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Christmas Shopping, Ship Me Out.
I offered to help a friend with her Christmas party this year, catering/food/bar stuff. Nothing too big, right? (BAAAAAAAAHHHHNK, sorry, that’s the wrong answer.)
Fugitaboudit…And three other phrases not to use with crazy people.
Last night, for reasons passing understanding, I had a massive panic attack about two a.m. Panic attack may not be quite the right word
The Dance.
The lightbulb. That’s what is different. Maybe it is a higher wattage or has a short. For whatever reason, that pool of light is
The Life Telephonic, Or…Why Call Centers are the New Waiting Tables for the artistic crowd.
Each morning, I awake at the buttcrack of dawn, get into my car while it is still dark, and drive ten miles to a
A New Book for a new cycle.
Not sure why, but this is the time of year when my projects seem to take flight. With Bohemian Row (now known as “Anything
When the World Comes to an End.
“For english, press one. Para espaniol, pruhuhumini numero dos.” One. “Thank you for calling AppleCare Customer Support Help Line. Please speak the name of
A Day in the Life of a Hardened Criminal.
Until today I had very little sympathy for those people who find themselves living in jail because of breaking the law. For years, I
The Stuff of Human Drama. (Or, Oh God Oh God We’re All Going to Die!)
Saturday evening, I and my roommate (an Atmospheric Sciences major) began watching CNN and the Weather Channel religiously, anxious for a finalized storm track.
Cardinal Sins. (Or: Things not to do when writing.)
If you’ve ever wondered why so many books you read seem so similar and thought that it was just you, or your taste in
An Ode to the Idylls of the 4th. (OR: To write or to barbecue…)
That is the question. Whether tis nobler to entertain one’s friends on the Bayou, or to take to the keyboard against a sea of