783: Over the Centerline (transcript) A quick note: this episode includes graphic language that has not been bleeped. Daniel Sobrass: Welcome to the show. Today we’re exploring themes of loss, discovery and redemption. In part two of this episode, reporter Emily Kinsey talks to Wilson the Volleyball, left behind by FedEx employee Chuck Noland decades ago in an uninhabited island in the South Pacific. (VOICEOVER) Emily Kinsey: Belinda Vaughn is a single mom, fifty-four years old, and runs a busy nonprofit called Not Broken Forever. (BACKGROUND NOISES: VOICES, A CHILD CRYING, SCRAPING OF FOOD FROM A DISH) Belinda Vaughn: He came in, I don’t know,…
Author: Liz Lydic
Liz Lydic
Liz Lydic’s work has appeared in McSweeney's, Typishly, Rougarou: A Journal of Arts and Literature, Little Old Lady Comedy, The Belladonna Comedy, Pine Cone Review, Ruminate Magazine, and The Offing's Wit Tea. By day, Liz is an Admin for a fire department in the Los Angeles area, where she lives with her daughter. lizlydic.com
I’ll be damned if I wasn’t stoked off my ass when I saw that ‘End-of-Year Critter Day’ was added to the white board. I’ve been here ten months and nothing has come close to this kind of event. At 2pm, right after Circle Time, Cassie’s Critters are coming to the preschool to show us all kinds of furry mofos and, dude, we even get to hold them. First, I’m going to tell Shylah and Tobias to stop pushing each other, then I’m going to make my way to the front of the alphabet rug so I can get a good…
The goddamn pinwheel icon spun in a loop. I couldn’t log in to the portfolio tracking program needed to perform my tasks. I clicked my mouse hard several times in a row, and even lifted it up and down, then slid it side to side to see if I could shake some sense into it. Then I called my company’s I.T. support desk extension. Unfortunately, the junior network assistant, Rodrigo, answered. “Gooooood morning! Help Desk.” “It’s Sean in Solutions, and-” “Good morning, Sean! Did you see the game last-” “Bro, listen, sorry to cut you off, but I got a…
DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL REVENUE SYSTEMSIssue Date: June 7, 2022Please refer to the following number when making inquiries: 97000984 Dear MAMA FRATELLI, The Department of Internal Revenue Systems has received and processed your application for Social Security benefits. You have been determined to be ineligible for this program due to the reason(s) listed below: Legal name MAMA does not match records associated with the Social Security number you provided. Insufficient evidence that you exercise parental control and responsibility for SLOTH FRATELLI. As stated in previous correspondence dated APRIL 9, 1992, JULY 3, 1995, SEPTEMBER 1, 1996, FEBRUARY 1, 1998, JANUARY 9,…