Category Archives: Downtown Madison

Gentrification Redux Take II

Goodness gracious, another person responds with real dialogue about an issue! Wonderful! Christopher Patton wrote in response to Gentrification Redux: I don’t think urging people to use the police force as a proxy to handle ‘bad apples’ really solves the … Continue reading

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An the Goblins Will Get Ya If Ya Don’t Watch Out!

Little Orphan Annie’s come to my house to stay. To wash the cups and saucers up and brush the crumbs away. To shoo the chickens from the porch and dust the hearth and sweep, and make the fire and bake … Continue reading

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Butterflies and Queens! Sluts Are In!

Igor and I met up with Kathleen when we went out for the last potty run of the day. I saved up both of our energies so we could make a long circuit of the periphery of State Street and … Continue reading

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Working Like a Dog

It’s been a hard day’s night, and I’d been working like a dog It’s been a hard day’s night, I should be sleeping like a log But when I get home to you I find the things that you do … Continue reading

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Ain’t Nothing But a Hound Dog

 I memorize every line I kiss the name that you sign And darlin, then I read again right from the start Love letters straight from your heart by Elvis Presley (words and music by Edward Heyman and Victor Young) OK, … Continue reading

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