Brims

"H.M."; that he and one hundred and seventy-one other youths were, in common parlance, "Brims"; that a "Silk Sock" was a student of Claflin

Left Tackle Thayer Ralph Henry Barbour 1907

The review clips for Two Caravans (which for some reason I keep typing as Tow Caravans) were eulogisingly wonderful "Brims with comedy, her last book was entertaining but this one is better" ... "the fictional equivalent of chocolate laced with chilli" ... "a comic triumph, funny clever and well-observed" and then you start to feel as if you live on a different planet.

Reinterring The Unburied and Two Caravans left on site. 2007

The review clips for Two Caravans (which for some reason I keep typing as Tow Caravans) were eulogisingly wonderful "Brims with comedy, her last book was entertaining but this one is better" ... "the fictional equivalent of chocolate laced with chilli" ... "a comic triumph, funny clever and well-observed" and then you start to feel as if you live on a different planet.

40 entries from May 2007 2007

The review clips for Two Caravans (which for some reason I keep typing as Tow Caravans) were eulogisingly wonderful "Brims with comedy, her last book was entertaining but this one is better" ... "the fictional equivalent of chocolate laced with chilli" ... "a comic triumph, funny clever and well-observed" and then you start to feel as if you live on a different planet.

Reinterring The Unburied and Two Caravans left on site. 2007

After a few more minutes of reminiscing, Wolf and the other Brims drove away.

Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

I recognized Wolf, Swig, Caesar, and several others who were all from the Brims street gang.

Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

A few remaining older black gangs were still hanging on: the Chain Gang, Low Riders, Avenues, Brims, Figueroa Boys, and the Van Ness Boys.

Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

He babbled on for several minutes about revelations, fire and brimstone, then digressed into pleading that I allow him to join the Crips so he could help purge the world of the Brims.

Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

Big Country from the Brims gang was stomped and beaten down the escalator for giving East Side Crips Syles a black eye.

Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007

I was too dys-educated and self-absorbed to be concerned with adolescents confessing to the world they were baby Crips, Brims, Pirus, whatever.

Blue Rage, Black Redemption Stanley Tookie Williams 2007