peglegpete is in town. drinking occurred. ow my head, etc.

Dominus describes Reader's Disease , something I seem to find in any of the academic copies of classics that I've read. Of course, I'm probably totally on the opposite side of the plane from these guys: no symbolism, it's all literal. Honest.

At some point my lj was limited to approximately the people I knew on talk.bizarre. Back in the day, I'd use teedotbee as many things: a sounding board, a place to post random writings, a safety valve, and so on. It's funny that I now consider a friends-only journal less "safe" than a completely open (and not retroactively censored) forum, although ( Read more... )

I've just realised that not only do I still have the guitar I used to jam with Mark Dominus, it still has that green strip of tape on it (albeit moved to the side) and also, somewhere around the back, a little bit of Taos mud. (photo credit: Kate McDonnell)

I arrived in Seattle on Thursday evening, and promptly wound up in a pub. Since arriving:

• Telemarketing call. Telesurvey, actually, but no difference. To my corporate apartment, as I walked in the door. FUCKING LEECHES.
• Sung to by random guy on street. Well, random guy wanted to sing a song from me to Broenwynn. The fact that I joined in may have ( Read more... )

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It appears that your web comic review skills are in demand.

It's not every day that I read on Warren Ellis' site that someone of my acquaintance is a parent.

53 finches died in UK quarantine