Nickelback plays on the local radio station. An ad for catheters comes on television. An OTA man in OTA country drinks a draft of Pabst. The bartender studies for a dog obedience class. She tells the man she wants a new career where she doesn’t have to deal with human beings.<\/p>\n
I get that.<\/p>\n
Taylor Swift croons on the radio and television switches to a golf tournament.<\/p>\n
Someone scores big on Video Lottery and the game cranks up,\u201cWalk Like an Egyptian\u201d by the Bangles. I wonder how much money the Bangles earn every time that song plays on a digital gambling portal in North America? I wonder if I would have licensed one of my hit songs in a similar manner, had I actually written a hit song? Perhaps. That one about euthanizing my old dog probably wouldn’t have gone over too well.<\/p>\n
Autotune something now. I’d rather hear the catheter ad. You can at least dance to it.<\/p>\n
I am writing a letter to a dear friend. Longhand. Longhand. Longhand. I want to live a life of longhand. Is that possible?<\/p>\n
A possible new client for my author coaching business has emerged. He’s a senior citizen writing a collection of erotic tales for Baby Boomer women. Many of the stories are set in historic Oregon places. Steve Prefontaine even puts in an appearance as a character in the background, a bartender in Eugene! Steven Prefontaine! I hope the writer accepts my proposal. This new life I am living has proved very interesting at times.<\/p>\n
At times.<\/p>\n
Do I want the old life back? No, only Sonny, and some moments building forts with young Oregonians.<\/p>\n
I need a benefactor who will help me publish the OTA book or magazine or whatever it’s going to be. Is that person out there? Maybe I should put 50 smackers in the Bangles machine and hope for the best.<\/p>\n
(If you found this post enjoyable, thought provoking or enlightening, please consider supporting a writer at work by making a financial contribution to this blog or by purchasing an NSP book.) <\/i><\/p>\n\n Nickelback plays on the local radio station. An ad for catheters comes on television. An OTA man in OTA country drinks a draft of Pabst. The bartender studies for a dog obedience class. She tells the man she wants a new career where she doesn’t have to deal with human beings. I get that. Taylor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15],"tags":[757,24,101,6,758,21,27,759,23],"class_list":["post-3990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","category-oregon-tavern-age","tag-bangles","tag-bars","tag-dive-bars","tag-matt-love","tag-nickelback","tag-oregon-tavern-age","tag-ota","tag-slot-machines","tag-taverns","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3993,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3990\/revisions\/3993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}