So, does everyone have these moments? These moments where you think “I’m never going to get the hang of this ‘being a grown-up’ thing”? Moments where the opportunity presents itself to be a responsible, forward-thinking adult and you kindly pass, thank you, I’ll go for juvenile and short-sighted? I’m talking to a friend and he […]
August 22, 2011
If I Was An American-Indian…
I would carry around a recording of a hawk’s cry, and play it every time I entered a room. I would litter, and when people looked at me funny, say, “Problem?” I would open a casino advertising an “authentic Indian experience.” Then I would make the games extra hard to win. If someone did win, […]
August 17, 2011
Post From The Road 2
A lot of places are selling those “dirt shirts” in the sw. Shirts made entirely from red clay. Here’s their big mistake, though: There’s red dirt everywhere! I just got some rubber cement and rolled around on the ground; made my own shirt. Take that, fat cat novelty-t-shirt retailers! Tried to get across the worst […]
August 16, 2011
Post From The Road…
M and I are camping down around Moab for a couple weeks, so if you’ve left some hilarious and poignant comment, or tried to contact me for a lucrative book deal and I haven’t replied, it’s not personal. So, a couple quick reflections here, mid-trip… We passed through Winnemucca, Nevada, which is where I had […]
August 13, 2011
Impractical Magic
I’ve never known how to do magic, but like everyone, wish I could. I know one card trick. It’s pretty good the first time, but if you see it twice it’s obvious. I suppose, like most people, I want to be able to do magic tricks, but not enough to, you know, learn. But I […]
August 10, 2011
We, The Jury, Find The Defendant: Awesome!
Here in the US we have a very little known right called Jury Nullification. The right is this: a jury has the right to declare someone accused of a crime not guilty, even if they believe he did commit the crime. Not only can they do so, they don’t have to justify why. The Judge […]
August 6, 2011
Getting With The Times (Ha! It’s A Pun!)
I recently wrote a guest post over at the always compelling, entertaining and engaging Worst Professor Ever, and the post got tweeted by The Times (you see, in England, they still have a few remaining “news papers” – which are like news web sites that have been printed off for you; I know, clever, right?), […]
July 29, 2011
“Quick, Hide In The Corners of the Ocean! No One Ever Thinks To Look There!”
Hey, remember playing Battleship when you were a kid? Remember the subtlety; the intricate, complex layers; the sense of narrative? The feeling that you weren’t just playing a game, your were telling a story – creating a world? No? Huh. Weird. You remember it going a little more like this? “A8.” “Miss. C1.” “Miss. J6.” […]
The Byronic Man 
August 28, 2011
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