why aren’t there divorce cakes?

Posted by on Feb 26, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

pretty sure cake makes everything better. ice cream, too. or, better yet—both. which is why i’ve decided to adopt “cake or death?” as my new personal motto. when i wake up every day, i will ask myself this question, and it will invariably lead me to focus more on the things that don’t s*ck, which […]

nobody messes with joe. or his boss.

Posted by on Feb 26, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

because my busted-#ss television still isn’t fixed, i could only experience the president’s not-state-of-the-union via good ol’ radio on NPR and that new-fangled twitter that all the kids are raving about. nevertheless, i kinda surprised myself by how often i had to stop and pinch myself to say, “holy cr*p – this guy is really […]

in defense of february 15

Posted by on Feb 16, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

(Editor’s Note: technically this was written on February 14, and just posted to the Inter-tubes today—because the writer is a feeble technophobe living in another century, apparently) not exactly by design, a few of my ex’s have been slipping in and out of my periphery of late—some more dramatically than others. given that the weird […]

chuck klosterman is either a monkeybutt or a genius

Posted by on Feb 11, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

“We all have the potential to fall in love a thousand times in our lifetime. It’s easy. The first girl I ever loved was someone I knew in sixth grade. Her name was Missy; we talked about horses. The last girl I love will be someone I haven’t even met yet, probably. They all count. […]

are you dumber than a blanket?

Posted by on Feb 6, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

i can’t stop watching this. you should know, however, that the “wtf blanket” is not suitable for work. unless everyone you work with is cool with super herpes.

to washington

Posted by on Feb 5, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

some day, i’ll get the hang of this blogging thing. which is to say: making timely posts. in my defense, i did write a couple of lovely posts in lilting prose for my employer while in washington for president obama’s inauguration: one about service and MLK day, and the other about barack’s big day. here […]

okkervil river, ok!

Posted by on Feb 3, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

for all of you who love the okkervil river – or, more accurately, love those who love okkervil river – this special youtube channel is a lovely way to bide your time while surfing through the inter-tubes. those crazy guys (the ones actually in okkervil river) decided to ask a bunch of other crazy guys […]

seriously, man – you gots to go

Posted by on Jan 30, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

the #1 tribune photo of the day.

a dozen or so things about me

Posted by on Jan 28, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

a couple people asked me to do the facebook equivalent of a chain letter, which ultimately required me to list 25 things about myself. and since the interwebs are nothing if not a repository for stupid lists, i’ve reproduced some of the highlights here, for all you non-facebooking folks: 1. i’m a wretched singer, and […]

give and take (but mostly give)

Posted by on Jan 6, 2009 in Blog | No Comments

give + take is a book about a modern day robin hood type. and conchord free press gave the book away (i.e., free) to anyone who requested a copy – with the stipulation that you [a] make a donation to the charity of your choice, [b] pass the book along to someone else when you’re […]