Foot Meet Mouth #2. OK… Yesterday I told you about an unfortunate and awesome racist experience where a friend stuck his foot in his mouth up to the thigh and I acted like a bad ass who never gets caught in the dumb flapping of his own jaw. Of course I’m full of shit and … Continue reading
As I write this blog I am drinking a strong cup of coffee and watching it snow in an Atlanta suburb. I have just had my first real meal and good night of sleep in a week. I think most of us working slobs hit stretches of time that test our ability to cope. The … Continue reading
Hey. On my way to work the other day, I spotted a turtle in the middle of the road. That’s a weird, unexpected sight – like seeing a peacock on your way home from work, which also happened to me a while back. Maybe my car spits out some kind of Dr. Doolittle-vibe or something. … Continue reading
There’s an art to watching Survivor, believe it or not. Sure, you can just watch the show as a fun contest/soap opera every week, but you can also watch with a more discerning eye, trying to figure out what the editing of the show means. Who gets screentime, who gets confessionals, who gets ignored by … Continue reading
Foot Meet Mouth #1. OK… I’ve recounted this story in the past on the message boards, at coffee meetings, and it will most certainly have a place in my autobiography. Actually, while I’m on that subject, which of these titles works best for you: Comeshot Made Good: The Life and Untimely Death of Nick Nunziata … Continue reading
Horror Sites Love the Blurbs! You know what sucks? Not being able to trust a DVD case for a horror movie. It seems like every single horror release boasts a quote from some horror website that I’ve either never heard of or from a site I know but could have just been as easily culled … Continue reading
How to Fail the Shit Out of a Health Inspection. I’ve eaten at some serious shit holes in my day. Proudly. There’s a charm to hole-in-the-wall places unless I have to fuck a stranger through through the hole and even then I would consider it if the end result was a good ossobucco or a … Continue reading
It is always interesting how illness or death can remind people of how great someone was. When Heath Ledger died, I went to Hastings and saw a giant display of his movies on an end aisle. There were a number of movies that I have not heard people talk about in a long time. The … Continue reading
I have had a regime change in my body. I’ve shifted from working evenings to days, for the very basic desire to be out at 7 pm on a regular. For the most part this wasn’t problematic because I’m a late owl by nature, and enjoy being up writing until the crack of dawn. But … Continue reading
Having a short, common name is good for privacy in the internets age. Commonness is about the only protective covering available for those of us on the paranoid side, in fact. But it’s not without fallout. Take for example having an email account in your full, common name. On the one hand, people who know … Continue reading