Sunday Archive II: John Thomas Twofist
Cleaning out three gigs worth of emails is a real trip down memory lane. Here I am with a beard. And a dog. In a bathrobe, at Christmas. And my aunt smirking in the background (drunk):
Galley Cat Strut
Well, I’ve been subscribed to Galleycat for some time, because it’s one of those book industry blogs that gets lots of buzz and what not. Though they studiously ignore me when I ask them to look at the books I’m …
The Layoff Pennies
We had a recent firing here at the Land Where the Idiots Grow. At every job, since I started the life of a wage slave at the age of 15, a firing means one thing: Pennies! No matter what job, …
Brampton
Here’s my current dream, if my life was my own (no bills, no debt, money in the bank to emigrate, etc…):
Excedrin
After dad left in 1986, and all the way up to when I left home in 92, mom would plow through a 60 count bottle of Excedrin a day. She always complained of headaches and other aches and, of course, …
Pantry Life
I think I’ve established by now that I don’t like people. I’m especially aware of this at lunchtime, when I go to retrieve food and prepare it. There are three pantries nearby, and I alternate between each of them in …
Revisiting Roots
I started Greatsociety in April of 2001 and had big plans. One of those big plans involved regular series as opposed to random rants.
Sunday Archive: Intro & Query Letter
I recently noticed that my primary Gmail account is using 50% of the allotted space, which means I have an alarming number of emails sitting around. Most of them can be trashed, so I decided to be productive and go …
Welcome to the party!
The Spanish translation of that great scene in Die Hard seems so much more eloquent:
You do not talk about Sam’s Club
Why do some people treat their Costco and Sam’s Club membership like it’s a big secret? I’ll say, hey, next time you go to one of those places, can I tag along and get some stuff? And they react as …