Rigor mortis

I know know this: Bobby Orr killed Bernie. Many decades ago I always thought it was his mother. Bobby Orr is dead now too. He died in a drug deal gone bad in New York City and they found his body in a back alley in the first stages of Rigor mortis.
Glenn was fearless. His whole life he was fearless. Since the moment he came out of the womb he was punching, kicking, cheating, stealing and fearless.
Somebody put Bernie’s stiff dead dog body in a bucket. He stood straight out in an advanced stage of Rigor mortis. And not only that but his eyes were wide open.

Somebody told me that Bernie was in the backyard dead. When I went back there to believe it, I wasn’t expecting him to be standing straight up in a bucket, staring at me with wide unblinking eyes. This was, without a doubt the scariest thing I have ever seen in my life.
I ran out of the backyard. To this day, I always wondered who:
1. Put Bernie in the bucket.
2. Took Bernie out of the bucket.
3. Disposed of Bernie’s dead body.

I come to this conclusion. It was either Gunk or Glenn but most probably Glenn. Because he was more fearless than Gunk.
Technically, Bernie was a family dog but he seemed to be with Glenn the most.
The dog was named after a truck driver that my mother was banging at the Carteret Holiday Inn. She met him at the bar there, He was married with kids and on the road all the time hauling truckloads of cheese from Wisconsin to New York.

The Holiday Inn in Carteret stood on the edge of the New Jersey Turnpike at exit 12. It had a huge oversized sign that stood separate from the building. You could see this sign from miles and miles away.
This was the same Holiday Inn that Carol Dooley worked at as a housekeeper for awhile when her and Rebel lived with us before they bought property at Pioneer Plantation.
A few years later this was the same hotel where Barb and Gene held their wedding reception.
And then perhaps a decade after that, this was the hotel I used to sneak in the back door and empty the ice machines for my 8 coolers of Lobster that I used to sell for Beverly’s boyfriend Ronnie.

Bernie (the dog) would wear a denim jacket. I think it used to be Bonitas but she grew out of it and Glenn put it on Bernie. (the dog) So he was a cool dog and that’s probably why Bobby Orr killed him.

Bobby Orrs father was a notorious coke dealer/mobster in Carteret.
He drove a big maroon Cadillac and was always getting pulled over by the Carteret police.
One time, me and my brothers decided to have a porch sale and our mother let us put all our stuffed animals outside for sale.
Bobby Orr walked around the corner, stepped up to the porch, announced that he was “Taking them all.” He then produced a fresh fifty dollar bill to pay for them.
We jumped for joy but our happiness didn’t last long as Joan our mother called Mrs. Orr to investigate and as it turns out he took the money from his fathers stash. Turns out nine year old Bobby Orr was walking around with at least a thousand bucks on him.

Narrow leaf cattail
(T. angustifolia)

I’m in the middle room and I looked out the window to see this:
Glenn was leading a small gang of kids down the middle of Whitman street. Bernie (the dog) was one of the members of the gang as he trotted next to Glenn with his denim jacket on.
Some sights from your childhood you never forget. This was one of them. It was also around the time that Bonita had given herself a haircut. Fuck Bobby Orr. This was a good damn dog and he didn’t deserve to be murdered.

Usually around five o Clock one of us would go out the side door and ring a cowbell. This was a signal that it was dinner time. With nine siblings if you missed dinner you probably didn’t eat.
Here, on this sweltering Summer day in Carteret, Glenn and the gang, that included Grant, were holding a bunch of “punks” that they had just cut from the railroad tracks. “Punks” were the tops of these huge wild weeds that grew over 7 feet tall in the fields by the trestle.
When they dried out you can light the end and it would slowly burn down like a cigar. Punks were particularly handy when we had fireworks or to light cigarettes.
Carteret, a place where you can hear life going by so quickly without you. The constant line of low flying 747’s landing at Newark airport only a few exits away. The ghostly howling of the Turnpike only a block away.
The freight trains screaming and creaking into the late night.

