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On my Birthday’s Eve 20 Aug 2013 | 09:37 am
Hello, late summer. It has been a season of way too much work. I’ve been kept busy 6-7 days a week with freelance writing and photo projects and have mostly been quiet and industrious since I got back...
Overheard in Portland: Girl Talk 12 Jul 2013 | 09:49 am
One of the great perks of being a writer: I get to spend copious amounts of time in coffee shops, “working” and eavesdropping on other patrons. Come mid-week, I often get a bit antsy from all the hour...
Back in the New York Mood 28 Jun 2013 | 09:21 pm
11:58 a.m. Penn Station, New York Another Day, Another Dollar. I’m sitting at Don Pepi’s Delicatessen on my last morning in New York, readying to hop a train to Baltimore. I’m having a toasted bagel w...
Educated: A manifesto in 3.5 parts 26 Jun 2013 | 01:22 am
PROLOGUE Q: Why did the robber rob the bank? A: Because that’s where the money was! I. Something is up with my damned grad school student loan. I went online to pay my monthly dues and the balance is...
From the righthand coast 25 Jun 2013 | 05:46 am
Well I suppose I am abandoning the 30 Days experiment. Or at least retiring it until a calmer month. I’ve been hopping around the East Coast since last Tuesday visiting friends and family and there is...
30 for 30 in under 30, day 14: semiotics for the semi-neurotic, or, why you can’t cry at movies 15 Jun 2013 | 03:40 am
On the analytics page of my website, there is this rather interesting little metric called “Top Searches.” Briefly, it allows me to see the most common web searches that route people to my page. Some ...
30 for 30 in under 30, day 13: Radio journalism level one UNLOCKED! 14 Jun 2013 | 09:23 am
Tonight marked my debut as an evening news anchor on KBOO FM, Portland’s community radio station. I’ve been volunteering in the PM News Department for a few months now, dipping my toes into the choppy...
30 for 30 in under 30, Day 12: A cross-section of great fears 13 Jun 2013 | 01:27 am
Back on the 30 days wagon, oh yes, I am. Today’s essay topic: A cross-section of great fears That, while I am travelling in a tropical climate, a green coconut will fall on my head and kill me. (I nar...
30 for 30 in under 30, Day Whatever: On Cannibals, of the figurative and literal sorts 12 Jun 2013 | 09:05 am
It’s been three or four days. Which is to say that this whole 30 days of Creativity thing is appearing to go the way of NaNoWriMo, which is to say, haltingly. By which I mean to say, Taperingly. And n...
30 for 30 in under 30, day seven: Atheisthetics and existential stitches 8 Jun 2013 | 08:14 am
Day seven of my June writing experiment, “30 for 30 in under 30,” in which I write thirty randomass essays with minimal editing, to be finished in under 30 minutes. In the interest of disclosure: I sp...
