“When I was a boy, I choked on a piece of candy outside the kitchen window for a few minutes while watching my parents making dinner. I thought I was going to die, but I didn't want to scare them. Our existence was so separate, a dying and a doing well, an outside and an inside. Trey Moody's poems hover in that cold, wet, refrigerator-lit place between the dying and the doing well, the outside and the inside. His poems are the thoughts of the person you love who is always standing behind you, slowly and silently suffocating. But they're not afraid to say hello, and please, and I'm scared.” WantWellsPersonsDiesParentBehindsExistenceBoysPiecesMinutesDyingColdPleaseStandingWindowScaredDinnerKitchenScareNot AfraidWetHelloCandyLitBehind YouRefrigeratorsMoodySuffocating Author:Zachary Schomburg
“What does NOT work best for anyone, though, is being forced to keep a Windows partition around just to play video games. The best operating system for playing games is the one that lets you keep your word processor, instant messenger, email, and music player open in the background while you play. The worst is the one that will force you to shut all that down just to screw around for a few minutes.” DoePlayGamesForcePlayerMinutesWorstWindowBackgroundsVideoInstantScrewsEmailMessengersPlaying GamesOperating SystemsPartitionProcessorsKeeping Your Word Author:Ryan C. Gordon
“George M. is where I met my dear friend Joel Grey. We connected at rehearsal one day during a five-minute break. We were both looking out the same window and we knew in five minutes that we'd made a connection.” MadeBreakFiveMinutesMetsOne DayWindowConnectionsDearConnectedGreyFive MinutesRehearsalDear Friend Author:Bernadette Peters
“I'm one of those people, in any country I'm in, if somebody could just put me in a car or a bus, I'll look out the window and say, 'OK, there's the Tower of London, there's Buckingham Palace, there's Big Ben,' and if it all takes about five minutes, perfect. I've seen all of it and I can go home.” PeopleIfsLooksI CanCountryHomeBigsPerfectFiveMinutesCarWindowLondonBusTowersFive MinutesPalacesBuckingham Palace Author:Gilbert Gottfried
“A young bride can put on makeup at 6 in the morning and look fabulous at midnight. I have about a 15-minute window where I actually look good, and then I have to wash my face and start over.” LooksFacesYoungMorningMinutesWindowMakeupFabulousMidnightStarting OverBrides Author:Cathy Guisewite
“All of the thinking and planning that you do to get there, and then, in one minute, in one second, it just doesn't matter. It goes out the window. You either got it or you didn't. There is something kind of refreshing about that.” ThinkingKindMatterMinutesWindowPlanningRefreshingOne Minute Author:Jodie Foster
“People are going to be way more patient listening to what I have to say now. I don't have five seconds to get their attention, I have five minutes. That's a huge window.” PeopleWayAttentionFiveMinutesHugeListeningWindowPatientSecondsFive Minutes Author:Zachary Cole Smith