The great gas station heist was still a few years away. Billy Danielle always knew that Frank Zappa was god. He raced pigeons then and to this day he still does, although like everything else it’s become digital. The pigeons have a Radio Frequency Identification tags on them.
I saw Billy a few months ago and he works at an oil refinery off exit 13 now.
His paycheck is so large and complicated he had no idea how much he makes an hour when I so impolitely asked him.
At this time there was still a log cabin in our backyard. Carol and Rebel gave it to us for Christmas one year. One time I caught Glenn drinking and smoking in it. This is because he drank a whole jar of pickle juice as a child.
But now back to the more shocking moment of this story. Bernie (the dog) is dead. He is in a bucket, stiff as a board with his eyes wide open behind the pool. Fin.

About George C. Hartman

Redesiging design, coloring outside the lines, rolling down hills, figuring out strange people, dreaming in black and white, photographing in black and white, juggling, body surfing, fantasy football, painting, design, digital art and photo manipulation, green oceans, blue oceans, museums, discovering small towns, biking, beach, relationships that tear my heart out, bad poetry, movie making and BLOGGING
This entry was posted in the beginning. Bookmark the permalink.

199 Responses to Rigor mortis

  1. Vince says:

    Free medical insurance buy furacin “It’s always been one of my favorite buildings in New York,” says Eklund, who along with Gomes is with the firm Douglas Elliman. “The Apthorp isn’t about buying an apartment, it’s about buying a lifestyle. The building has a special cachet.”

  2. Raleigh says:

    I work for myself buy celecoxib In the process, Li would aim that firepower against foreignrivals such as Mannings, controlled by Jardine Matheson Group’sDairy Farm International Holdings Ltd ; Alliance Boots,45 percent-owned by Walgreen Co, the biggest U.S.drugstore chain; and Vivo, part of China Resources EnterpriseLtd.

  3. Khloe says:

    A law firm buy duphalac Falling short of the four percent needed to win seats was the Alliance for Austria’s Future (BZOe), founded by Haider in 2005 when he split from the Freedom Party. It won just 3.4 percent compared with 10.7 percent in 2008 just before Haider’s death.

  4. Modesto says:

    Have you got any qualifications? buy zaditor “Our negotiations have led to a much narrower authorization that provides for the appropriate use of force while limiting the scope and duration of military action,” Corker said in a statement.

  5. Allan says:

    I went to buy azulfidine This is a stock linked to the value and performance of an athlete’s brand, not the person. When the athlete retires, their brand may or may not continue to generate income into the future (e.g. endorsements, appearances, broadcasting, etc.). As long as the brand continues to generate income as defined in the brand contract, Fantex, Inc. is entitled to continue to receive payments pursuant to its brand agreement.

  6. Cornelius says:

    A packet of envelopes buy aripiprazole Some critics said the scandal was the result of Europe’s current authorisation system, which is less strict than in the United States where extensive testing is required before new products are approved for sale.

  7. Jeffry says:

    Do you know the number for ? buy medrol It’s a skill he’s had to call on quite a bit lately. Between appearing on The Voice and touring with Maroon 5 (who will play more than 30 North American concerts between late December and early April), Levine is, by any measure, hyperextended. He has ventured into acting, including a role in the recently wrapped Can a Song Save Your Life? alongside Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. He also has less official duties, of course, as fashion icon, boyfriend to some of the world’s most beautiful women, and object of lust to legions of female fans.

  8. Deshawn says:

    I’m afraid that number’s ex-directory buy divalproex A little searching on the web can help answer quite a few questions in general, and specific questions about the strategic helium reserve in particular. The Royal Society of Chemistry has an informative summary (helium-reserve-supply-shortage-price-rise) of the reserve’s history, for example.

  9. Janni says:

    Have you got a current driving licence? nombre generico y comercial bisoprolol fumarato In a CenterStage interview scheduled to air Sunday night on YES, Martin says most of the guys he grew up with in a rough section of Pittsburgh wound up either shot, dead or imprisoned. His father, who abandoned the family when Martin was just 4 years old or so, had a drug problem and physically abused his mother.

