No-Alcohol Weddings
I’ve been to over a thousand weddings, as an employee charged with staying in a back office and trying to read a book. But I’ve only been a guest at three weddings…and all of them were alcohol free. Two were …
The Starlost
If you’re crippled by a love of really bad sci-fi like me, there’s some good news today: The Starlost series is coming out, and it’s only 25 bucks on Amazon. Here’s the link where, if you buy it, you can …
The Boble II: Dick and Candi
Here we meet the Evil Bishop, who was the vice principal at my high school. Blue and gold were our team colors. False Rob is also mentioned for the first time — the Devil in The Boble.
Hating DC
I subscribe to about 300 blogs, so it’s impossible for me to recall where I saw any particular story…especially when 299 of the blogs are pretty much dominated by useless fluff. But I did see something the other day about …
Nacho Online
As a result of boredom and too much wine, I expanded my online presence yesterday with one of those Facebook accounts. I have no idea what you’re supposed to do with that shit, but everyone seems to be a part …
Sunday Archive XVI: Mood Swings
From December, 2006. This moody little piece found me tempted to cut and run: Dissolve the company, leave DC, move to the country… I’ve been in cut and run mode for quite some time and never seem to get to …
Tales of a sign thief
I’ve been stealing signs since I was a kid. It’s a compulsion, I guess, and I’ve gotten it somewhat under control. Yes, I have a storage shed half full of all sorts of weird signs from several different countries – …
Blog Away
As we all move deeper into blog culture, there’s something that’s really starting to become a serious pet peeve: That desperate attempt to start a conversation in the comments area.
Sunday Archive XV: More notes and drafts
A classic example of how the articles come together. Email the first paragraph to myself, then pick up whenever I get to where I’m going. This, from April of 06, eventually became Small Nights.