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About ericmcclanahan

I am completely average in every way. Average height, average weight, average intelligence, average ethnicity, average American standard of mental illness. Hell, I think I might even be average-aged. I am exceptionally average, and I lead an average life. Why, then, am I incapable of seeing it as anything other than a Fractured Fable of unlimited beauty and horror playing out before me?

In Response to Reposted Hippity-Dippity Trash on Facebook

*Spoiler Alert* I’m about to be a complete asshole but I mean no offense to anyone associated with this post. I found it on Facebook with a charming multi-green background and in large, bulbous, celebratory typeset. But seriously, get a … Continue reading

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“When all it was, was something beautiful / when Times and Dreams all seemed so dull”

Wherein I examine my current poverty, of wealth and imagination… Continue reading

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“The morning image from the sattelite is all blue and green”

Wherein I extoll the virtues of sleep… Continue reading

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“Maybe I’ve forgotten/the name and the address/of everyone I’ve ever known”

Wherein I write about feeling nothing… Continue reading

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Cool Story, Bro

wherein I bitch… Continue reading

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“World waits forever / never take the time / don’t break my heart / again”

Wherein I finally get (too damn much) sleep… Continue reading

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“We Count only Blue Cars”

Wherein I talk about comedy… Continue reading

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And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby It helps to think we’re sleeping underneath the same big sky

I think often of science; of how it can both bind and separate us. The greatest illusion Mankind ever successfully maneuvered was to measure time. Distance is not a lie: you start walking in one direction, from point A and … Continue reading

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“Your hand looks so nice in mine”

It’s a Sunday and calm; I haven’t much to do and am doing so with great aplomb… Continue reading

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“I have nothing to say but I feel like my mouth is open”

I’m over blaming this year; 2013 is innocent of all the flak people have been giving it.  It’s not the environment, not the economy, not the weather; it’s me.  I am the one that’s broken. That said, I’ve stopped feeling … Continue reading

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