Here is an entry from W.N.P. Barbellion's The Journal of a Disappointed Man (NY: George H. Doran Co., 1919).

October 26, 1910 ( Read more... )

"Stick with me baby and you'll be farting through silk!"
-allegedly said by a pre-famous Robert Mitchum to his wife

Here's the thing about dieting: You have to think about food all the frackin' time. When you're not eating, you have to think about what you'll eat next. And then you have to think about when you'll prepare it, and having it ready before you get hungry, so that you can grab-snack on the healthful, lo-cal (tee-hee-hee! insert sorority girl "local ( Read more... )

Cuz this weekend I got to play with a theremin!!!

Every home should have this cool toy. I showed absolute no aptitude for the instrument, but I had a lot of fun making noise.

Other cool weekend stuff was celebrating the 'rents' 52nd anniversary, seeing not one but two good movies-SERENITY and A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, not gaining any weight despite ( Read more... )

Eola Hills 2002 Marechal Foch, a red wine that is kinda light, yet still gives you that velvety warmth in your mouth, and doesn't have any of that nail polish remover whiff when you stick your nose in the glass. I didn't drop the temperature as they suggest, but I'm in a kinda cool place so it wasn't necessary. We were at the winery, taking the ( Read more... )

Ever have one of those experiences where, you have this constellation of symptoms that suggest that you should seek medical care. But one does not want to seek medical care because... well because one feels silly. But eventually, one feels poorly enough to seek that medical care. And sure enough, one is going to pull through with a combination of ( Read more... )

...cuz the last couple of weeks have seen the deaths of two great musicians, R.L. Burnside and Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown. I got to see each of them perform once, and the memories of their shows are still pretty clear in my mind. One day I'll be telling, well not grandchildren, but some younger folks, "Yeah chile, back in '95, me and my pal John- ( Read more... )

I haven't read these yet. Many are recommendations from a panel at Armadillocon.

1. New Frontier
   
2. Bone
   
3. Powers
   
4. Strangers in Paradise
   
5. Y: The Last Man
   
6. Ex Machina (Wildstorm)
   
7. Gotham Central
   
8. She-Hulk-okay this is the 2nd recommendation I've had for this. It was touted at a comix panel at Noreascon last year, so I guess I better check it out.
   
9. Astro City
   
10. Ex ( Read more... )

A friend sent me this brief, with the tagline "Let the *real* looting begin." Couldn't have said it better myself...

Halliburton hired for storm cleanup

Can I just say fuck this guy-who sez God sent Hurricane Katrina to punish this-and the horse he rode in on ( Read more... )