The life and times of Isaac Dust
[For context, see Letters to Old Bob #1, #2, #3, and #4] April 4, 2020 Elderly Robert, It’s been too long. Years, I know. I guess I just sort of forgot about you, which is too bad and a sign of the times, when old people are put out to pasture, or worse yet, sacrificed …
September 23, 2017 OB, It’s been too long. From my perspective, anyway. For you, it might just be the next letter in the stack. Months just vanish, swept away in a series of flailing attempts to “get stuff done.” Then the dust settles and I’m finally able to find a quiet moment to consider what …
2-27-2017 OB, How’s it hanging, homie? At this point your balls must be about knee level, eh old boy? Just razzin’ ya, dude. Truthfully I feel for you. Already at 46 I’m struggling to accept the slings and arrows of time’s ruthless onslaught. If you’ve actually made it to your mid-eighties, I can only imagine …
10-25-2016 OB, I’m not a morning person. Never was a morning person. Never will be a morning person—that is, unless you’ve proven me wrong, Old Bob. “New tricks” is what they say can’t be learned by old dogs, but perhaps they’re full of shit, or else maybe you made the transformation while still relatively young. …
October 16, 2016 Dear Old Bob, Hope you’re hanging in there Pops, what with you being so old and all. If you waited forty years to read this (and managed to stay alive) you’d be at least what, 85, 86 now? Damn. I’m surprised you made it, given the lack of octogenarians on the family …
In this episode of the Head The Gong Podcast, I catch up with myself after a bit of a podcast hiatus, reminisce about awkward first dates, and reflect on some recent creative endeavors. References: Green Desk Studios Digitech SDrum Letters to Old Bob “Isaac Dust” by Jon Brien