I ended up returning the lamp today. Thank you to vox and dearinter.net bffs and strangers for weighing in. In the end, it just didn't grab me enough to keep, so back it went. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Author: extraface from vox
Add it to the pile
Last year I came across an excellent list of blog entries where people apologize for not writing more. Here I am "with hats in hand, bended knees" as little carmine said on the Sopranos episode tonight, being that guy. I had intended to drop some words here earlier, but then I got caught up in… Continue reading Add it to the pile
QotD: Take Me Away…
Where do you go to get away from it all? Submitted by Hops. Kokomo. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Flickr Is Not Comics, But It Is Something
I just finished reading Understanding Comics, by Scott McCloud. It instructed, inspired, fired, and delighted me. It's a singular work of clear and penetrating explanation, but you probably already knew that. I'm like the television neophyte discovering Seinfeld for the first time in 2006. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art Why me and this book didn't… Continue reading Flickr Is Not Comics, But It Is Something
Today is…
quiet laundry putting papers and files where they belong easy dumbing beer festing and/(next week) or cinco de mayoing kitchen closed for restocking making mail gym there's always super paper mario Read and post comments | Send to a friend
My Neighborhood Is Sleeping.
Is this how it ends? Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Vonnegut On Writers
From Kurt Vonnegut, via Tom Talk: "This is what I find most encouraging about the writing trades: They allow mediocre people who are patient and industrious to revise their stupidity, to edit themselves into something like intelligence, They also allow lunatics to seem saner than sane." Read and post comments | Send to a friend
QotD: Easier Said Than Done
What's some good advice you've given to a friend, but not followed yourself? Submitted by robbbiedobbbie. "Don't be such a jerk." Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Roderick on Doing Rockstar vs. Imagining Rockstar
"You need to get past the fact that your imagination is better at doing the thing than your hands."-John Roderick, on The Merlin Show Also, "I've never met a person that had a dream that was unachievable…but they feel like the little bit of practice they have to do…" Watch the whole thing. Read and… Continue reading Roderick on Doing Rockstar vs. Imagining Rockstar
QotD: I Should Make A List
What do you always forget to pack? Submitted by quornflour. I usually have eighteen zillion ac adapters, between phone, camera, comprooter, ipod, ds. I'm usually pretty mindful on the way out, but when I'm packing to head home I've been known to leave adapters at hotels. I once left a really nice dress shirt at… Continue reading QotD: I Should Make A List