Megan Gogerty

Wherein I tell a totally true story about getting my blood drawn.
Excerpt:
She’s been working at a table this whole time.  Snapping on rubber gloves, Sticking adhesive labels onto bottles, readying her instruments.  And this whole time, she still hasn’t looked at me.  Not once.  Until now.
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Wherein I uncover the secret of Jon Testa, student and pot smoker.
Excerpt:
In class one day, I show my students a video.  I ask them, has anyone seen this video before?  And one student, this 5th year senior named Jon Testa, says, “Yes.”  And it’s kind of a rare video, not rare exactly, but definitely avant-garde, [...]

 

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Atlanta’s Dad’s Garage is doing an evening of short pieces inspired by They Might Be Giants opus, “Fingertips.”  Below is a trailer for the show, which is as cool as Dad’s Garage.  My segment is number 19 from the 21-segmented song, also known as “I’m Having A Heart Attack.”  If you’re in Atlanta, come see [...]

In traffic today, a car pulled in front of me with a bumper sticker that read, “CHRISTIAN NATION, NOT OBAMA NATION!” It was a maroon Chevy Caprice Classic. I was driving my fancy Toyota Prius, which has no actual bumper sticker but carries an implied message of, “SMUG, NOT SMOG!”

Watching this man carefully [...]