Hey all. I have a tech question that hopefully someone out there can help me with. My wife is trying to scan into the computer several magazine articles that she's written so that she can create an online portfolio to send to potential employers. We haven't used the scanner much before but it seemed pretty intuitive going in. She scanned in ( Read more... )

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We met Chris outside the Kerr theatre, where we were about to see the Broadway production of Grey Gardens (based on the incredible Maysles brothers documentary of the same name). And he tells us, "Oh, you just missed it, Martin Sheen just walked into that hotel there." Neat. Time to go in. We do. We're seated maybe 15 rows from the stage, great ( Read more... )

Creepy, low-rent 80s starsearch show that looks like it was produced out of some guy in Jersey's basement. Oh wait, if you do more searches for this particular "star," I believe it was. Two things: What's a "Teaser Louise"? And where can I gets me one of them garbage bag suits?

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A tuft of lichen on his chin ( Read more... )

Back at the doctor today for the final round of heart tests. Another IV through which radioactive something was administered, a wait, then had to lie still for 20 minutes while this machine circled my chest slowly. More waiting. Finally, a jaunt on the treadmill with more cool EKG probes hooked up and more radioactive material administered through ( Read more... )

I move like a wrench turned broadside through this muggy, impenetrable air,
Sluggish and tired. The loft where I write is a dark and stifling room stacked
Atop the other two humid floors of this old house that we rent for 700 dollars 
A month. Nothing bright or innovative or cool survives up here. The slanted
Ceiling swallows the bulb of the ( Read more... )

Well, heat and not taking the best care of myself conspired yesterday to send me to the Urgent Care early in the morning with chest pains and shortness of breath. The EKG was fine but my blood pressure and heart rate were elevated so they booked me an immediate room in the heartcare wing at a local hospital. I was there most of the day, a little ( Read more... )

If you're not interested in the comics portion of this entry, then skip the long quote at the beginning.

Nostalgia as the Death of Comics

Following is an excerpt from Douglas Wolk's essay "Comics Fans, Grow Up!" taken from his upcoming book and reprinted here on salon.com. My comments/response come after.

"The most frustrating effect of the art/pop ( Read more... )

With fireworks flowering in the night ( Read more... )