Monthly Archives: September 2006

what you ought to be doing on thursday

for the austin readers, the international exhibition of neosymbolism has their opening night reception this thursday at "I.C.A. 201 E. 2nd Street", wherever the hell that is. my former co-worker stano grezdo has several paintings in the exhibit, although he … Continue reading

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dork police

i regret i didn’t get a picture of the baltimore/washington international airport police as they rode around on their dorky toys with their canadian mountie hats and super-serious expressions. why don’t they just use those supermarket cripple-scooters? segways are the … Continue reading

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buying a pair of boots in texas

and that’s when i started to panic.

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august derleth — the restaurant experience

last may i attended WisCon in madison, mainly as an excuse to visit my family. and while i was skipping out on the last day of panels, my family and i went out into the rolling hills of southern wisconsin … Continue reading

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stupid stupid wiki

i take back everything i said about the wikipedia being a relevant cultural phenomenon. why would anyone spend time compiling a list of fictional US vice-presidents?

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feral children

although it looks fake, the documentary surrounding this ukranian child raised by dogs is too long not to be true. it’s actually much like the movie ‘easy wheels’, a sam raimi/bruce campbell produced movie about the leader of an all-girl … Continue reading

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norwegian healing mysteries

as a writer, what i think makes me most uncomfortable is the realization that people might actually be reading what i write. when i was writing features for the madison ‘isthmus’ it always surprised me to meet people who had … Continue reading

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a great day and a sad thing

ann richards is dead. and i can only assume that it has something to do with what a great day i had yesterday. because this sort of thing always balances out. first off, i had a couple of chorizo and … Continue reading

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i hate gameday

if there are any of you who care, there was a UT football game last weekend. it was only the second game of the season, but everyone was so FREAKIN EXCITED because the game was against OHIO!!! OOOOOOO!!!! anyhoo, i … Continue reading

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intergalactic nemesis

over the weekend i saw a live performance of salvage vangard theater’s (SVT) intergalactic nemesis, a live-action (?) sci-fi radio play. i’m wary of this phenomenon of radio drama performed as live theater (as i reported earlier). as someone who … Continue reading

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