Panorama City

Later, Dr. Rosenkleig told me that on the roof I had experienced the loss of the father all over again, a so-called variation on a theme. He suggested that discussing my father’s death through the lens of Paul’s disappearance might help us dig deeper, which made no sense to me, I couldn’t see what one had to do with the other, but then again Dr. Ro

When JB talked about being a conduit, he talked about being a conduit for God, but he was in fact a conduit for Scott Valdez.

But one thing they don’t say is that the journey of a thousand miles usually begins with a single step in the wrong direction.

after Aunt Liz discovered that I’d been cashing my checks at the check-cashing place, she went haywire and told me that their fees were outrageous, that there was no reason I should be giving those people part of my paycheck, that they were leeches, and so on, and then she signed me up at her bank, where I also had to pay fees.

In all the time I worked there, I never saw Roger anywhere near the dumpsters or the trash, he did not have to physically handle any of the stinking garbage, public, private, or otherwise, he didn’t ever have to get his hands dirty, as they say, and as such he had principles about the dumpster, which is the main thing you need to know about princip

I had seen the plaque before, of course, the plaque hung to the side of the counter, everyone could see it, customers and employees. I had seen it and wondered whether I could ever become Employee of the Month, I had pictured it as a jewel in the crown, so to speak, befitting a man of the world, but the longer I worked at the fast-food place, the s

I’m not sure how it came to be, the reason is probably attached to the great chain of unintended consequences, but Aunt Liz’s calling in life turned out to be preventing me from pursuing mine.

He asked me whether I found that impressive. I said that of course I did. Then he asked me if I’d like to order some. I told him I didn’t want to look younger, I’ve never wanted to look younger. He said I was in the minority on that one. I pointed out that when you look younger, people treat you like a child. That’s when he said, his words, You’re

Paul explained that nonthinkers, those who weren’t going to move history forward in any way, those who preferred to let others do their thinking for them, loved the term slippery slope, he explained that slippery slope was a favorite term among those who wanted to erase distinctions between discrete things in order to better control those around th