The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
Dan | January 30, 2006
I live in a three-bedroom place with two other guys; when people come over, they’re usually pretty amazed at how clean it is for a place with three dudes. One of my housemates is Scottish; he’s been here the longest, pays the rent, is the bill-paying guy, etc. His name is Bruce.
Bruce took [...]
Dan | January 30, 2006
So, as some people know, I’m applying to a few MFA programs for this fall. I’m behind on most of the stuff, as the one for the University of San Francisco is due in two days, and I just got around to writing the statement of purpose for it tonight. It’s ten [...]
Dan | January 29, 2006
This is about the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. Many thanks to Charles.
Dan | January 27, 2006
I was biking down to the office where I’m working, and, as usual, the nuttiness began at about Seventh Street near the Social Security office. The homeless people and the addicts were out in force, and I had to swerve several times to avoid people who were flailing around at the air. Nothing [...]
Dan | January 26, 2006
I’m at home by myself tonight, for the first time in over a week with nothing really to do. It’s nice; I’m working on an episode of the Chronicles, listening to a bunch of new music that just fell into my lap, and yawning heavily. I plan to be reading in bed by [...]
Dan | January 25, 2006
I’ve watched with amusement over the past few years as the cell phone has made knowing anyone’s phone number a thing of the past. When I first moved to Boston, I had ten or eleven phone numbers at my fingertips - friends who I hung out with, my brother, etc. Now, I know [...]
Dan | January 24, 2006
Somehow, I’ve become the blogging guru for the company I’m currently working for (I’m breaking my no-writing-about-work rule because, well, if I’m the blogging guru, nobody is going to be able to find this one out).
I’m a “blogging guru.” I think it would be fun to play with those two words by eliminating some [...]
Dan | January 24, 2006
So I got this chain letter today in the old email, and rather than bother people with it…well, I kind of liked the poem (it’s by Henson Towne), so I’m posting it here. Warning- it’s kind of cheeseball.
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the [...]
Dan | January 23, 2006
I just finished reading The Company by Robert Litell, which was 900 pages of fun. Usually, I am not much for spy novels, but this one hooked me in after 100 pages. Mostly, I enjoyed the historical nature of it; I have no idea how much of what I just read was actually [...]
Dan | January 23, 2006
This post is worthless; if you were to try to exchange it for goods and/or services, the person behind the counter would laugh in your face. I’m sore and tired, and my stomach feels kind of iffy. That would be due to the snowboarding, I’m sure. On the other hand, my last [...]
Dan | January 18, 2006
Inspired by Willo, I decided to make this list: places I psent at least a night in last year, * represents numerous visits, non-consecutive days:
San Francisco, CA*
Los Altos, CA*
Sacramento, CA*
Seattle, WA*
New York City, NY*
Pacifica, CA
Big Sur, CA
Trinity Alps, CA
South Lake Tahoe, CA*
Davis, CA
Quito, Ecuador
Otavalo, Ecuador
La Esperanza, Ecuador
Chugchilan, Ecuador
Banos, Ecuador
Not bad.
Dan | January 18, 2006
had lunch with an old boss of mine across the bay in Walnut Creek. Afterwards, I arranged to meet my friend Candace to hang out, have coffee, do some work at a cafe with free wireless, and eventually eat some dinner. I finished most of my work at the cafe, which featured [...]
Dan | January 16, 2006
The latest episode is now up over at The Chronicles of Charlie. I had quite a bit of fun writing this one, so I hope that everyone likes it.
Dan | January 15, 2006
One of my favorite euphemisms for feeling like hell was coined by a friend of mine in college, who declared that he felt “like a can of smashed assholes.” I don’t feel that bad, but it’s been a rough couple of days, as I’ve been battling the flu since Thursday, and passing out every [...]
Dan | January 14, 2006
I’ve been in my apartment for almost two years, and for those two years I’ve just paid rent directly to my roommate Bruce. Bruce took off to go home to Scotland for a few weeks last month, and I thought he was going to be back on the 10th. Well, he’s not [...]
Dan | January 13, 2006
This video. Sometimes it’s not even worth trying to explain things.
Dan | January 13, 2006
I put a lot of thought into this subject last year, when I went to the funeral of a family friend who had spent his last eight months battling a particularly nasty everywhere-in-the-body cancer. And, I thought about it some more this past week, after I had a visit from an anesthesiologist friend. [...]
Dan | January 12, 2006
Long, long day today. I had a meeting at nine, dim sum at eleven, a meeting at two, and another (long) meeting at five. Afterwards, I had a burrito and then came home. I haven’t even gone to my room yet. I’m on my couch, and my throat hurts. Definitely on [...]
Dan | January 12, 2006
Much like Maya, I am now in the position where there are not enough hours in the day. I have a new episode of The Chronicles of Charlie all mapped out in my head, but I have not had time to write it up (OK, I did have time last night, but I [...]
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