My fave cafe
Dan | March 26, 2007
Just had my fave Stones song come over the stereo. What’s my fave cafe? Ha! It’s crowded enough here without anyone else…
The song? “Get Off Of My Cloud,” BTW.
Stories
- How It Started - the introduction to my newest novel
The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
On coffee, working, and fog
Dan | March 25, 2007
Jsut because I feel like I should write something here on a cold, foggy day. Its’ been a very busy weekend, and I’m sitting here in the coming gloom at Cafe du Soleil, which really is my fave place that’s not my own apt to do stuff in. Whatever it is, they’ve got it. Kind [...]
Wow, been a while
Dan | March 20, 2007
I’ve been distracted, hence not a whole lot at this site. I did, however, have lunch at the new-ish San Francisco Shopping Mall today. It tweaked me out. The food court was packed to the gills. Who are all of these people shopping like mad on a Tuesday afternoon? Makes very little sense to me. [...]
Settling in again
Dan | March 12, 2007
A weekend of distraction (fun!) and I’m back to writing again tonight. Well, I’m sitting on my couch listening to DJ Shadow, my feet bare, my laptop on top of a book so that It doesn’t heat up my legs too much. Kind of a good feeling.
That DJ Shadow, though…man, his first album is still [...]
A petition worth signing
Dan | March 8, 2007
Not that I can do much with my lil’ blog, but I’m a big fan of Ted over at Bagel Radio, and I’d like to see him continue his success. Briefly, big music is trying to kill Internet radio again with a massive increase in fees. There’s an online petition against the move here, and [...]
Long, long day
Dan | March 7, 2007
I feel like I whine about my long days too much, but…hell, it’s my website, right? It’s a rainy day here, and I got home later than usual due to some work commitments. Got home at five, had a burrito, and am now lying on my couch watching the Colbert Report, streaming online.
Earlier today I [...]
Stupidest waste of time ever
Dan | March 6, 2007
So, the Mayor has asked the MTA to look into making MUNI free for all, as a way to save costs. Please contain your laughter. There are many reasons why this is stupid:
No other city in the world has free citywide public transit. There’s probably a good reason for this, like
If you make it free, [...]
Funny thing this morning
Dan | March 6, 2007
I was running in Golden Gate Park this morning, and there were two homeless kids on the hill at Sharon Meadows, doing an a capella version of “Nuthin’ But a G Thang.” One dude doing the Snoop, the other doing Dre. It was surreally wonderful.
Why write?
Dan | March 5, 2007
This came up in class the other day, and here’s my answer (to a hypothetical student, and thanks go to a certain someone for asking me to write this out, because I’d said this, more or less, in class, and hadn’t written it down).
I’m not going to say that writing justifies itself, because the odds [...]
Monday morning
Dan | March 5, 2007
Monday morning, NPR news, lying in bed, printing off a few things I need for today, remembering the fun of the weekend, and gearing up for the day.
I’d like to write more substantive things here (writing thoughts, bits on craft, etc.) but I’m kinda writing a lot, and I do find that my output here [...]
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