“THE HEADMASTER RITUAL”
I’m trying to get back into Japanese. I studied it only briefly, and took to it well, so I thought it might be nice to pick it back up and practice a little again. So, I signed up for a word of the day service, although it is more like a group of [...]

“THE HEADMASTER RITUAL”
I’m trying to get back into Japanese. I studied it only briefly, and took to it well, so I thought it might be nice to pick it back up and practice a little again. So, I signed up for a word of the day service, although it is more like a group of [...]

“PANIC ON THE STREETS”
I’m not officially declaring this, but I have it in my head this morning that I am ready for another marathon. And, for some reason, the ING Miami Marathon in late January looks like a good one. And, the timing is excellent, as late January gives me just the right amount of [...]

“PANIC ON THE STREETS”
I’m not officially declaring this, but I have it in my head this morning that I am ready for another marathon. And, for some reason, the ING Miami Marathon in late January looks like a good one. And, the timing is excellent, as late January gives me just the right amount of [...]

Last night, I went to The Note for a mellow night at the Vic Ruggiero show. The audienced managed to coax a couple of Slackers songs out of him, but it was mostly his brand of laid-back music, and it was amazingly nice to hang out in a bar in Wicker Park that wasn’t overrun [...]

Last night, I went to The Note for a mellow night at the Vic Ruggiero show. The audienced managed to coax a couple of Slackers songs out of him, but it was mostly his brand of laid-back music, and it was amazingly nice to hang out in a bar in Wicker Park that wasn’t overrun [...]

“YOU’VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW”
Plenty to report, folks. The night before the Omaha Lit Fest, Jami Attenberg and I are double-billed at Reading Grounds. Her book, Instant Love, is next on my reading list and now I look forward to reading it even more so than before.
Also, there is now a mailing list for my website [...]

“YOU’VE GOT EVERYTHING NOW”
Plenty to report, folks. The night before the Omaha Lit Fest, Jami Attenberg and I are double-billed at Reading Grounds. Her book, Instant Love, is next on my reading list and now I look forward to reading it even more so than before.
Also, there is now a mailing list for my website [...]

“OUIJA BOARD, OUIJA BOARD”
Here’s the thing with writing. It isn’t necessarily enjoyable. It’s something that has to come to the surface, though. It isn’t un-enjoyable, per se, it just is more about something that has to come out than it is about having fun. That’s my experience, anyway, and that of a few other writers [...]

“OUIJA BOARD, OUIJA BOARD”
Here’s the thing with writing. It isn’t necessarily enjoyable. It’s something that has to come to the surface, though. It isn’t un-enjoyable, per se, it just is more about something that has to come out than it is about having fun. That’s my experience, anyway, and that of a few other writers [...]