January 4th, 2010
A few months ago a fellow by the name of Jim Bennett emailed me asking for permission to turn some of my stories into short films. I said “Sure!” and figured that would be the last I ever heard of it, because I know how it is, with plans and the ladies and so forth. [...]
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December 29th, 2007
A couple of super cool things about the internet lately: If you missed the last Layer Tennis (like me!) you missed one of my favorite things that happened on the internet this year: commentator Josh Allen completely hijacked the entire competition. I won’t say the artwork the designers created was lacking, I’ll just say that [...]
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November 30th, 2007
I’ve been thinking about how the story I posted here earlier this week doesn’t stand up to mathematical scrutiny. But anyways. Some things I liked recently: Fiction Volante: The Separation – Repairmen shake their heads, refuse to enter the front door. sevensixfive: Dettifoss – Six days on the Eimskip container ship Dettifoss. Apples are the [...]
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November 17th, 2007
Reading How To Say I Love You when something Scott David Herman wrote popped into my head. Drawing an analogy between Roger Federer and David Foster Wallace: I gather that his own experience is not that he is particularly intelligent or observant or articulate, but rather that the things he wants to describe, imagine, evoke, [...]
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November 3rd, 2007
I feel my friendships more acutely these days. I read things online my friends have written and I think: I am going to miss these people when they’re gone. Gone away from the internet or gone dead. I’m clinging to things that are important to me while it feels like the internet is reaching critical [...]
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