Back when I had a really popular website, I used to get e-mails almost constantly, e-mails that criticized or questioned certain decisions I would make in my quizzes. The epicenter of this feedback crystallized into three key critiques which I…
Month: January 2010
I’m Alive (Breaking a Long Silence, on the Occasion of the Passing of J.D. Salinger)
It will either happen today or February 14, 1958 when I am sixteen. It is ridiculous to mention even. When people in my generation haven’t been in contact for a long time, or haven’t posted to their webpage or other…
Duck and Cover #1200
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Duck and Cover #1199
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Duck and Cover #1198
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Duck and Cover #1197
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Compassion Complacency: On Haiti
Before I even begin this post, I feel the need to disclaim it in some way. I expect this to be controversial and difficult and that some people might get offended. Please don’t get offended. I’m exploring an idea here,…
Special Sauce
When I first got into baseball, the Oakland Athletics were my team. It’s hard to admit as a loyal baseball fan that I had a team before the Mariners, that my eternal and undying fanhood is not to my first…
Storey is… Asleep and will return… Soon (Hopefully)
When I worked at Glide (they update their website now!), I designed this makeshift sign that I manually laminated with contact paper which served the purpose of either the old open/closed signs my Dad used to package with FAX machines…
Using One’s Head
When I was in 4th-turned-8th grade, I was assigned the short story “Flowers for Algernon” in English. It appeared in one of those ridiculous textbook readers of stories that always comes with grandiose seventies-style illustrations and a total excess of…