Home for the Holidays
Perhaps you’ve played with the Arcade Fire’s new interactive video by now? The house you grew up in. A little cliché (which I’m all about really) and something I never thought much about until recently. […]
Mostly Me
Going Nuclear
Now that summer is fading (metaphorically—it’s always hot until like October and I’m currently running air conditioning) I’ve had time to settle down and finally think about things I was thinking about in late winter. […]
The Daily Poop
I just came home to a giant, warm pile of shit sitting in the middle of my bedroom floor. That pretty much sums up this week. I conducted an interview with a chef and it […]
Dispiritualized
Are irrational attractions a common problem or just the sudden inexplicable bane of my existence? I haven't experienced the phenomena in ages, now all of a sudden men in magazines, tv, movies have started appealing […]
Annual Obligation
I just realized that in my crankiness that I never posted my annual I’m Another Year Older photo. Oddly enough, I don’t seem to have any from this week that I’ve been 38. Here is […]
The Big Uneasy
Another year older, and I still haven’t managed to escape the imaginary spirit-dampening rain cloud that follows me around. Or apparently, lost my sense of melodrama either… 85% of my brief New Orleans excursion was […]
Heel to Toe
I'm going on my third summer in my now-ratty Worishofers. I've debated buying a new pair (I'm all about comfort, not so much the trends—ok, not this much comfort. I bought a pair of Aerosoles […]
In Dreams
I know there is nothing less interesting than someone else’s dreams. But humor me for a second. Every few months I seem to have a “dirty” (in varying degrees) dream involving the same coworker, a […]
Palsy of the Mind
I saw Crispin Glover do one of his slideshow things back in 1994 and never envisioned that I would be attending one in 2010. The man’s got staying power. I was a cashier at what […]
Desperate But Not Serious
This weekend my grandma described me as “quiet,” (my family is very loud and talks to strangers) today an older coworker said to another older coworker that I’m “serious” (in the context that I wouldn’t […]