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The Manual series, when complete, will tell you everything you need to know that you didn't learn in kindergarten. Belgian video-artist and soundcreator Swoon is making videos for some of its sections. Guest-author Luisa A. Igloria has been writing a poem a day since November 2010 in response to Dave's posts at The Morning Porch. Yet another on-going collaboration is the dialogue in poems and photos prompted by late-night conversations between Dave and British blogger Rachel Rawlins, a project we call Conversari. Finally, the Words on the Street cartoon, featuring Dave's urban doppelganger Diogenes, returned at the beginning of 2012 as a weekly feature after a several-year hiatus.Categories
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sleepwalkers
those darn house guests
Yes, those too!
Delusional neighbors…
<Bang Bang> “Keep it down up there!”
<Zzzz…> “huh?”
That would be hell.
Those darn grandkids
Well, some day they’ll be teenagers and you won’t be able to wake them up.
Toilet lid/seat
Fridge door.
Not necessarily in that order… The perp? My hubby, the Midnight Marauder.
“Spouse” should definitely be on the list. The anti-stalker!