Jim Stitzel
Jack-of-All-Trades, Master of WordsExcerpts from Life
Server Changes
I finally retired my first domain name this past weekend. It was part of a necessary server change, and since open-dialogue.com hasn't seen use in three or four years, I decided it was time to mothball it. I'm actually not too sorry to see it go. The focus of my web...
Playing a Tree
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY-ZoVMwGKM
The Backwater Gospel
Dark, morbid, and lovely. http://vimeo.com/17914974
Fiction
Corners
I drag a finger along a wall as I walk around the room. I can feel the grainy surface of drywall and paint. Approaching the corner, my fingertips lift off the surface slightly, pulling further away as I draw closer to the junction of the adjoining wall. "Why'd you do...
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Grey mist sails past his face, and it is enough to shake him from his reverie. His mind is sluggish, slow, as though he is awakening from a dream. Perhaps he is, but then he has woken into a nightmare. He looks down at his hands, outstretched before him, palms up. His...
Everywhere I Go
You've heard the expression, "Everywhere you go, there you are." Well, I've got a variation for you. "Everywhere I go, there you are." Frankly, I'm getting tired of it. At first I thought it was just me. You know, how you see a familiar face in a crowd, only to look...