Monthly Archives: July 2010

iPad.  iPad.  iPad.  Those words probably burn in Steve Ballmer’s head like the word “hippies” antagonized Richard Nixon.  It’s a device that every joker and Microsoft apologist on the web is saying “why the fuck would you want an iPad?” … Continue reading →

For only $159,000, you can buy the last place I lived in Bloomington: http://www.homefinder.org/public/buy-details.asp?sTransactionNumber=20101620&sCRecord=147 This is the 1005 W. 6th house, where I lived from 1994-1995.  I lived here with Simms and Matt Liggett, and it’s a weird little place. … Continue reading →

Before I forget. John Sheppard has a new book out called Loner, which is a collection of short stories originally published in Air in the Paragraph Line, plus a new one that’s absolutely incredible.  It’s on lulu.com here: http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/loner/11784165.  They’re … Continue reading →

The kindle is good, but I found a key problem the other day. It pissed me off because I was in a doctor’s office and had to revert to reading a year-old Sports Illustrated.  Glad it wasn’t on a flight … Continue reading →

Last night I booked the big annual pilgrimage to Denver to catch some Rockies baseball at Coors Field.  We’ll be going August 12-15th, to catch two of the games in the series against the Brewers, which should be awesome.  We’re … Continue reading →

We had some riots here in Oakland this week.  The whole thing is largely stupid.  A cop shoots a guy; that’s bad.  The cop gets tried and convicted; that’s good.  He only gets a second-degree manslaughter charge; probably not good, … Continue reading →

We went to Alameda yesterday, to find a used book store we saw in Oakland magazine, but also to just check out the island a little more.  Alameda’s a little strip of an island just over from us in Oakland, … Continue reading →

I’ve spent all morning picking away at some automatic writing that has to do with 2008, which is always weird.  I mean, it’s weird to write nostalgic writing about a period that’s two years ago, and it’s more weird to … Continue reading →

I was digging through my hard drive and found a set of questions and answers I wrote for Mike Whybark, for an article in the short-lived Now Playing magazine back in 2006.  I don’t think the article ever made it … Continue reading →