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2002 VarleyYarn Index © 2002 by John Varley; all rights reserved |
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May 6, 2002 - Barbie You can get Barbie as a doctor or a dentist, a skater, an astronaut, a model, a gymnast, or a ballet dancer. There is Barbie as an NSYNC fan, or Gothic Barbie (Goth music, not the bodice-ripper novels). There is Palm Beach Barbie, Princess Barbie, "Magic Jewel Barbie" (whatever that is), birthday Barbie, and Malibu Barbie, with actual tan lines. |
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May 7, 2002 - Flippin' Out I’m driving down 82nd Street a few days ago and see a woman walking on the sidewalk. Looking at her clothes and her wild hair, I figure about all she needs to be a bag lady is the bags. |
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October 23, 2002 - Our Lady of the Fruits and Nuts, or, Life in the SLO Lane If a school bus screwed a bungalow, the bastard offspring would look a lot like what we call a Class A recreational vehicle. |
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November 25, 2002 - Queers got me 66 Oceano is part of what they call the Five Cities which, as you move south down the coast, are Shell Beach, Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, Oceano, and Arroyo Grande. A bit north of the Five Cities is Avila Beach. |
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December 4, 2002 - Blank Check Verse Did any of you hear the recent news story concerning POETRY magazine? |
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December 25, 2002 - Beyond Bedford Falls Sometime this summer I was seized with the inexplicable urge to write a parody of "A Visit From Saint Nicholas" (more commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas") set in a trailer park (or as we full-timers call them, to distinguish ourselves from the tattooed, no-neck parolees and Paula Jones clones you usually associate with trailer parks, an "RV Resort.") |
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