the latest & greatest
ironically, the best place to keep up with what i’m up to these days isn’t my own site—it’s at featherproof.com. i’m editor-in-chief there, publishing weird shit with my amazing friends tim kinsella & sammi skolmoski. and particularly proud of a couple books i edited myself: i’m fine, but you appear to be sinking and erratic […]
Bark: mixology
This post was originally published at Bark on December 15, 2011 if you asked my friends to identify the parcel of pop culture they think is most meaningful for me, you’d probably get a few (not totally inaccurate) responses: star wars (3-PO is atop my x-mas tree right now); batman (a frequently misunderstood/brilliant character); […]
Bark: ian curtis is dead. long live ian curtis.
This post was originally published at Bark on October 17, 2013 i’ve long felt that “regret” is an incredibly powerful word, one not to be trotted out lightly. you can be disappointed that you sounded like an idiot, stumbling over your words, while trying to talk to your own personal hero, live in the […]
Bark review: tikki tikki tembo
This post was originally published at Bark on October 6, 2011 quick: name for me the hero of tikki tikki tembo. you can’t, can you? because it’s sort of a trick question. in more ways than one. at the center of this conundrum is the matter of how we define “hero”—and also the true […]
Bark: the most f***ing epic literary event, of all time
This post was originally published at Bark on September 8, 2011 i don’t know what you were doing on tuesday night, but there is approximately a negative 97% chance that it was awesomer than what i was doing. and i went to a nearly three hour reading event at a well-worn shack in a […]
Bark review: the cat in the hat comes back
This post was originally published at Bark on June 17, 2011 whether with books or movies, sequels are tricky business. sometimes you can take advantage of a reader’s/viewer’s already established interest in the fictional world and just focus on elevating the awesomeness. and sometimes you get the godfather iii. i’ve never actually seen the […]
Bark: TV on the Radio on My Mind
This post was originally published at Bark on April 30, 2015 I don’t remember going to a TV on the Radio show August 7, 2009 at the Double Door. I don’t remember joining my closest friends at one my most favorite & intimate venues for music in the city. I don’t remember seeing a […]
Bark: how i started at baby bar & ended up in yemen
This post was originally published at Bark on April 8, 2011 the other day i was in a little dive of a place in spokane. after being ignored for a couple few minutes (on my third round) while the owner/bartender chatted up a friend, i still tipped a buck when she eventually got around […]
PTA: The Educator-in-Chief
This post was originally published on the National PTA blog Wednesday, March 11, 2009 More than one politician in my lifetime has promised that they would be “the education president.” Back in 2000, both major party candidates declared their intent to revolutionize the federal government’s role in education, and they were by no means […]
PTA: Connecting to Wired Parents, but Working with All Parents
This post was originally published on the National PTA blog Friday, February 06, 2009 PTA has something of a reputation. It’s as American as baseball and apple pie, but also known as something your mother did—whether you were in grade school 30 years ago, or in the 1930s. This image of PTA as an […]
