Monthly Archives: July 2009

So, my week in the limelight at Pseudopod is over. It’s been amazing to read all the positive comments people made about "Hometown Horrible." I’m sure the majority of the positive response is due to the spectacular performance by Elie … Continue reading →

You know how you’ve been saying that you really wish that you could express your love for Space Squid by altering the personalized settings of your PC or Mac? Well, today is your lucky day. Space Squid has expanded the … Continue reading →

Hmmm. When you look at it like this, that chorizo really does look like salivary glands. Okay, now on to new business. I thinking about transitioning to buying groceries mainly from specialty ethnic markets. Here’s a haul I got from … Continue reading →

I’ve talked about Mike Varley on this blog before. He’s a great guy and a great writer, and right now I would like to talk about his new CD, a series of spoken word pieces about the the ’08 election. … Continue reading →

My curiosity about the creek system is rapidly turning into a shtick. It’s taking me a long time to get anywhere in town, because I’m constantly stopping at bridges and culverts and peeking over the side. And when I’m hanging … Continue reading →

First off, let me say, TWO MILLION VISITS!!! WOOOOHOOOOO!!!!! Okay, back to the food frakking… Toasterwaffel was talking earlier about making fresh sardine pasta. So I bought some sardines at the New Oriental Market (my new favorite food purveyor in … Continue reading →

There are certain stories that are close to the heart. For me, the stories that come closest to addressing who I am and where I come from are those penned by Helmut Finch. Finch was my first introduction to the … Continue reading →

I was cleaning off my desk and I found a couple of projects that have sat idle for so long that I’m going to shelve them indefinitely. They are two languages I was inventing to help make the world a … Continue reading →

During my lifelong quest to see every sci-fi flick ever made, I somehow completely skipped over the French New Wave sci-fi. A little while ago I watched Godard’s Weekend, a rambling and vague collection of violence and surrealism. On the … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I’ve talked about the podcasts, but then there isn’t much new that I’ve been listening to. In fact there’s a little less on my Miro feed list. For instance, I removed "College Humor Dot Com" … Continue reading →