This afternoon a photographer from the Strib came over to Supergenius HQ to take my picture. I’m, allegedly, going to be featured in a story about eBooks vs. Regular Books. Much to the photog’s surprise,…
Date Archives April 2012
A sweet charmer
I’ve fallen off the graphic novel bandwagon. Hard. It kind of hurts. I miss graphic novels, but I’m sick of all the dudeness in the graphical realm. That’s putting it mildly. It’s the kind of…
The sound of being 26 in 1998: Dylan Hicks & Neutral Milk Hotel
What is it that links certain periods of time in your head with certain albums and not others? For instance, the soundtrack to my 26th year will forever and always be Dylan Hicks’ “Poughkeepsie” and…
Velcro might be the worst thing ever
So I bought an iPad. Her name is Beezus. This is why I’m poor. When my taxes weren’t as outrageous as I had estimated they’d be, I promptly went out and spent the money I…
Tales from the Commune
There were times in the midst of reading Arcadia by Lauren Groff where I thought to myself, “I would totally love to live on a commune.” But then I would close the cover of the…
Re-evaluating Personal Artifacts: Suzanne Vega’s ‘Solitude Standing’
I think it was my next-door neighbor and childhood best friend Jenni who gave me the 45 for Suzanne Vega’s “Luka.” It was either that or a 45 of Jack Wagner’s “Weatherman Says.” Those two…
Lilacs in the Door-yard Bloom’d too soon
Allow me a moment of ridiculous self-indulgence. You’d think 12 years of personal blogging would have provided me enough moments of ridiculous self-indulgence, but I am greedy. And self-indulgent. As you may or may not…
The one time I made a wise economic choice
You need only take a look around Supergenius HQ to see that I spent a good portion this weekend doing my taxes. The usual dust and cat hair covered surfaces are now dotted with small…
The inappropriate relationship under my roof
Ever since Walter the dog left two weeks ago, Paco, my one remaining cat, has been needy as fuck. He’s always been a needy, demanding cat. In fact, he’s quite aggressive in his neediness. His…
Here are some things
I’ve worked so much this week it’s the time equivalent of having an 8-hour job plus a commute. It’s ridiculous and much needed. I’m grateful and really tired and just set a goal of eating…