May 2013
56 posts
“When was super depressed, I wasn’t working—I was always too depressed. Hemingway...”
– In an interview with The Fix, Mary Karr debunks the toxic mythology that it is necessary to be damaged in order to be creative. My own vehement defiance to that mythology is what led me to choose Ray Bradbury – the ultimate epitome of creating from joy rather than suffering – as the subject of my...
Sox v. Sawx
Had my first night game (this season) at Comiskey last night. A few observations:
I don’t know shit: It’s the fifth inning, still 0-0. Tank hits a bleeder through the left side of the infield for a single. Sitting next to James and Laura, I’m excited. I mean, this could be the start of a big inning. I say as much to my friends. Then I see who’s on deck. Fuck. “Yes,...
“Fucking suck-ass goddamn motherfucking bullshit [CLIENT NAME REDACTED] crap and...”
– From my notes on a new project. You can tell I’m excited, right?
Foreign Words We Could Use in English →
nevver:
Kummerspeck (German) Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon.
Shemomedjamo (Georgian) You know when you’re really full, but your meal is just so delicious, you can’t stop eating it?
Tartle (Scots) The nearly onomatopoeic word for that panicky hesitation just before you have to introduce someone whose name you can’t quite remember.
Mamihlapinatapai...
I grew up on 80s television—the perfect thing for a small child.
No season-long plots. No inside meta-jokes. No call-backs to previous episodes or prior seasons.
Each episode a perfectly self-contained microcosm of the show without any lasting consequences. But what made them easiest to watch was their strict adherence to formula. Think about it: an 8-year-old always wants to fast-forward...
Corey’s coming.
This Trendy "Strong is the New Skinny" Thing (and... →
First of all, hi everyone. It feels like I haven’t blogged about anything sociologically substantial in a while, and I might be a bit rusty so please pardon the potentially poor prose. Anyhoozle. N…
Truth. Truth in every way.
My girlfriend does Muay Thai and kettlebells, and I’m madly in love with her.
On Ferguson
Coming not to praise him, but to bury him.
He was a bully in every sense of the term, vicious and petty to everyone not associated with United (and even some who were). He acted like a petulant child (at best) with the press and set up all kinds of shady business deals for friends and family. His team received scores and scores of dubious, critical calls, but every time a call went against...
