Is there anything so great in this world as a shower? I doubt it. There is something ineffable about the way it focuses one’s mind and thinking, at least sometimes, that makes it the single most consistent source of inspiration,…
Month: December 2010
I Am Sad.
“And it’s all good cause I’m no good and believe me you don’t need me it’s a big world and I’m old news to you.” -Allison Weiss, “July 25, 2007” A year ago, I’d just finished editing my first novel…
The Way Life Used to Be
Boy, can I not wait for this year to be over! Who’s with me? Yesterday I found out that I need a root canal, which joins my wife leaving me and kidney stones as great things that have happened in…
When I Light My Masterpiece: A Tale of 772 Luminarias
My previous record was 620. This year, I folded every single bag. Except David Winks “Gris” Gray folded one bag, and Matthew Randolph “Fish” McFeeley folded two bags into paper airplanes that had to be unfolded and refolded properly. Other…
Second Street Soliloquy
“Courage is when you’re afraid but you keep on moving anyway courage is when you’re in pain but you keep on living anyway It’s not how many times you’ve been knocked down it’s how many times you get back up…
Rain on My Parade
When I was very young, Christmas was an exciting time. Of course it was – I was a child growing up in America and for many of the Christmases, we were not poor. For some we were, but even then…
New Toy
I’ve made it pretty clear this year that I will neither be sending nor receiving gifts for Christmas or associated holiday seasons, though I’m still deliberating about sending out a New Year’s Letter. On the one hand, it’s a tradition…
Duck and Cover #1338
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
Duck and Cover #1337
Read Duck and Cover at the Blue Pyramid.
After the Snow
Before the Snow | During the Snow The summers I was 14 and 15, I spent intense three-week sessions at the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The program was designed to augment the studies…