Archive for the 'writing' Category
The Story of a Christmas Tree
Once upon a time, in a little grove far off in the Big Woods, lived a pine tree. His name was Piney, and he lived among his friends and family, including Coney, Sprucey, Tree-y, Cedary, and Needles.
Life was happy in the Big Woods, if uneventful. Being a tree, Piney had no use for calendars, [...]
Brendan Calling: Way Ahead of the Pack
Me, January 25, 2010:
I have a proposal to save the rotting hulk of the United States.
No, no, I don’t mean the country. I mean the S.S. United States, that glorious liner that’s decaying slowly on Pier 82 off Columbus Boulevard, where it’s been dry-docked for over a decade. It was the fastest ocean liner ever [...]
A Long Time Ago, I Interviewed to be a Smut Peddler
A NATIONAL PORN conglomerate based in Center City was raided by the FBI, the IRS and local authorities early yesterday, but federal officials remain tight-lipped about what exactly they were seeking.
The feds, carrying search warrants, descended on the corporate offices of National A-1 Advertising, on 7th Street near Chestnut, about 9 a.m., reported AVN.com, an [...]
More on My Unintended Hiatus
#1: i spend way too much time on facebook, and it’s getting in the way.
#2: i’m more interested lately in doing longer creative non-fiction and barely-fiction. this is the kind of thing that takes a lot longer than the type-and-publish practice I’ve grown used to. Also, it means putting aside time to write every day, [...]
No Shit, Sherlock Part Two
Another reason my blogging has tapered off is that so much of what’s going on in the world can be reduced to one post, over and over and over again: “No Shit, Sherlock”:
As Barack Obama appeared on television Tuesday to declare the end of the U.S. combat role in Iraq, were viewers happiest in Baghdad, [...]
Apologies…
Apologies to my readers for the general lack of posting lately. As I’ve mentioned a few times, work has gotten busy and hectic (like everyone else in the PA non-profit world, we are under the gun as Dominic Pileggi’s pissinbg contest continues. But it’s more than that. It’s really hard to get excited [...]
Read More..>>Summer Doldrums
I haven’t been posting ton of material to the blog lately.
It’s not like there’s nothing to write about, but I have the summer doldrums and it’s a real effort even to get a brief update like this pathetic little post out.
I’m hoping to get back on my A game pretty soon: the health [...]
New Philly Weekly Article
New Philadelphia Weekly article.
Enjoy!
Save the Philadelphia Daily News
Will Bunch, who banned me from his comments after I brutally went after one of his trolls, writes an important entry today about the impending doom of the Daily News:
The irony that drives me crazy is that the Daily News has survived — when many No. 2 papers in metro markets, especially tabloids, have failed [...]
Trip to Montreal, Part 1
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I really haven’t written very much about the adventure I had getting Sam into the US for Christmas.
Dad and I left for Montreal around 6:30 PM on December 23rd, and got on the road about a half hour later due to a stop for gas and a visit to [...]