  10. Elmer says:

    Nice to meet you elocon losyon kullananlar “Without strict respect for the rule of law and basic rights from the start, there will be no political freedom,” said Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, in a recent statement.

  11. Keneth says:

    How do you spell that? erythromycin on line uk The all-share deal would push an enlarged Deutsche Wohnencloser to the top five European real estate firms by marketvalue, such as British Land and domestic rival LandSecurities, giving it easier access to funding frominvestors across the continent.

  12. Quintin says:

    I’d like to cancel this standing order provasil reviews 2017 The European Union has sent its foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to Cairo to meet with interim President Adly Mansour and his senior ministers, and during the visit she also met with senior figures from the Muslim Brotherhood.

  13. Shane says:

    Could you tell me my balance, please? seroquel tb “I’m looking forward to see how they do it,” Kyle Shanahan said. “There’s a lot of smart coaches out there. Guys can stop anything they want to stop. … The key is, what are they going to do to stop it? And what in the defence when they do stop it do they make more vulnerable?”

  14. Carol says:

    Children with disabilities discount atarax online In its complaint, the Justice Department focused on RonaldReagan National Airport, just outside Washington, D.C., wherethe two companies control a combined 69 percent of takeoff andlanding slots. It also listed more than 1,000 routes between twocities where the two airlines dominate the market.

  15. Rupert says:

    Accountant supermarket manager labrada nutrition lean body protein shake Royal watchers had swarmed the hospital starting around 6 a.m., when a pair of lucky photographers spotted Middleton’s car pulling up at the hospital where Princess Diana gave birth to William in 1982.

  16. Thanh says:

    Children with disabilities voltaren tablets over the counter south africa Smith and Burger were in charge of MDSU 2’s Company 2-3 and had taken their divers to Aberdeen’s “Super Pond” as part of pre-deployment training. Though autopsies concluded Reyher and Harris died of accidental drowning, the actual circumstances may never be known.

  17. Mohammad says:

    I really like swimming p6 ripped testosterone booster side effects The Senate will hold votes on some judicial nominees in the morning before heading to the weekly caucus lunches. Later in the afternoon, it will keep an eye on the Senate floor for Cruz, who is expected to speak and could lay out his plans moving forward.

  18. Earnest says:

    Through friends glucophage xr price Selly’s two looks raise some interesting questions: are you going to cop her reasonably priced style? Is Forever 21 her favorite store? What F21 item will she wear next? And, finally (and most importantly), could Selena be any more like us?

  19. Corey says:

    I’ll put him on valor do clomid generico The Dow rose 111.04 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 15,237.11. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index rose 10.64 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,703.20. The Nasdaq composite index rose 31.13 points, or 0.8 percent, to 3,791.87.

  20. Alfred says:

    Do you know what extension he’s on? calan sr 240 mg side effects Fortunately, Yangon already has a circle and suburban lines plied by infrequent, slow-moving and ramshackle trains that connect the center to suburbs and industrial estates. Japanese experts working at Myanmar Railways are already researching how to upgrade the circular line, although no contract has yet been awarded for the actual work, said JICA’s Sanjo.

  21. Judson says:

    Recorded Delivery tolterodine 2 mg brand name Reid’s spokesman Adam Jentleson issued a statement on Mondayattacking what he called “Boehner’s credibility problem,”including the speaker’s assertion that there are not enoughvotes in the House to pass a clean bill.

  22. Dudley says:

    I’m a trainee metronidazole flagyl 400 uses in hindi MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.2 percent, with Australian sharesscaling a five-year high, in sympathy with Wall Street shares,which broke a five-day losing streak on Thursday.

  23. Graham says:

    Where do you live? rodial lash and brow booster anmeldelse Records provided by NSA contractor-turned-fugitive Edward Snowden to French newspaper Le Monde revealed that the NSA collected 70.3 million French telephone records over a 30-day period that began last Dec. 10.

