The oppressive heat has apparently melted my brain so I can’t come up with anything coherent today. Instead, I will explore the realm of beach etiquette with a series of questions or thoughts. Feel free to add to the list.
Question A: Smoking while in the water, yea or nay? I was bobbing around in the [...]
One of the alternately frightening and exciting aspects of leaving a stable, “Why would you ever quit THAT?” job and entering The Great Unknown Writing Life is the prospect of varied, small jobs. For varied, small money. I assure you: It’s a thrilling experience.
If it’s variety I wanted, it’s variety I got. I’m in the [...]
I listened to an interview with B. B. King today. The interviewer asked King “Is there anything you wish you could do better?” and King said, “Yeah, sing and play guitar.” He went on to explain that he wasn’t being a smartass — he has always tried to improve, even now, at age 83 and [...]
Tagged MFA, Music, WritingThe Washington Post’s summer reading section made me wonder what everyone is reading this year. Then, I was pleasantly surprised to see a local paper review Wells Tower’s “Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned,” a new short story collection. I read the title story a few years ago in The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories…if [...]
Tagged Books, MFA, WritingI was clicking around TV channels today and stumbled across a channel I’ve never heard of (Versus) televising an event I never imagined seeing on TV: foosball. This was “doubles” foosball, two men against two men, and they were all quite adept at knocking the little ball around with plastic guys on a gaming table. [...]
Tagged Ain't That AmericaI’m still having a difficult time coming up with blog topics. That’s probably good…I need to come up with stories and syllabussssses. Anyway, I just remembered that Conan O’Brien is doing whatever he’s doing tonight (new channel? new show? I have been without TV too long to know). The important thing is, Pearl Jam is [...]
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