Hello, sweetie! Wait, don’t come in, I have Valentine’s surprises aplenty waiting for you. Close your eyes. No cheating! Okay, I’ll lead you in. No, just leave your things out here on the stoop; they’ll be fine. Yes, I know your laptop is in your bag, it’ll be perfectly safe. Those kids smoking over there […]
February 3, 2013
The whims of pop-culture taste can be cruel and impulsive. Fashion, music, television… nothing is guaranteed to last for any length of time. Today’s “Gangnam Style” is tomorrow’s “Macarena” (literally – I mean, they’re basically the same song). But sometimes the victims of culture shift seem to come out of nowhere. In response, I present […]
January 31, 2013
With Steve of Every Record Tells A Story being my featured blogger of the moment, it seemed like a great time to have a 20 Questions interview with him. If you’re not familiar with him or his site, now’s the time! Hey, Steve from Every Record Tells A Story , Let’s Play 20 Questions! 1. What quality do you most admire […]
January 29, 2013
In may wayward youth, as I focused on writing and performing, I wound up taking a lot of side jobs while other people built meaningful, lasting careers. Some of them were your standard barista/pub worker jobs, but there was a litter of oddities… jobs that now appear as mysterious blanks spaces on my resume. But […]
January 27, 2013
First, the winner of the photo caption contest – after much thought, much creativity, and probably much mild nausea, we’ve reached the winner for the, um, au natural photographer caption. Please take a moment to visit the thoroughly interesting and well-written webiste Every Record Tells A Story, who is my new Featured Blogger. Congratulations on your […]
January 24, 2013
I’ve been looking over your case and, I have to tell you, I think it looks very strong. With my help, not only will you be hailed as a hero, but we’ll both get very rich. Ah, but perhaps I’m getting ahead of myself. I know there are lawyers just everywhere, so why, you might […]
January 21, 2013
Andrew L. 3 Stars. I don’t know if this is a criticism or a compliment, but there’s almost too much to do. There’s literally no possible way to do everything you’d like. On one hand that’s great, but it can get frustrating. “I want to be a surfer, oh wait, I want to be a lawyer, […]
January 20, 2013
Last week’s caption contest had a lot of great entries. If you haven’t, you really should take a moment to read the entries here. Narrowing it down to 5 meant finally just flipping a coin, basically. But flip a coin I did, to reach these finalists. (Also, there were some great ones that I finally […]
The Byronic Man 
February 7, 2013
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