Sunday Archive IX: Oscar Bin Laden Draft
From February 2006, here I am wearing a plastic shirt:
Month: August 2008
Deadlines & Celebrations
Well, back to drinking. I have a couple of good excuses! The first is that I’m on an insane deadline for the next book I’m going to publish. The new title submission process my distributor puts me through involves about …
Chelsea scares me
So… Is Chelsea Clinton really a Jack Nicholson-style Joker? I finally spent a few seconds paying attention to shit last night, as Hillary endorsed America’s Favorite Black Man, and it struck me that something was up. Chelsea’s always going around …
Turf War
Well, they’re tearing up the “turf” that covers downtown Silver Spring’s ridiculous greenspace. Read all about it at Silver Spring Singular.
Notes on not drinking
As I enter my third day of voluntary sobriety, I find that the world is stark and boring. Really, though, it’s not that I feel I have a problem, or am speaking out against alcohol, or seeking help, or even …
Two Days Sober
I think this compressed schedule is going to kill me. Get into the office at 8am (after leaving home at 7am, get home by 7pm, catch a rat and/or one of the neighbor’s children for dinner, then pass out. The …
Sunday Archive VIII: Hyphenated Americans
From August of 2005, this is part of an article continued from notes written on the Metro. I don’t remember it at all, so I guess it was never published. God knows where those notes are… I have a closet …
Crazy Dog Contest
You know what? I need to get rid of inventory. So the first person to post a link that replaces my current favorite crazy dog photo wins a copy of this title. I’ll give you multiple chances, as well. But, be …
Doctor Nacho
I’ve decided to become an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church. Everyone who used to be cool has done this, so it’s nothing big. I don’t know what the pretentious hipster kids do today to be cool but, back …
The Hardest Drive of All
Okay! Back to writing. I would have had something up yesterday, but my hard drive crashed at work. Which was a minor disaster, and is one of those things I fear because, at an old job, the way they fired …