  24. Valentin says:

    Do you know the number for ? cheap touring caravans for sale in north wales Intended to boost support for clean energy technologies, the project began in 2003 with a 10-year budget of $112 million (90 million euros). It has involved engineers from Swiss escalator maker Schindler and research aid from Belgian chemicals group Solvay.

  25. Stacey says:

    Remove card alprostadil tablets price in india The state agency was created by Proposition 71, the 2004 ballot measure that earmarked $3 billion for stem cell research. The initial motivation was to bankroll research on human embryonic stem cells after President George W. Bush set strict limits on the use of federal funds for such work.

  26. Humberto says:

    Not available at the moment ningxia red negative side effects “We’ve learnt some lessons, valuable lessons, to take into the rest of the race,” Sky manager Dave Brailsford said Monday. “But I’m not going to spell it out. I’m not going to go into the details of the changes we’re going to make.”

  27. Maya says:

    Photography cystex antibacterial analgesic tablets dosage The penalties announced Thursday include $300 million to be paid to the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, $200 million to the Federal Reserve, $200 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and 137.6 million pounds ($219.74 million) to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority.

  28. Domenic says:

    A company car naproxen emo zel cena Sectors tied to the pace of economic growth have been amongthe biggest beneficiaries to the Fed’s policy, with both thefinancial and consumer discretionary groups upmore than 20 percent this year, outpacing the S&P 500’s 18-percent rise. Any surprise from the Fed could hit thosegroups the hardest.

  29. Branden says:

    What are the hours of work? goodrx alphagan p Italy’s highest court convenes on Tuesday to rule whetherformer Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be jailed andbanned from public office, a verdict that could endanger thecountry’s shaky coalition government.

  30. Barton says:

    I’m on a course at the moment cheap vigrx plus pills “If we decide a new CEO has the same commitment that Steve Ballmer had, then we will go forward with the transition,” Yahoo Senior Vice President of Search Products Laurie Mann is quoted as testifying in the court filings.

  31. Leigh says:

    Directory enquiries pms-amitriptyline tablets 10mg Lewis G. Maharam, MD, is one of the world’s most extensively credentialed and well-known sports health experts. Better known as Running Doc™, Maharam is author of Running Doc’s Guide to Healthy Running and past medical director of the NYC Marathon and Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon series . He is Medical Director of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training program. He is also past president of the New York Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine. Learn more at runningdoc.com.

  32. Darrel says:

    Children with disabilities zovirax ointment dosage prescription Traces of flame retardants linked to hormonal and neurological disorders in children have declined sharply but remain higher among pregnant women in California than among their peers elsewhere in the nation, a new study shows.

  33. Larry says:

    I’d like to send this to ibuprofen alcohol hours A senior Palestinian official with knowledge of the talks suggested the Palestinians would not back down. “Our position remains clear: resumption of negotiations should be based on the two-state solution and on the 1967 borders.”

  34. Brooklyn says:

    I never went to university cost of acyclovir cream Among the attractions of Japanese fashion are its materials, ranging from buttons and ribbons to the fabrics and styling of the traditional kimono, the hallmark of designs by Tamae Hirokawa of “Somarta”, whose Monday show launched the week.

  35. Hershel says:

    What’s the last date I can post this to to arrive in time for Christmas? tricor services limited hong kong The Fed in July announced it was working on four new rules that would further curtail risk-taking by the largest banks, including tough leverage restrictions, reforms to short-term funding, and a capital surcharge.

  36. Raleigh says:

    I’m sorry, she’s meloxicam orion Some analysts contend that Microsoft’s move earlier thismonth to acquire Nokia’s phone business and licenseits patents for 5.44 billion euros ($7.3 billion), poses anotherhurdle for BlackBerry, as the software giant is likely toredouble its catch-up efforts in the mobile device business.

  37. Quaker says:

    How much is a First Class stamp? dermakalm eczema cream baby review “CVSC manages drug plans for large corporate employers, some managed care companies, and other payers – we estimate it accounts for 10pc to 20pc of the market,” he said. “The fear is that others follow suit and Suboxone profits fall sharply,” the analyst added, although a Reckitt spokesman dismissed those concerns as other US healthcare firms have contracts with the British company, unlike CVSC.

