Monthly Archives: January 2006

Geeks II

I’m going to try recommending at least one cool thing each week, both as an exercise and to remind myself how many cool things are out there waiting to be experienced. Here’s a few to start: COMICS GOLDEN AGE FLASH … Continue reading

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Geeks Only

Just spent a few hours doing one of my favorite things: Reading good comics. There’s a promising new writer named Denise Mina on DC/Vertigo’s HELLBLAZER #216. Warren Ellis and John Cassaday have graced us with PLANETARY #24. And over in … Continue reading

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Rallying

One of the greatest lines ever written for television had to be the following from CBS’s “Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Mary walks into Mr. Grant’s office and discovers him hung over to a degree rarely seen outside of hospitals. Before … Continue reading

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Sick and Tired

It is only my commitment to keeping this blog “workplace friendly” that prevents me from holding forth in the coarsest possible terms on what a prodigiously excremental week this has been. From the heights of Chicago my proud household has … Continue reading

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I Got a Nice Review in the Chicago Tribune (Sort of…)

The “sort of” part is on account of: A) It was a review of my group and not just me. B) I really wasn’t onstage as much as my fellow Newsies. C) Perhaps I was one of the “Clunkers” although … Continue reading

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My Kind of Town

So I’m alone in Chicago, in a hotel room with a bus stop outside my window and a guy playing jazz sax across the street. I feel like a washed up middle-aged writer in a movie. It’s great. If the … Continue reading

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A Joke I Wrote Just Now

Scientists at the University of Missouri have discovered the largest known prime number, identified as “M3040247″:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060104/ap_on_sc/largest_prime_number, a number they describe as being 9.1 million digits long. In a related story, advocates of Intelligent Design announced they are within days of … Continue reading

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Smoking Hot Lesbians

Sadly, can not be found here. It’s the beginning of the month and I’m just curious to see how many hits this phrase generates. In the interest of Science. For the disappointed, here’s a consolation prize:

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