Eating ravioli and drinking a Pepsi today.…
Monthly Archives: August 2005
Blurring
So there I was, cooking ramen noodles on the stove and listening to Beethoven’s “Archduke Trio.” It was only after the water started boiling that I realized there wasn’t any beef to add to the mix. Should I stop the process and go buy some or continue and resign myself to vegetarian noodles today? Before …
Amazon Shorts
Amazon is now selling short literary works in their “Shorts” section. I read a lot of short fiction but there’s something vaguely unappealing about the way they have their store set up right now. Sorry to say—maybe because the “cover” images used to headline each piece are so ugly? I understand it’s necessary that they …
Remember remember
I updated the fiction contest listings (at least through November). Added a couple of new ones, too. You owe it to yourself to at least send something to the free contests.…
Out of Vista, into Aqua
So I have seen OS X Tiger running on a test platform now. Here’s the thing: it’s an old Dell 600M. Did you ever think you would see the day? Sound, ethernet, Itunes, native resolution all working.…
I should have read this a year ago
“Newly unemployed, I found this kind of life refreshing. No more…meetings with people I didn’t want to meet. And best of all, I could read any book I wanted, anytime I wanted. I had no idea how long this relaxed lifestyle would continue, but…I was enjoying it, and I tried hard not to think about …
Listening
I played with the idea of listing music in the sidebar but then realized I mostly listen to old stuff.…
G-Shock
One thing I learned over the summer: sometimes you need a lower profile watch. As much as I liked the oversized hunk of plastic Casio G-Shock DW6900 that I had, it tended to get hung up when putting on or taking off rashguards, backpacks, or rain gear. Rather than move away from the indestructability of …
We have just folded space
The next meeting has been scheduled to talk about Murakami but I fear the Secret Book Club has been irreparably compromised. What makes matters worse is we cannot yet reveal that we know about the leak. Plans within plans……
New regimen
A peaceful day. Not much to do. Watched a Wong Kar-Wai movie. Went to the gym. Then cooked a pound of shrimp and ate it all.…