Author Archives: Brad Bolman
Poem #12 for the 9th Grade Ladies
by Brad Bolman
Call me Marlow.
You saw him out of the corner of your eye. Fashion label jeans, shirt just tight enough to suggest…
(“It’s not what’s revealed but what’s concealed,” said Ms. Conrads about art, and you would heartily agree if you knew art. Splatter-splotch guy?)
SENIOR ALERT!
It was love (omg!):
Maybe it was the sports player charm [...]
Avatar Review (A little late, a little sorry)
Avatar was a great movie. It was visually thrilling. 3D was the bomb-est stuff I’ve ever seen. But those are not the kind of comments that make for an interesting movie review. So instead, I thought I’d examine the eccentricities of Avatar and the world of Pandora, its citizens, and its human invaders. This does [...]
Link o’ the Day
North Korea’s Most Controversial Comic Performs at the People’s Shack of Laffs
I laughed for quite a bit.
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Notre-DAMN!!!
Inspired by a discussion of flying buttresses. Just like every idea I have. Got flipped in the scan.
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Trendspotting: The Recession
Trends are sometimes hard to spot: the color purple (not a trend… yet!), docksiders (that some people are just now buying these proves they’re a trend for sure), lo-fi music (it shouldn’t be a trend). Trends are especially hard to spot if you aren’t trendy, but starting today, I’m going to do my best for [...]
Reflections on the Healthcare Debate
I read the Voice, occasionally. I read the healthcare debate. I’ll be honest, I was a bit taken aback with the lack of statistical or evidential backing in the argumentation. So, I figured I’d throw in my two cents. Without further ado, here’s what I think about healthcare reform:
A first question everyone brings up is [...]
Anne Hertzl Can’t Go to the Christmas Dance
“Anne Hertzl you can’t go to the Christmas dance.”
Mishegas!
She’d heard it all before
But
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I Love Pembroke
I’m nice right now
I, I feel good
If you have a ring
Would you please put it in the air?
That soiree last night was awfully crazy
I wish we escaped it
I played some mad golf and had this one girl home by 8 an’
Close my day and know I succeed
Friends go to rehab with crazy speed
Pass out at [...]
This is my favorite school lunch.
The larger hand on the clock strikes 12:09 (p.m.) and it’s time for me to embark upon a dangerous odyssey, one that will bring me within a few feet of multiple Sirens and Circes and other mythological creatures (the High Schoolers) and beasts (the Middle Schoolers). The odyssey which culminates in my standing in line [...]
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Debate Yearbook Article (Censored)