2018 ♦ 2019 ♦ 2020 ♦ 2021 ♦ 2022 ♦ 2023
Everything is on these pages, but
there are also separate archives for
• Breakfast at the Diner •
• Cranky Old Fart •
• Neverending Film Festival •
• Pathetic Life •
• StephMemorial •

[The end table](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#the-end-table)

Seven more zines

Secret words

[Haight Street scene report](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#haight-street-scene-report)

[The sign on the door](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#the-sign-on-the-door)

And there goes Margaret.

[Blush and eyeliner](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#blush-and-eyeliner)

Tweaker at the store

[Nothing happened.](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#nothing-happened)

[Seven more movies](../Neverending Film Festival/NFF-005)

[“Good morning, Darla.”](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#good-morning-darla)

And there goes Stu.

[The break room](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#the-break-room)

[Eventually it gets boring.](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-018)

Seven more zines

[Uh-oh, he's ranting.](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#uh-oh-hes-ranting)

[That's what freedom is.](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#thats-what-freedom-is)

"We all miss Charlie."

[The opposite of Catholic](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#the-opposite-of-catholic)

The company

[The Babs-and-Darla-Edict](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#the-babs-and-darla-edict)

[Seven more movies](../Neverending Film Festival/NFF-004)

["Please call me."](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#please-call-me)

Pickle dogs

[Singalong with Kallie](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#singalong-with-kallie)

Seven more zines

[An inappropriate workplace conversation](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#an-inappropriate-workplace-conversation)

[God and guns](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-017)

[Miserable Douchebag, Part 19](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#miserable-douchebag-part-19)

Gus and Stan

[Blue Angels, my ass.](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#blue-angels-my-ass)

The office flunky you're looking for

[B-movie star](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#b-movie-star)

Good luck

[Slob manifesto](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#slob-manifesto)

[Seven more movies](../Neverending Film Festival/NFF-003)

[The city at night](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#the-city-at-night)

News without nonsense

[Very very frightening](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#very-very-frightening)

Seven zines

[The music of the night](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#the-music-of-the-night)

[T minus five months](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-016)

[Underwear, batteries, and beans](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#underwear-batteries-and-beans)

Radical laundry

[She didn't even say "Uh."](../Pathetic Life/PL-05#she-didnt-even-say-uh)

[My busy social calendar](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#my-busy-social-calendar)

Algiers (1938)

[A fuse burns out](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#a-fuse-burns-out)

[Seven more movies](../Neverending Film Festival/NFF-002)

[Is Ken Kesey cuckoo?](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#is-ken-kesey-cuckoo)

Self-improvement

[On the nose](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#on-the-nose)

The Rose Bud Movie Palace

[A message to management](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#survey-says)

[My grandmother's grandparents](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-015)

[“More human than human, is our motto.”](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#more-human-than-human-is-our-motto)

Infinite flies

["Leave the gun. Take the cannoli."](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#leave-the-gun-take-the-cannoli)

[Never in bluejeans](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#never-in-bluejeans)

[Seven movies](../Neverending Film Festival/NFF-001)

[The King is coming!](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#the-king-is-coming)

Screw the rotting corpse of Billy Graham.

[Habit, not hunger](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#habit-not-hunger)

[Double doublecross](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#double-doublecross)

[555-0123](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-014)

Stupidity

[Close to the margins](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#close-to-the-margins)

[Soul cancer](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#soul-cancer)

Science fiction double feature

[Letter from San Francisco](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#letter-from-san-francisco)

["They gave their lives for their country."](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#they-gave-their-lives-for-their-country)

Old noir and science fiction

[Money diet](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#money-diet)

That girl at summer camp

This blog is a zine.

[Pina colada and nachos](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#pina-colada-and-nachos)

[Film noir, sci-fi, and tartar sauce](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-013)

Shudder

Fall on the rock

[I hate writing.](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-012)

[Location # 181](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#location--181)

[Ignorant assumptions](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#ignorant-assumptions)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #50](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-050)

[You've got a friend.](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#youve-got-a-friend)

["Is there anything else you want us to know?"](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-011)

Seven women

The 4th of July, 2020

[Jeff Koyen of Crank](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-010)

[Please adjust your fine tuning.](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#please-adjust-your-fine-tuning)

[Me and Norma Shearer](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#me-and-norma-shearer)

[Drunken Master](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#drunken-master)

[A copy of your copy?](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-009)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #49](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-049)

[16 crumpets](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#16-crumpets)

[Anti-Karma](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-008)

[On the 8th floor](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#on-the-8th-floor)

[Republicans' Disease](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-007)

[Now playing at The Strand](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#now-playing-at-the-strand)

The Vientiane Palace

[A pretty good day before dust](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#a-pretty-good-day-before-dust)

["You folks lost?"](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#you-folks-lost)

[Nobody's shrink or guru](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#nobodys-shrink-or-guru)

Memo to Management

[1:39](../Pathetic Life/PL-04#139)

The New Yorker

[Incident at Walgreens](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#incident-at-walgreens)

[Conversation in the cafeteria](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#conversation-in-the-cafeteria)

The Workplace Improvement Committee

[Pierced](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#pierced)

[The real me](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#the-real-me)

Fat, old, ugly, and surly

[Just a minute](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#just-a-minute)

[Soon to be unemployed](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-006)

[No more water](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#no-more-water)

Without her

[Nothing much today](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#nothing-much-today)

What would you do?

