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The Carb and I

15-Jun-07

“Dammit, Chad, get out here!” My father, leaning through the garage door, yelled to me as I sat watching television in the living room. He wasn’t upset; this was just how he talked when he was feeling feisty. But since Dad’s version of feisty could best be described as a bemusing brand of amicable sadism, [...]

I’ve had three conversations this week…

13-May-07

about Orco:

Let’s Get Legible

10-Mar-07

For the better part of my adult life I’ve disliked my handwriting. It’s usually illegible even to me, and on the rare occasion that I take the time to write clearly, it’s ugly. I use only uppercase letters, leaving only the relative size of each letter to indicate that my understanding of capitalization while making [...]

A Magical Evening

08-Feb-07

Update 9/26/10: Some Russian search engine seems to have discovered these MP3s, so I’m taking them down. You know all these songs, anyway. I love living in New York, but I think there’s something about this time of year that drives people here a little crazy. After several months of cold weather (though we have [...]

What the…

06-Feb-07

Question: What is Joan Osborne doing singing with the Motown house band on TV right now? High definition TV doesn’t make her sound any better. Edit: Now Chaka Khan is singing What’s Going On? Edit II: I take it back; Montell Jordan and Chaka Khan doing Ain’t No Mountain High Enough was incredible. Wow.