Category: Crazy People

  • Something Awful

    Bob Mackey is funny.  He’s a local internet writer who just graduated from Youngstown State University and will be heading off to graduate school this fall.  In this piece, the world of temping and the world of Youngstown buildings that haven’t been kept up meet and marry like an internet version of Kafka.  Call it The…

  • Laura Bush wants you to know…

    …that no one is suffering over the war in Iraq more than she and the president. Tell that to the military troops and the civilians who are DYING over there, Laura, not to mention each and every one of their families and all of their friends. I’ve never seen a president and first lady, nor…

  • Who’s a zombie? I am, I am

    I am sick with allergies that started a head cold that eventually turned into full-blown achy, moaning, zombiefied foot-dragging slouching through the apartment for the past two days.   This made me sicker: “What’s most troubling about Senator Reid’s comments yesterday is his defeatism,” Mr. Cheney said. “It is cynical to declare that the war is…

  • One more dimension

    I looked on the Random House page for One for Sorrow today.  They have the number of pages listed for it now:  336 pages.  I want to squeal like a little kid for some reason over page numbers, probably because it adds yet another dimension to the book that makes it feel real. I could also…

  • The Stage is back, see you there…

    The STAGE. Come to it

  • Kurt Vonnegut Dies at 84

    I’ll miss having him around.  His books have meant a lot to me at various times in my life.  He can make me laugh at suffering more easily than any other author I’ve read. New York Times article Really excellent audio interview at Bookworm

  • Writing thoughts and questions

    Do you have any thoughts on why writers can’t tell if their own writing is any good or not? I mean, I think there are probably some writers who do know (or believe) that their writing is good, and there are probably some writers who do know (or believe without any trouble) that their writing…

  • Next Friday, pay a visit…

    …to Sister Elizabeth Donderstock!  (Yay Brooke and Rob!  Can’t wait to see it!)

  • I’ll be there.

    Stop by and have some fun this Friday at The Stage at the Oakland Center for the Arts. I’ll be reading a short short story called “The Flood” (which is being published in Foundation’s 100th issue this August), and there’ll be comedians, dramatic monologues, crazy improvised hallucinogenic music-video imitations, tap dancing, independent film trailer releases, poetry,…

  • In order of importance

    If as many people are actually upset and disturbed by the completely unsurprising death of Anna Nicole Smith as the media would have us believe, I can only refer back to my previous entry on despair and add this to my list of despair-worthy items: 1. War in the Middle East 2. Environmental catastrophe 3. People…