Dispatches and Marginalia from Michael DeVault
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Résumé

Or: The things I can do to a chicken. Résumé Razors pain you Rivers are damp Acids stain you And drugs cause cramp Guns

Aug 15

The art of selling yourself

Or: Why Spammers should be summarily executed. I get a lot of e-mail. My grandmother gets angry when I spend half my time looking

Aug 3

Among the Things You Realize Living in the South

So I was driving down the road the other day with my friend Russ, when we began discussing the pending collapse of civilization. Relax,

May 17

Blogging the Southern Experience

I live in the South. That doesn’t make me a redneck, a hick or a hillbilly. I am an American. I live in a

May 13

Sunday on the Couch with Football

A writing life is a slow life. It’s punctuated at times by periods of fierce activity but, for the most part, it is a

Sep 28

And a New Chapter Begins

Or two of them, to be exact. First, Anything But Ordinary is on its way to the Publisher this week after a month and a

Aug 17

On the remarkable symmetry of everyday life.

So Saturday, a friend of mine quit her job so she could hang out with me. No, this is not the start of a

Jul 8

What to do on a sunday in Louisiana.

“I really need to get a life because I enjoy this shit too much.” I blink at Toni’s blunt pronouncement, made just loudly enough

Jun 23

A Wake For My Youth.

I officially became old today. And it’s not my birthday. Last night, at Karaoke with Judy, she noticed I kept moving my glasses farther

Jun 19

On the Perfect Martini

Living in Louisiana, it’s hard to find a good Martini, much less a perfect one. When I ask for a Martini in a restaurant,

Apr 7