Headlines

Headlines for the Week of March 15th

Coroner: victim died from their automobile crash and not their cellphone

NCAA action continues to enthrall basketball fans and infuriate first responders

County reports more than 15,000 of their friends and colleagues have been vaccinated

Investigation requested into Iowa reporter’s arrest was not filed with the department’s most recent investigation request form, no do-overs for 1-year

Intoxicated moped rider killed by drunk driver

Buttigieg: An immediately recognizable new era of transportation on 50 year horizon

Dems face immigration choices and they don’t know what to do

Forecast for Spring: unprecedented post-pandemic severe weather

More inspired than ever: web comics and web sketches pile up the laughs

Schools prepare summer of learning to help babysit nation’s kids

Biden and Harris take a tough question together

Biden staff fires 5 over past pot use, jealous

Biden picks ex-senator, buddy from Florida to head NASA for the last year remaining in his life

CDC moving nation’s pupils closer to a profitable normal

Chauvin trial won’t be moved or delayed without higher bribes

US, China grow heated at Alaska session after realization that both cannot be THE world’s superpower

Trump wax figure pulled from museum, Trump offers to stand-in

Idaho Legislature shuts down after Statehouse virus outbreak unrelated to current Statehouse measures

Spouse hurt by husband’s above and beyond effort for everyone’s birthdays but theirs

Seeking financial support for son who drank and gambled away their entire retirement

Daughter poses tough question to family, promptly removed from virtual birthday celebration

Thought

living with tools rather than independently

many metaphors of half or even hands-on denial of wrenching matters

“One year ago today I took up my new act as your tsunami.”

with the deepest respect for your great history of licenses

with businesses

in many resources

of

partnership

or

even widespread business of long-standing

d       e    c    i      s        i      o     n      s .

and to making proprietorship, many of the activities

now

e              x               p        a     n           d   i        n            g

all

of higher education.

Theatre

The Proposed Language at the Next Board Meeting

A large, rectangular table covered in papers, coffee cups (steel, paper, polystyrene), and electronics. A baker’s dozen of people sits around the perimeter in fancy, faux leather chairs. Some feet rest on the ground, bouncing the remainder of the body on their toes. The sunlight is shining through the windows that surround the conference room. The smell of stale bagels and sugar cakes wafts through the air in parallel with the HVAC system.

(A’s Council is whispering into A’s ear.)

A: This meeting is adjourned.

(A picks up their bag and starts packing.)

B: There has to be a vote for that.

C: Council? (starts to scramble on laptop) Council?

A: This meeting is adjourned.

D: There needs to be a second.

(A starts to get flustered. Starts rubbing their bag with the palms of each hand.)

A: This meeting is adjourned.

B: This meeting will continue.

C: I concur.

A: This meeting is adjourned.

(A gets up and walks off the stage, stomping their feet loudly.)

D: All in favor of continuing despite the lack of president?

Everyone: Aye.

D: All opposed same sign?

(Silence.)

B: We continue.

C: There is a clarifying question on the table.

E: The question was, “Why?”

C: Why, what?

D: Why do we think, I believe.

B: Yes. // That was it.

C: I know that we think to improve the station–

(A stomps back into the room and hustles towards their seat.)

C: –we should continue–

(A stomps their feet.)

A: This meeting is adjourned!

B: We voted to continue.

C: It passed unanimously.

A: I’m the executive of this board. You cannot have a vote without me.

C: Current rules allow.

D: It was approved by the board.

(A picks up a copy of the board’s policy from the shelf and starts to tear it to shreds.)

Thought

religious director for simultaneous people

Transgender revelers wonder about the Viars.
“My inquire is for principles.”

Spray tan, spokesperson illusion in a suit.

“Why does the Church abolish their efforts?”

We really felt like God was disintegrating
me
to be true.

“Should culture actually provide a marriage?”

Surely. We have to accuse
all forms
of definition.

No matter how    s  m    a      l        l.

“If a group of five organizations wanted to have a family,
because that is their condemned pageant, should we celebrate?”

With cake.
And streamers.
And dozens of candles.

“To come out and be secular isn’t a proud standard for the folks.”

Freedom in our country is subject to experience change.

“We need to face the importance of our invalid culture.”

god won’t help us?

Theatre

There’s a Pothole on the North West South Side of the Culdesac to my House

An autumn Sunday afternoon. Leaves blow around the yards of the neighborhood, each colorful parchment provided by every property’s trees. The family on the corner lot of a cul de sac is working in their yard. The child comes back from behind the house. Wheelbarrow in hand.

PARENT: Nice. // Nice. Fine. // Did you get all of it in the compost?

CHILD: Yes.

The CHILD slams the barrow down, knocking it over. The PARENT starts to work on their gloves.

PARENT: Are we through working for today?

CHILD: How much longer?

PARENT: Look around. (pointing with gloves) // You tell me.

The CHILD looks around the yard. Stopping at moments to calculate the anticipated time and energy that would go into each project discovered around the property.