Ian Williams Chews Gum and Plays Hot Riffs
December 17, 2008 4:23 pm 1 CommentHere is Don Caballero playing my favorite Don Cab song and chewing gum before launching into the best part. Happy... View Article
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Eddie Money
September 26, 2008 7:56 pm Comments Off on Eddie MoneyI remember hearing that one’s guardian angel always made sure your favorite song came on the radio when you needed... View Article
Ross: age 27 writer with no money waiting for big break
September 21, 2008 4:38 pm 3 CommentsRecently rediscovered in a box of stuff in my closet. Blue highlighter on notebook paper, drawn by Jordan Scott Herdrich... View Article
David Foster Wallace (1962-2008)
September 14, 2008 2:47 pm 2 CommentsI was at Nate’s last night and I urgently needed to know the name of the game they played at... View Article
Sperm art
September 9, 2008 10:22 am 1 CommentAs seen at the place where I gave my sperm sample today. Perfect.
Potential images of my father for portraits
August 25, 2008 12:41 am 1 CommentShould the money present itself sometime before my skin starts to sag and become filled with liver spots and scars... View Article
Lucievention
August 19, 2008 1:13 pm Comments Off on LucieventionMy friend Lucie obviously does not huff (or so she would have us believe), but the resemblance is startling. (Left:... View Article
I Was a Big Boy at Work Today: Email Best Practices
July 16, 2008 3:49 pm 3 CommentsI totally dropped some science at work today on email best practices. A precious quote from my research come from... View Article
Gosh, *SHOULD* I learn about the rich history of math?
June 16, 2008 10:58 am Comments Off on Gosh, *SHOULD* I learn about the rich history of math?The other day at Indian Springs, while eating cherries and debating if I should take my shirt off and go... View Article
Rock Star: INXS or “Stop Go!”
March 26, 2008 1:51 am Comments Off on Rock Star: INXS or “Stop Go!”Scott once said, while we both worked at Ask.com in 1999, that he liked to think about moments from TV... View Article
Tickets: 2008
January 1, 2008 8:51 pm Comments Off on Tickets: 2008
Of Montreal or: how Davey Pierce rocked the house
November 15, 2007 9:44 am 1 CommentOf Montreal’s last show for me was amazing and 100% responsible for making Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? a... View Article
Label Maker
November 11, 2007 3:01 pm 2 CommentsI had been debating about buying a label maker for the last 4 years or so. I saw the higher... View Article
The move is complete, or: never move
September 2, 2007 4:28 pm 4 CommentsBeing married to a hairstylist allows me to easily observe situations like this: Out with the Old I am proud... View Article
Moving
August 31, 2007 10:37 pm 4 CommentsGoodbye apartment we lived in from January 2006 to today: we had a good run. Sadly, it was a little... View Article
Loft model: Christmas 2002
June 9, 2007 12:14 pm 1 CommentI am a man of dreams. I guess I should say I dream big but rarely initiate action because I’m... View Article
Prized commercial on DVD found in closet
May 3, 2007 7:28 pm 2 CommentsIn 2004, during The Dark Times, my super friend Nathan was shortly enamored with the show Smallville. I thought it... View Article
In praise of Bodum
April 25, 2007 8:49 pm Comments Off on In praise of BodumI’m a big fan of most things Bodum. They’ve made our French presses exclusively for over a decade, and their... View Article
I’m miss my nutty buddies
April 18, 2007 12:29 pm 1 CommentThe signature illustrations on the front page of The Wall Street Journal are easily my favorite item about the paper.... View Article
Burnt lamb cookies
April 8, 2007 6:06 pm 2 CommentsMade from real lamb!
“Here is a picture taken of us on the 5th underground level of InfilHQ”
March 10, 2007 12:12 pm 1 CommentI ordered a lot of back issues (but no more than 25) in 1999 from Infiltration: the zine about going... View Article
Of Montreal: The Queen of Our Generation
February 11, 2007 7:39 am 2 CommentsEver since I saw them live last week, I’ve been having an Of Montreal revival. I was a medium fan... View Article
“I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.”
February 8, 2007 8:06 pm 4 CommentsNeil Diamond meets the Goodman family @ early 80s.
Shit Found in an Old Journal
January 27, 2007 8:57 am 1 CommentLike I was saying: I was cleaning out the front closet, and I came across old letters and journals. Sometimes... View Article
I could have researched this entry a little better, or: the statues at 580 California
January 23, 2007 8:00 pm 2 CommentsAcross from the Bank of America Building, on California Street, stands my favorite creepy skyscraper known as “The 580 California.”... View Article
Old technology
January 21, 2007 2:35 am 1 CommentThis weekend I really wanted to find my MiniDisc player so I could digitize a Spineless show from Bard and... View Article
Christmas 2006
January 13, 2007 1:24 pm Comments Off on Christmas 2006One of the greatest, life-changing presents I have ever been given on a Christmas morning would have to be a... View Article
Tickets: 2007
January 1, 2007 12:29 am Comments Off on Tickets: 2007
Boo!
November 7, 2006 12:20 pm Comments Off on Boo!He’s blue and weird and he makes my cold go away faster. [Update: September 2018: I’ve had Boo ever since... View Article
Sports Night
June 30, 2006 11:22 pm Comments Off on Sports NightRemember two years ago, the summer of 2004, when I was unemployed and on the verge of going insane? I... View Article