[Surprise party](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#surprise-party)

[Maggie & Mom?](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#maggie--mom)

[Just a smidgen of optimism](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#just-a-smidgen-of-optimism)

[Never mind.](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-005)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #48](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-048)

Too many pickles

Pumping gas in 2021

[More leftovers & links](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-004)

[A long brown stripe on the carpet](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#a-long-brown-stripe-on-the-carpet)

I have no birthday.

[“OK, Mom. You win. You got into my room.”](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#ok-mom-you-win-you-got-into-my-room)

[Mom was speechless. It was beautiful.](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#mom-was-speechless-it-was-beautiful)

The Devil? Really?

[Trade rooms?](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#trade-rooms)

Pride of the Yankees (1942)

["Welcome to Netscape!"](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-003)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #47](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-047)

[Links and leftovers](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-002)

[Breakfast, lunch, and dinner with Mom](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#breakfast-lunch-and-dinner-with-mom)

[Hope you like orange.](../Cranky Old Fart/COF-001)

[Basically — Jesus!](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#basically--jesus)

[You never write, you never call](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#you-never-write-you-never-call)

Somewhere in Time (1980)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #46](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-046)

[Oh, look. It's crocodiles again.](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#oh-look-its-crocodiles-again)

You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house.

[The Sincere Cafe](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#the-sincere-cafe)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #45](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-045)

[Scary women](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#scary-women)

Brainstorm (1983)

Time and Again (book report)

The Ghost Writer (2010)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #44](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-044)

"They're coming for your guns!"

Man of La Mancha (1972)

Yes, we have no children.

[Blender the secret cat](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#blender-the-secret-cat)

This is a pep talk for myself, but you're welcome to listen in.

[Letters to the editor](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#letters-to-the-editor)

Middle-school talent show

[Breakfast at the Diner — #43](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-043)

[The Tenderloin at midnight](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#the-tenderloin-at-midnight)

The shared shelf

[Breakfast at the Diner — #42](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-042)

A few fewer churches

[Call it the blues](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#call-it-the-blues)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #41](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-041)

I did it, and got away with it.

[Black-and-white double feature](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#black-and-white-double-feature)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #40](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-040)

The meaning of pi

[This is not a paid advertisement.](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#this-is-not-a-paid-advertisement)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #39](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-039)

[Pretend you're Sam Donaldson](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#pretend-youre-sam-donaldson)

One absolute truth

[Good thinking, boss.](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#good-thinking-boss)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #38](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-038)

An unhappy ending

[Almost done](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#almost-done)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #37](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-037)

Upstairs neighbor

[My crappy job that just got crappier](../Pathetic Life/PL-03#my-crappy-job-that-just-got-crappier)

"Hello, Rebecca."

[Breakfast at the Diner — #36](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-036)

[A day without pants](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#a-day-without-pants)

[Lunch with the doomed](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#lunch-with-the-doomed)

That magnificent deuce

[Breakfast at the Diner — #35](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-035)

[Zines and movies are all I got](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#zines-and-movies-are-all-i-got)

Van dreaming

[Breakfast at the Diner — #34](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-034)

[Return to sender](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#return-to-sender)

We're not Nazarenes.

[Late night justice](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#late-night-justice)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #33](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-033)

When You Reach Me (book)

[Penelope](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#penelope)

I'll have a cocktail, please.

[Breakfast at the Diner — #32](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-032)

[Sidewalk pinball](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#sidewalk-pinball)

And there goes Ralph.

And there goes Bruno.

[323 pounds of me](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#323-pounds-of-me)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #31](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-031)

We're walking here

The camera can't be uninstalled.

[Performance review](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#performance-review)

Call me Karen.

[Breakfast at the Diner — #30](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-030)

Daily Drama Queen

[The mumbling man and me](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#the-mumbling-man-and-me)

Monitoring my monitor

[Breakfast at the Diner — #29](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-029)

[Any bolt or sprocket](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#any-bolt-or-sprocket)

Izzy the rescue cat

Stop, stand, and wait.

