Today, after I started chanting Allen Ginsberg’s “America” in my head I decided to put me out of my misery and just listen to it already. It was while thumbing through the songs that I realized I have a lot of American music. To wit: America, Self America, Simon & Garfunkel America (Closing Time) Tom [...]
I dreamt last night that my family made me move into you Aunt Tete’s house in Roseville. I am not sure where my aunt had gone, but all I know is that I was forced to live in her house. It made me very sad, having to live in Roseville. So sad, in fact, that [...]
Temps were in the 40s yesterday here in Minnesota. It caused a lot of melting, and then when the temps went back to normal it caused a lot of freezing and has effectively turned the street in front of Supergenius HQ into a skating rink. Neither Ruby or I can skate very well. I tried [...]
I wish you times in your life that are so filled with people and activity that it takes you nearly an entire day to recover. A time where you are so busy living your life that you don’t find to write about it until much later than you had planned. I wish you the kind [...]
Three songs to download on this fine Christmas Eve. Get them at Tunecore for only $0.74! Tracklisting is: Track 1: Always In A Manger (supposed to be Away) Track 2: Streets of Laredo Track 3: D.G.T. Sweet.
One: Ruby & I took a little slide into the ditch on our way to The Nerdery this morning. It wasn’t dramatic. There was no median jumping, no careening into oncoming traffic, no landing on our side on a hill. It was a just a fishtail and a slow slide into a snowbank on the [...]
1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken:This was the best book I read all year. No hemming, no hawing, no second guessing — the best. McCracken’s memoir about giving birth to a stillborn child and all that follows is heartbreaking, darkly funny, and something everyone on the planet should [...]
I have become that blogger. That blogger we all hate more than we hate being called bloggers. At work I’ve become that blogger who whines about how nobody comments on her blog. I can’t believe it. Every time I say the words “nobody ever comments” my soul flies out out of my body and this [...]
1. Former-Replacements’ drummer Chris Mars answered the 6 questions we always ask. To say that I was honored is the understatement of the year. 2. Rain Taxi is auctioning off some great signed books to raise funds. 3. A slew of Fiction on a Stick contributors have also answered the 6 questions we always ask. [...]
It rained a lot yesterday here in Minnesota. Then, because we live in a place that should be inhabitable by humans, the temperature plummeted some 30 degrees and here we sit with at -6 with a nice, shiny carapace of ice coating most everything. As I chronicled just last week my fear of driving on [...]
Today Largehearted Boy keeps peppering his Twitter with links to newspapers publishing their best books of 2008 lists. I am making my own list and currently checking it twice. However, while making the list I noticed that I read a lot of shitty, shitty books this year. Because I always want to help the gentle [...]
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Billing freelance clients. Why do I always feel like I’m begging? Cold feet. Literally, not figuratively. My inability to find cute, fuzzy slippers Addiction. Specifically to etsy.com. Mostly I just go and visit this.
Nolan found an old, dead cell phone of mine and has been using it all day to make calls. The UPS man just came and dropped off a load of presents including a slew of books for Jaycie and Max and some Threadless t-shirts. After proclaiming all the Threadless tees boring, Nolan got on the [...]
I remember once while in the employ of Hell, Inc. I made a crack to my cubemate Maria about how even though the building was a notorious meat locker, I wasn’t cold at all because I had the rage to keep me warm. And you know, it’s true. I was a little chilly here at [...]
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