As I mentioned to some of you over the weekend, I actually stayed in Georgetown late into the night last Thursday, something I generally avoid. I had good reason, as Will Leitch was in town for a book reading and signing at the Barnes and Noble (two blocks up the street from my office). Who is Will Leitch, you ask, and well you might. He's best ( Read more... )

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For the second week in a row, I've got something new up at Crunchable.  This one is just a Snackable, short 250-word pieces that we put up every Monday to keep the new content coming in between issues.  Mike Duck asked if I'd like to comment on the Chris Benoit tragedy, and I did my best to keep it short and hopefully coherent.  You can find it to ( Read more... )

Per the advice of lazy roommate marred82, today's entry will be bullet-pointed. Actually, I'm lazy as well, and do not care to format bullet points. So dashes it shall be!

-Faustus rocked the house.  We had awesome crowds for both nights this weekend, both in number and in response.  I really feel that the show got better each time we performed.  However, ( Read more... )

Okay, so after the bitch session that was my last entry, a bit of the lighter side.  The final bill for my car repairs was $756, some $80 cheaper than I had anticipated.  So I'm a bit less screwed than I thought I was.  Plus, this week has brought a boon of the best things in life, at least if cliches are to be trusted (and why not?) - the free ( Read more... )

I've been making a conscious effort to read more books over the past few years. By and large, the concept of reading for pleasure became an alien notion in high school and college. There wasn't as much time for it, and a portion of the required reading for classes was so odious that it gave literature a rather bad reputation (see: Sister Carrie by ( Read more... )

Hokay, remember how I kicked off 2006 by outlining a series of goals for myself that I refused to call resolutions, even though it was just a matter of semantics? Well, a month is in the books, so let's see if I've made any headway.

1. Finish writing "Buckaroo", the play I started in the Fall of '05. This is number one with a bullet. What kind of ( Read more... )