So say you’re a 36-year-old of relatively sound mind and body. Say that you’re shopping at the Super-T at 8 o’clock on a Tuesday because you promised your four-year-old nephew you’d make him chili. After…
Date Archives October 2008
In honor of ee cummings’ birthday
“To be nobody-but-yourself — in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else — means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never…
At least she’s okay
My mom had a heart attack last night. She was rushed to Abbot Northwestern at about 2 or 3 this morning. I can’t even remember when anymore because it seems so long ago. Of course…
The Alcoholic
The best thing about Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel’s graphic novel The Alcoholic is it engages you fast and reads quickly. This way, by the time you get to the truly disappointing ending you’ve only…
Of all the questions to blow
The interview was winding down, when one of my interviewers asked a final question. “What’s the best 49 cents you ever spent?” he asked. “Wow,” I said, and cocked my head to the side to…
These are the things you can know, a list
My hair is very short, also it is black and red My feet are cold which means that someone should buy me slippers for Christmas, cute ones if such a thing is possible for a…