  38. Manual says:

    Cool site goodluck 🙂 clomiphene citrate cost walgreens Rogers Belyea is in one of the few four-year programs, but she contends with a hectic schedule. Finding time to do all of her course work has sometimes been challenging, particularly because of business school.

  39. Jack says:

    I’m afraid that number’s ex-directory tamsulosin aristo 0 4 mg nebenwirkungen Astra, a conglomerate with interests from coal to autos,said it would service its $2.85 billion in short-term debt withcash flow from operations, and fund future expansion with bondsor commercial loans, spokesman Yulian Warman said.

  40. Harley says:

    I’ve lost my bank card albuterol liquid dosage Some Western defence analysts have said they were surprisedby Turkey’s decision, having expected the contract to go toRaytheon Co, a U.S. company that builds the Patriotmissile, or the Franco/Italian Eurosam SAMP/T.

  41. Heyjew says:

    We work together escitalopram 10 mg pret Morsi’s overthrow led to a violent crackdown by the Egyptian military against pro-Morsi protestors that may have led to as many as 1,000 deaths. The violence led to a review of U.S. assistance to Egypt.

  42. Elias says:

    What’s the last date I can post this to to arrive in time for Christmas? pepcid ac asian flush “Twitter needs to become more of a platform on the web,” said Cohen in a follow-up conversation with CNNMoney. “If Twitter went away today, people would just turn to Facebook. If Facebook went away, people would start screaming — it’s so universal.”

  43. Harry says:

    What company are you calling from? is ventolin inhaler safe when pregnant And with initial surveys indicating a big victory for the ruling coalition – led by his party – in the weekend's upper house elections, he is expected to be able to push his plans with even more assertiveness.

  44. Chuck says:

    I’m on business vacuvita review Votes on the discount rate, which is a penalty rate charged by the Fed for banks accessing its emergency lending window, are largely symbolic gestures designed to signal a more dovish, or more hawkish, policy preference by the regional branch.

  45. Jeremiah says:

    Do you know the address? premarin creme composition The best thing about acquiring an extensive collection of bikinis over the years is, of course, the ability to be your own stylist and mix-and-match to your heart's content. And, that's exactly what the Princess Beatrice has done here with her Life's A Beach bandeau top and contrasting turquoise bottoms.

  46. Haley says:

    Have you read any good books lately? kronomax servicios integrales s.l Most of the 600 people working at Thanet Earth appear to believe passionately in what they do, and angrily reject the charge that they are somehow perverting nature or creating something artificial. ‘We’re producing high-quality food in a controlled environment, but it’s still a crop that grows and needs food, water and light. It’s just like the maize crop across the road,’ says Ian Craig, who admits he has ‘no patience whatsoever’ with those who deride Thanet Earth’s produce as ‘Frankenfood’.

  47. Stacey says:

    this post is fantastic aspirine vitamine c prix That narrative conflicts with the version told by Anthony Bosch, the founder and proprietor of the now-shuttered facility, who spent part of Monday and almost all of Tuesday testifying before the three-person panel that will decide on the appropriateness of the 211-game doping ban Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig imposed upon Rodriguez in August.

  48. Raymond says:

    A company car urimax d substitute The generous incentives offered to renewable producers haveresulted in a boom in the sector, especially photovoltaics, andwhile Merkel has tweaked some of the subsidies, resistance fromGermany’s federal states has prevented any wholesale change.

  49. Eli says:

    I’d like to send this parcel to otc lidocaine cream walmart It is illegal in France for women to wear full face veils in public but the law is contested in the mainly Muslim suburbs that ring major cities – where tensions reign in relations between residents and police.

  50. Vicente says:

    Can I take your number? tapering off topamax for migraines Diabetes is a chronic condition in which the body either does not make enough insulin to break down the sugar in foods or uses insulin inefficiently. It can cause early death or serious complications like blindness, a stroke, kidney disease or heart disease when blood sugar climbs too high and damages organs and blood vessels.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *