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September 1, 2009

When I enter a small law firm on the 27th floor of One Union Square and open the door, the hinges squeal and sing out a few notes. It’s subtle and pleasantly familiar but I cannot quite place it until I turn to exit the office grabbing the door before it closes and the hinges play the sample one more time. Then, only then do I recognize the song that‘s playing.

What does L. Ron Hubbard know about diuretics?

How many cupcake places can Seattle support?

Where can I get a cup of coffee around here?

I’ve never had and hope to never have a phantom limb. But I do have a phantom apartment building at 10th & John and I can still feel it when I go by.

They paved-
a  24 unit apartment building
3 single family homes
low rent office space
a used bookstore
a copy shop
a hair salon
a Piroshky place
a smoke shop
a dentists office
an incense trinket store
a used record store
a youth hostel
a cheap restaurant
a Jack in the Box
a latex vinyl rubber sex shop
-and put up a parking lot

In eight years or so it’ll be the Capitol Hill light rail station but for now it’s a parking lot.

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pilderasser said...

PS: I also have phantom U-lock syndrome and phantom Nextel twitchy itchy disease also known as Post Traumatic Dispatch Disorder (PTDD). "I can't seem to face up to the facts. I'm tense and nervous, can't relax..."

Posted September 1, 2009 07:08 PM | Reply to this comment

Bobby B said...

Having the same phantom nextel itches here in Peru. It seems that everyone has a nextel. Their business is booming. I wonder if direct connect is world wide. Bgleep bgleep...

Posted September 4, 2009 06:06 PM | Reply to this comment

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