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My alarm clock is useless. At least, the electronic one I have to plug in and reset if the power goes out. But now, I don’t even need my phone alarm. I became a morning person. Granted, it helps that my cats want their breakfast earlier and earlier. Herman—the orange devil, as his friends call … Continue reading How I became a morning person
I wrote a review of The Decemberists' new album for It's All Dead! Stephanie read it and told me I write reviews like Rory Gilmore, referring of course to the episode in which Rory prints a scathing writeup of a ballet performance at Yale and in the end learns a valuable lesson. But you, of course, … Continue reading Review: The Decemberists – What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World
“Can you imagine not working?” my dad asked me yesterday. We’d just loaded hand tools, power tools back into my dad’s van, with its hardly latching doors and cracked windshield. We were driving away from the job, a home in great disrepair. Not a glamorous, forty-some thousand dollar kitchen remodel, but it was work. “Well,” … Continue reading The word of 2014: Work
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,600 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 43 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the … Continue reading Blog stats: 2014 in review
Kurt Vonnegut, in a commencement speech at Syracuse University in 1994, recalled a bit of wisdom about being an artist. One of Vonnegut's high school teachers told him: "What is it artists do? ... They do two things," he said. "First, they admit they can't straighten out the whole universe. And then second, they make at least … Continue reading Reshaping the world in finite pieces
On Christmas, my siblings and I used to always open our stockings before mom and dad were willing to get out of bed (wrapping gifts for seven kids makes for a late night on Christmas Eve). We'd open the gifts, which we all at one time or another wrecked our bank accounts buying (just me?), on one … Continue reading Ones of a kind: thoughts on tradition
I’ve got a lot to be thankful for—my wonderful fiancée, family, friends, an apartment that’s big enough, always enough food. My car mostly works. Today I’m supposed to write about something I’m thankful for. Just one, single, incredible blessing in my life. A big task, I know. So, let me tell you about my cat. … Continue reading An historic Hermcoming
Even with the myriad social outlets, it’s hard to get anything watched, heard, or (dare I say) read on the web these days. There’s just so much, well, stuff. Too much, maybe. And everyone is trying to find a way to get more eyes on their message, info, or advertisement. In the digital world, we … Continue reading Foo Fighters visit Logansport? Well, ‘Stranger Things Have Happened’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUy1-JakJtE The closer the Report got to the end, the louder I chanted at the beginning of each episode: "Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen! Stephen!" If I would never get to see Colbert live, I might as well pretend. I got on the train late. I didn't start watching Colbert until 2010, but once I started, there was no stopping … Continue reading Stephen Colbert, the difference maker
James Figy 