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smallplaces  
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smallplaces  
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Bakersfield, California  
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Story by @nickbelardes began April 25, 2008 and ended March 8, 2010. It's the first literary Twitter novel. Author of print book Random Obsessions.  
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http://bit.ly/Bd3xO  

 

smallplaces's Picture smallplaces A man pushes a cart. Beer cans rattle. He doesn't say a word as we pass. A cat scampers. A dog howls. on 2010-03-08 20:38:23
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Joan: "It's ungodly!" It's like Vishnu's wrath has possessed her. Me: "Is there an asterisk out of place?" Joan fumes. on 2010-02-23 14:05:37
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces The boards shake as a skater is crushed by a player named Rosebush. It's the most aggressive hit I ever witness. Mike drops his beer. on 2009-05-27 20:13:56
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces While Mike and I attend a hockey game we have a Katie Starburns sighting. She's in the aisles with a beer in each hand, not watching game. on 2009-05-27 20:11:08
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces The sales guys then present customers with the idea they need forty $2,000 gizmos to run their communications network protocol blah blah. on 2009-05-21 18:12:41
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces "And that means love?" I say. Mike is working on his second beer. "Just admit it," he says. Me: "I'm not admitting anything." on 2009-05-19 16:15:22
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Me: "That guy? He's a celebrity talking head." I chug my beer. Mike: "I bet he eats fast-food like the rest of us. He has a boss too." on 2009-04-15 16:08:41
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Mike: "Can anyone?" Me: "That's not the point." Mike's beer looks flat as he says, "Would life be any better under a different manager?" on 2009-04-14 17:52:55
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces "I'm going to manage this wireless company right into the mystical universe! I'll market us to the stars!" Milt snorts and sloshes his beer. on 2009-03-17 18:21:52
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Milt orders a Sierra Nevada beer. He then looks at me boyishly: "Wow. Wow. This is so cool!" Three Sierra Nevadas later he loosens up. on 2009-03-16 17:51:44
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Mike's had a few too many beers. It shows. "Vish is breakable after all! You shark! You potato drinking pool shark!" on 2008-06-07 11:01:24
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Fun: more than just ball game beer. Sorry to offend you simpletons. Fun is a complex process often meaning hyperfocusing on the mundane. on 2008-05-22 23:14:07
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Why is it important to tell you? Because this happens every day, five days a week, blah blah weeks per year. Every single grey cubicle day. on 2008-05-03 15:12:52
smallplaces's Picture smallplaces Is my heart rate in the low 30s? As our marketing manager "blahs" I think about the Giant Root Borer, the largets beetle north of Mexico. on 2008-04-30 21:08:37