Well, roll me up and call me curly!

Cringe Waaaaay back in December, I went to an event called Cringe in Brooklyn. I'd emailed Sarah Brown, who runs the event, for more information after reading a bit about it on Dooce. I put in my subject header: "I wanna Cringe!" thinking this might stand out a bit. Then a few days before the…

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Mother Nature messes with Texas

Sydney and a dusting of Texas snow Sydney, Kris, Sister To Be, and Snow When they moved to Texas, part of the reason was to get away from Maryland weather. Little did they know that Texas messes with you, baby! The Austin area of Texas has now had more snow this year than New York…

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The end, and now, the beginning

I finished two major undertakings today. I'm not saying there's any connection. Except that they're done (one more so than the others). First off, I finished Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series. While I'm still not of a mind that it's well-written, and suffers from having segments published years before the next segment was even put…

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A New York Times mystery

New York Times: Lost and Found Discovered floating alone in its own whitespace, not in the classifieds section, of today's New York Times. A Google of "Francis Laight" pulls up virtually nothing, and nothing relevant. The quote, if that's what it is, also doesn't jog any links. It's also vaguely creepy, like someone's telling someone…

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Art or bust

MoMA Interior Mom got me a membership to the Museum of Modern Art for my birthday. Which was spot-on of her, because I'd asked for it. She actually called back to check to make sure I hadn't said the Metropolitan, rather than MoMA, because she knows darn well I'm not a modern art fan. I'm…

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I Mess With Texas, Part 17

The Mess With Texas Sign So, it has been some time since I messed with Texas. And I'm feeling a little disloyal right now, as I'm actually writing something about the upcoming South By Southwest Film festival, which I believe I shall be attending. Plus, Austin is not really the rest of Texas. But I…

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The Thin White Duke Hits 60

Bowie, circa 1980s Dear David Bowie, Happy 60th! Today marks a real milestone for you, you space oddity you! Have some cake on me. Or, put some cake on me and then have me. I know some will say it's sacrelige to post you here in your Serious Moonlight garb, but as a child of…

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Ah the swing o’ things

The Pre-Show Crowd So I sent the above photo from the cell phone during a lull before the New York Film Critics Assn. got started with its awards dinner. Except it wasn't a dinner, it was a crowded room of appetizers and drinks and then there was this big ballroom (at the Supper Club) where…

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Writing conundrums, part 37b

Future pencil source I don't comment on it much, but I'm in the middle of writing. (Writing something other than this blog entry, that is.) I'm about 3/4 of the way through a draft on The Book, and I know where things are going, it's just more of a matter of how they're getting there.…

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Real-life hero makes good

The Subway Hero So, an update to the post below: You have about 5 minutes to get your television on and watch the hero — whose name is Wesley Autrey — on David Letterman. He's gotten more than just a TV appearance, too: He got that medal. According to this story from the AP: Autrey,…

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