According to the Athol Sun Chronicle, next year will see the emergence of the 17-year cicada ( Read more... )

This is something I wrote for one of the classes I'm taking.

The reason for my five-day absence is, in two words, ‘my job.’ We at boston.com have been pimping “The Departed” something fierce, which requires a lot of back-end content generation. This wasn’t just a reposting or conglomerating of links, oh Jeanne, oh no.

This was content generation. ( Read more... )

I spent all day thinking about culture, society and politics ( Read more... )

So I have been writing. I have been writing. I'm excited! I'm working on that satirical road-novel from last year, starting fresh, now that I've actually learned a thing or two about politics and have a more coherent idea of what I want to do with the story. It's going well, I guess. Hopefully I'll continue to have time ( Read more... )

I want to travel. Who wants to come?
Which of you out there has a job yet? Which has a plan? Which knows where they will be in five years?

My wanderlust is back. I thank Carly a thousand times for The Complete Walker IVI think, perhaps, I should consider travel journalism as a career ( Read more... )

given the shitstorm that hit my brain yesterday, I went to bed early and got up late. I'm feeling a bit better, only if I don't move. And today I picked to go to the gym, and go buy some books. Yeah... that's not happening, probably. If, for those of you In South reading this, I don't show up for dinner, it's because I'm too sick to move ( Read more... )

So I read 1984 in the Newark "Liberty" International Aiport, while I was stuck on a twenty-four-hour layover on my way out of This Godforsaken Country. (Anyone else hate Newark Airport? Comment below to join the Aiport Haters club! We've got Jackets!) It occurred to me leaving Ohio that I started it back when I was just blossoming as the bitter ( Read more... )

1) my vision's going.
2) Anyone else notice, the opposite of 'faith-based community' is often described as 'reality-based community'? By those in the faith-based community?

when I try to explain how I feel all I can come up with are images ( Read more... )

you know what sounds awesome?
this movie sounds awesome.
Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as dueling magicians in turn of the century London ( Read more... )