[More mumbles and less Maggie](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#more-mumbles-and-less-maggie)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #28](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-028)

“It doesn’t want to drop, huh?”

["Don't make me go."](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#dont-make-me-go)

Me and the man upstairs

Planning for retirement

[Breakfast at the Diner — #27](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-027)

What do you have in you?

[Plans for the weekend](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#plans-for-the-weekend)

How to make friends and pick up chicks

[Breakfast at the Diner — #26](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-026)

[Jackie Chan double feature](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#jackie-chan-double-feature)

Free cannoli and cheesecake

[Breakfast at the Diner — #25](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-025)

Gobsmacked

Hello neighbors. You are loved.

[God is love (some restrictions may apply)](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#god-is-love-some-restrictions-may-apply)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #24](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-024)

Just one question

The grass is greener

Drop it

[Breakfast at the Diner — #23](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-023)

[Smells like San Francisco](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#smells-like-san-francisco)

["You have to put yourself out there."](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#you-have-to-put-yourself-out-there)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #22](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-022)

A neighbor knocks

Out of the ordinary

[Looking out the window of the train](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#looking-out-the-window-of-the-train)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #21](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-021)

A weighted blanket

My dinner with Agnes

[Breakfast at the Diner — #20](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-020)

[Not drunk, not disorderly, just ... lost](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#not-drunk-not-disorderly-just--lost)

[No words](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#no-words)

Me and my brother

[Breakfast at the Diner — #19](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-019)

Ah, to be young again

[Belching and scratching my 'nads](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#belching-and-scratching-my-nads)

You are cordially invited.

"Briefly Noted"

[Breakfast at the Diner — #18](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-018)

[Aren't you proud to be an American?](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#arent-you-proud-to-be-an-american)

Sure, I'll embarrass myself by posting this.

[Mom's visit](../Pathetic Life/PL-02#moms-visit)

Outsource this.

Third cubicle on the left

[Breakfast at the Diner — #17](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-017)

I am not downloading an app to buy a candy bar.

[That's a wrap.](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#thats-a-wrap)

[Uvula, uvula, uvula.](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#uvula-uvula-uvula)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #16](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-016)

Touched

[I'm not going anywhere, ever.](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#im-not-going-anywhere-ever)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #15](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-015)

An old man babbles about a newspaper

Heads up about ExpressVPN

["Call us if it gets worse."](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#call-us-if-it-gets-worse)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #14](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-014)

Laziness learned from my father

Chopping onions without tears

[Lights out at the Strand](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#lights-out-at-the-strand)

[What's Love Got to Do with It](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#whats-love-got-to-do-with-it)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #13](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-013)

Never do a stranger's laundry

Our song

[I'm not insulting you.](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#im-not-insulting-you)

But ... if the schools are closed, who's gonna beat me up?

[Breakfast at the Diner — #12](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-012)

[A gentleman doesn't discuss such things.](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#a-gentleman-doesnt-discuss-such-things)

The pursuit of happiness

[Physically incapable](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#physically-incapable)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #11](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-011)

Simply sondering

[Spare change?](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#spare-change)

Nuts

Most peculiar, Mama

[Breakfast at the Diner — #10](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-010)

[Clearly, someone has a hot plate.](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#clearly-someone-has-a-hot-plate)

Getting your act together

[Breakfast at the Diner — #9](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-009)

[Six movies in two days](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#six-movies-in-two-days)

A security issue with Zoom

[My deepest, darkest secret](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#my-deepest-darkest-secret)

[Breakfast at the Diner — #8](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-008)

Reduce your cell phone bill by 100%

Say something nice.

[Breakfast at the Diner — #7](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-007)

[Maggie](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#maggie)

Things to love about COVID-19

An elevated throne

[Breakfast at the Diner — #6](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-006)

[Happy birthday to me.](../Pathetic Life/PL-01#happy-birthday-to-me) x

Perfect popcorn

Zero-cost hair-care

[Breakfast at the Diner — #5](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-005)

Vacuum cleaners

Endorsed by Louis Armstrong

[Breakfast at the Diner — #4](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-004)

Doc Bronner's soap

Actually, you DO want to give me your Social Security number.

[Breakfast at the Diner — #3](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-003)

Long distance is the next best thing to not being there.

Write notes to yourself.

Eulogizing Elvis

[Breakfast at the Diner — #2](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-002)

So I bailed.

This is the stupidest thing I've seen since yesterday.

Fun with cockroaches

[Breakfast at the Diner — #1](../Breakfast at the Diner/BAD-001)

A movie that changed my life

Acme Amalgamated

Brush your teeth, kids.

The 'secret menu' at fast-food restaurants

Bedbugs

Books, cheap

More archives:
2018 ♦ 2019 ♦ 2020 ♦ 2021 ♦ 2022 ♦ 2023