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Monthly Archives: September 2009

why there’s no word for the inverse of an orphan

Historical Births, Birth Rates, & Infant Mortality, 1920 – 2003 Los Angeles County year: 1940 births: 42,856 birthrate: 15.1 deaths: 1,482 rate: 34.6 year:1930 births: 33,008 birthrate:14.8 deaths:1,738 rate: 52.7 year:1920 births: 18,009 birthrate:18.0 deaths:1,326 rate: 73.6 here’s another: In the upper-class areas Liverpool England, 1899, 136 newborns out of 1000 would die before they [...]

that time you told him he could have a gallery show and all he did for it was lodge an axe in the wall kick out your front window and tag his name on the floor I can’t think of anything you could have deserved more but in ten years only i will laugh and [...]

still still still, i can’t stop listening to this in my head, even after 15 years.