Archive for September, 2004
Monday, September 27th, 2004
Last night I watched a documentary on Discovery Times called "Children of The Secret State." It began with footage taken secretly and at great risk to the camera man of starving children in towns and villages outside Pyongyang. They usually had no shoes, despite the mud and the ...
Posted in politics | 14 Comments »
Saturday, September 25th, 2004
I've seen both sides of lonely.
I've looked on continents of cloistered people
From the safe and quiet arms of a woman.
I know the fight
To try compassion for the uncherished,
Smoothing down my joy
As if it were unseriousness,
Back of my heart knowing
I myself could not forever be immune
To the shady, forward charms of ...
Posted in poetry | 10 Comments »
Friday, September 24th, 2004
"Hey Brian, hey, it's Joel here." Shuffles some papers on desk, and then hits the speakerphone button and picks up the handset. "How are you?...Good, good. Listen Brian, I just got the word. I hear you're leaving us."
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"Well, sure, I know you're not leaving leaving. ...
Posted in life | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004
It seems to me there is some dissatisfaction among the readers of the Joel Hoagland series with the choices provided in some of the installments. I must admit, sometimes my first reaction is to say, "piss off, there is no option 'E.'" And I suppose, in a ...
Posted in love life | 9 Comments »
Tuesday, September 21st, 2004
Joel set his coffee spoon down on the soggy corner of his paper placemat and then looked at Tamara. "Haven't you been listening? It was Karenne, obviously. She had golden hair; big hair! I'm not made of stone, you know."
"Anyway, Karenne had a cousin whose family ...
Posted in love life | 9 Comments »
Wednesday, September 15th, 2004
"Come to think of it, I haven't really seen you with any boyfriends, Tamara."
"Well then you'd better start paying more attention."
"Joel, you're going the WRONG way!" Fid butted in. "Tam, Joel does have girlfriends. Lots of them."
The police car whooshed past them, sailing through the red light at ...
Posted in love life | 18 Comments »
Monday, September 13th, 2004
Joel smiled, and kept silent, hoping that his silence would be intriguing, instead of revealing how nonplussed he really was. He glanced in the rear view mirror, and noticed a police cruiser had fallen into traffic behind him. Instinctively he tensed, for no good reason. His license ...
Posted in love life | 8 Comments »
Friday, September 10th, 2004
After pulling an all-nighter to whip lecusoft.com out of thin air, chopper and I staggered outdoors to look at the dawn.
Posted in pictures | 3 Comments »
Thursday, September 9th, 2004
ChezJoel.com is pleased to present a "choose your own adventure" interactive blog e-novel loosely based on the love life of Joel Hoagland. At the end of each new installment, you, the reader, will decide what Joel Hoagland should do next!
Joel finished stacking the shredded cheddar cheese on his nachos, ...
Posted in love life | 12 Comments »
