I woke up this morning, the first time at 6:30 a.m., to discover there is a dryish, scaly-feeling sort of rash-like thing happening on the back of my neck. The right side specifically. I went…
Date Archives May 2009
The Goth Family Robinson
There is a sort of adage passed down from writing teacher to student, usually after workshopping a student story where the last paragraph involves the main character waking up only to discover the previous thirteen…
I’m like Brian Johnson at the end of The Breakfast Club giving myself a congratulatory punch in the arm
If you ever find your self esteem lagging, I highly recommend losing your job as a means to boost it. Sure the impending financial calamity might be a high price to pay, but you’ll sure…
And now this happens 2: Unemployment Boogaloo
Because I like irony or poetic justice or just bits of weird symmetry in my life, the marketing department at The Nerdery went to the very same Mexican restaurant today, on my last day, that…
Young turks
Nolan sat cross-legged on the floor (a manner of sitting my niece Jaycie calls “criss-cross apple sauce” and what was called “Indian style” when I was a kid), Lucinda, my guitar, draped across his lap….
Knockin’ on The Nerdery door
Tonight, at the moment really, I’m covering an event we’re hosting at The Nerdery. It’s about building secure websites, and it’s pretty interesting. People were listening intently to the woman who is presenting, I was…