The Chronicles of Charlie: The Assassin Who’s Not Very Good At His Job
Dan | October 25, 2007
The first isn’t really a story, just a note that I was completely stereotypical and de-cluttered my room for a half hour before doing my writing for the evening. Isn’t that what pretty much everyone says that they do?
Now I’m sitting around and watching the World Series, which is quite relaxing, thank you [...]
Dan | October 22, 2007
I keep thinking of a song “Sad Rush on Sunday” hence the title of this post. I’m sitting at my favorite cafe, where I don’t get to spend as much time as I’d like due to my ridiculous schedule, using this site as a warm up for some more serious writing. It’s [...]
Dan | October 19, 2007
One of the irritating things about rewriting a Very Long Piece (which my ego tries to keep calling a novel, but I feel weird about it, although I would have no problem saying things like “I am an investement banker,” which is a much less-cool thing to be doing than writing a novel. I [...]
Dan | October 15, 2007
Not really. Apparently it’s Blog Action Day, and I’d write something activist, except that would be taking away from what Maya already did. Seriously, that’s one helluva post on environmental action, elegiac and beautiful. Go, read.
Dan | October 14, 2007
It’s Sunday night, I’ve upgraded Wordpress, and I’ve installed a few new plugins that will not make it any easier to read this site, but may make it easier on me. On the other hand, I have a recurring fantasy about migrating this place to drupal and leaving WP behind, but…well, laziness, etc.
Which is [...]
Dan | October 11, 2007
I don’t really care if you take a phone call in my favorite cafe, but doing a thirty-minute conference call when you have a high, annoying voice that carries through the entire room is not cool. Even if you’re trying to recruit somebody to a good cause, it’s still lame. Go home. [...]
Dan | October 9, 2007
I was having a good sleep
in my car
In the, parking lot of the
Showboat Casino hotel
I say, “I remember you
you drive like a PTA mother”
You brought me draft beer
in a plastic cup
I’m feeling thankful
for the small things, today
I’m feeling thankful
for the small things, today
Happy, Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
and to you
Well, that’s another [...]
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