RIP - DFW

David Foster Wallace

- Love from a howling fantod.

[1962 - 2008]

Dead at forty-six.

I don't know how many of you read David Foster Wallace.

His coined phrases such as Hyperrealistic-quotidian-detail, Infotainment, and of course, howling fantod. The kind of descriptions that tickled your brain and triggered new thought. You could feel it like ( Read more... )

Do you ever just wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

I just don't feel right in my skin -- also I forgot to bring a sweater to work. I am sure I am over-reacting to my mood. Currently my hormones are bouncing around my skull doing crazy things to my thoughts and my body. At some point in the week I am certain I will burst into tears and rant- ( Read more... )

I'm sorry about the bleh'ness - I will try to chipper up.

~me

USCC

USCC was awesome - mostly. My NYC peeps really pulled through and the ritual was undoubtedly my best con experience - yet.
Of course it had its mishaps and minor mistakes but overall it came off so well.  I made some new friends, Nycci, Kat, and Steph and that was well worth a lot of it. I became better friends with Rich and, as it turns out, I ( Read more... )

Yesterday the U.S. government admitted, for the first time, that officials destroyed videotapes that documented interrogations of Ali Almarri, the only alleged "enemy combatant" still detained on U. S. soil.

The admission surfaced in motion US attorneys filed in the District Court of South Carolina.  Earlier this year the Defense Department ( Read more... )

Stupid Global Warming ( Read more... )