I’m not even certain where to begin this entry, because I am not entirely sure where it starts. During my MFA, I studied under Liz Strout (who you really should know) for a semester, and she told the small group I was in one thing that will stick with me until I’m dead.
That thing? “Just [...]
At work, I’ve started to keep a tangent file to help me stay on task a little bit better. I was going over some of the stuff in there the other day, and thought it a good idea to let a little bit of the tangent file spew forth occasionally.
Wait. Let me explain what a [...]
I wouldn’t call it a struggle necessarily, but I’ve been what’s called “husky” pretty much my whole life. This isn’t to say that I’m not healthy, or that I don’t exercise or whatever, but I’ve pretty much always had a gut and a rather prodigious man-rack. I’ve been trying without much success to trim down [...]
There are two things you need to know here. First, I ride a bicycle to work every day. When I say every day, I mean every single day, with the exception of when there’s seriously dangerous weather (in which case I’d probably be off work anyway), and when my bike is broken. The second thing [...]
You can buy me a hat here. Not required, but definitely hilarious.
So, my daughter is nearing two weeks old, and nothing particularly exciting has happened since she’s been born. She exited the womb able to lift her head and sort of push up with her arms when placed on her stomach, and that was kind of exciting. I’m told that “at birth” is pretty early for [...]
Since the arrival of our first child, Le Wif and I have spent the last week and a half or so at home, alone, with very few visitors. Given that we’re taking care of Le Bebe, it’s been difficult for us to get out, and we’re starting to gnaw at our hands a little bit [...]
Saturday afternoon, Le Wif gave birth to a wonderful girl named Millie, heretofore to be known as Le Bebe. As a result, this blog will go dark for a couple days–let’s say ’til Wednesday night or Thursday afternoon. So until then, why not check out my novel or the first couple episodes of my podcast, [...]
I’ve worn a beard for a little more than a decade. It was a conscious style choice, but I can’t really say that I could have given a complete reason as to why I chose to grow a beard, other than the fact that I could. Now, though, after a having a while to think [...]
I spend pretty much every morning doing exactly the same thing, on almost exactly the same schedule, down to the minute. A brief rundown:
4:55 a.m.: Alarm clock goes off. Wake up, feed cats, read morning news in RSS reader.
5:10 a.m.: Download daily podcasts: Keith and the Girl, Fresh Air
5:15 a.m.: Wake up Le Wif.
5:35 a.m.: [...]
I’ve decided to start an occasional ongoing series of posts called “Audio Clips That Aren’t Audio Clips Because Le Wif Would Kill Me.” These posts will likely only be a few sentences long. Here’s ACTAACBLWWKM #1:
Five Minute Clip of Le Wif Snoring So Loud It Wakes Me Up While I’m Snoring So Loud It Wakes [...]
How’s that for a wonderful podcast title? To be fair, it pretty much sums up the impetus behind this podcast, so there’s that. Whatevs.
This is, as you might have guessed, the first episode of this podcast. Here’s what lies within: Part of writing Five Satellites required me to think a whole lot about the music [...]