I missed an important date a couple of weeks ago. Not really surprising as it’s not an official anniversary of anything. But in the scope of what I want to talk about today, it’s an important one. Eight years ago this month, on a frigid mid-Missouri winter night, I met Dr. O’C for the first [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Late evenings by the fire with little kicks inside her
Interview 2009
Well the first of hopefully many interviews for Interview 2009 is up and posted. Go over and see if Chris of Formerly Fun can get the personal goods from tight-lipped Aussie music blogger Agnes of It All Started With Carbon Monoxide. A tip Chris, water boarding works well according to our erstwhile vice-president.
I wanted to [...]
Okkervil River - "Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed On The Roof Of The Chelsea Hotel, 1979" [5:54m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadFrom Thunder Bay to Saskatchewan
I was in the office for my writing job today. For those of you who are new around here, one of my jobs is as a scientific writer for a company that tests anti-cancer therapeutics. There are a couple of people in the office of whom I’m particularly fond. Our receptionist is a young Canadian [...]
Wish in one hand…
…shit in the other.
See which one fills up first.
I love that expression, I’ve always claimed that I heard it a lot growing up in north Florida, but I’m pretty sure that I actually read it first in a Harry Crews novel. Dr. O’C loves it as well. Just ask her. As apparently does Green Day.
But [...]
And now I know there are no secret tricks
Those of you of a certain age may rememeber the Minneapolitan alt-rockers Soul Asylum. They hit it big in 1993 with their album “Grave Dancers Union” and the brilliantly marketed single “Runaway Train” – one way to get your song played to death on MTV is to turn the video into a PSA. They were [...]
I got medicine to cure all y’all’s ills
If I were to make a list of ten things that I missed most from the States, eight of them would be food. (The other two would be my family and college football on the TV). And the food that I miss most is Southern food – biscuits and gravy, collards, proper fried chicken, hush [...]
Dr. John - "Gris-Gris Gumbo Ya Ya": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Wild Tchoupitoulas - "Big Chief Got A Golden Crown": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Jimmy Smith - "Minor Chant": Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadIt’s power man, power man, driving me insane
A few years ago I became well acquainted with the concept of powerlessness. I’m fully aware and have come to terms with the fact that I have no control over other people, places or things. It’s liberating in some ways, I’m responsible for my own behavior and that’s about it. As long as I don’t [...]
And the course of a lifetime runs over and over again
She’s back and both her boys are elated!
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And so I face the final curtain
I’ve been trying to get a photo of Boy Z’s (we call him Fang now) broken tooth for ages, but it’s hard enough to get the front of him in the viewfinder these days, nevermind his teeth. But I strapped him down yesterday and got the photo that he’ll be talking about in therapy in [...]
Happy Big 200, Charlie D.
Were he biblical in his longevity, Charles Darwin would be 200 years old today. This year is also the 150th anniversary of his groundbreaking “Origin of Species”. I was listening to a Podcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered” the other day about the controversy still surrounding Darwin in the U.S. – a program which prompted [...]
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