4: PIRANHA ATTACK!

Jordan wrote 2 months ago: Nice comeback win for the Yanks last night. I can’t help but wonder how the baseball world … more →

Tags: Baseball, General, Humor, Sports, amateur meteorology, Minnesota, sanctimony, Satire, Twins

Grit: Sonshine 1

insomnihack wrote 2 months ago: Twenty years ago he made a mistake – another mistake; some of them evaporate in an instance an … more →

Tags: Prose, Short Story, Crime, flash fiction, Update, Serial, writing, writer, Fiction


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