Monthly Archives: September 2008

While at a party at Lawrence Person’s house, I was surprised to hear him say that the reason the Democrats lost the 2006 midterm elections was because liberals had been calling religious conservatives stupid. Now, I’ve had more interaction with … Continue reading →

As you may recall from an earlier post, I put together a bunch of Space Squid distribution racks. There were quite a number of these pieces of wood in the back yard, so to thank my housemate for letting me … Continue reading →

The Pronto gasstation broke their hotdog carousel this week. Something to do with the prongs getting wedged between the baskets and the side and breaking the motor. While the get the Pronto corporate technicians working on the problem, this would … Continue reading →

Since I recently took the time to make fun of my early writing efforts, I thought I would extend that courtesy to my very first non-fiction writing sale. Back in 2000, I sold a short blurb about a local tech … Continue reading →

So PBS Now has this poll that asks if Sarah Palin is qualified to be Vice President and as of this writing, the ‘yes’s are at 62%. To be perfectly fair, your average dog is qualified to be Vice President. … Continue reading →

I just dropped off a bunch of Space Squid at Fantastic Fest at the South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse. They’re in their own periodical rack, which I constructed from recycled materials. And when I say recycled, I mean that they’re some … Continue reading →

I’m not sure how the conversation started, but my co-workers and I were talking about how the noseflute is the second worst instrument in the world. After the saxophone of course. And then I thought, why not have a little … Continue reading →

I swear I’m kicking myself for not catching Singh is King in theaters, because apparently I missed this collaboration between two great cultural traditions. Back when I was buying random CDs from the Indian grocery, I noticed that there were … Continue reading →

so this co-worker of mine, Matthew Bryan: he has this video making the rounds of the internet. the music and the base video is him. the meticulous roto-scoping is done by his old boss. some 6000 frames, or so he … Continue reading →

Just now I decided I would look through the cobwebby dregs of my harddrive, trying to find any short stories that I started and never finished that might actually be worth the time and effort to make whole. I was … Continue reading →