Monthly Archives: February 2008
Me, Talking To Emily Barton On The Phone About Certain Kinds of Jacket Copy
Me: It’s like getting set up on a date with a guy you don’t really like anyway, and so you wear the dress you think he’ll like, and then you go, you’re at the party, he’s there, he ignores you … Continue reading
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Yes, A New Look Again
At some point, I’ll learn css and then I can just have this look the way I want it too. But for now, there’s no time. So it’s all presets. I’ll try this one for a week. Let me know … Continue reading
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The Comments Section, Which Will Make A Loser Of Us All
via XKCD, and Judy at Otherwise.
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Hello Canada, I Miss You
I’m not really sure how to blog anymore. It seems like perhaps I’ve never really known. Blogging confounds many literary writers I know, rightly, I think, because it is something that is written casually, and then it lasts forever. It’s … Continue reading
In Which I Find A New Motto
6:10 PM lance: take the extra shot they always seem to ask at the airport bar…. I’ve always thought it was funny, make it a double for a dollar or two more. 6:11 PM so I’d say the new motto … Continue reading
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The Amazon Breakthrough Novelist Semifinals: Marco Rafala Advances To The Top Semifinals
My friend and former student Marco Rafala has made it to the Amazon Breakthrough Novelist semifinals. He writes: First there were 5,000 entries and then 800 semifinalists, and now I thought you’d like to know that I made it to … Continue reading
I Don’t Know What To Call This, Because I’m So Appalled.
Scene: Chevy Chase, MD. A small suburban neighborhood. My sister is moving to California. It’s June. The movers are packing and as I eat lunch, I speak with one of the movers, a young woman in charge of packing the … Continue reading
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8 Things About Me, part 2
It’s the oldest meme in all the internet, but it was still hard. I grew up in Maine, mostly. I lived there 12 years. New York, for 11. So I feel fairly split between them. Having done another kind of … Continue reading
MSNBC: The Hate Channel
Tragically, the post that was going to appear here was wiped out in an internet snafu. While I weep, make breakfast, etc., live my life, here’s an excerpt I was reading on one of my many open pages, from this … Continue reading
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A Portrait of A Presidency In Oil Prices
1998 -oil in the $15 range 2000 -George W. Bush arrives in office. 2008 -oil at $102 Info and link from the comments section at The Huffington Post, commenter Wendigo 2. Follow the link to video of George W. Bush … Continue reading →
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