Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
I'm still picking at parts of Summer of Long Knives. Some of it feels necessary, but a good deal of it is neurosis. It's usually at this point that I become convinced…
The Tricky Semiotics of Tom and Sheldon
It's time once again to do a close reading. Today's subject, the email sent by Rodney Tom and Tim Sheldon, two state senators who claim to be proud Democrats, even…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
--For those who have a hard time remembering whether Obama faked Bin Laden's death, went to Mars as a teenager, or is the love child of Malcolm X, here's this…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
--One thing that's always perplexed me about the Super Bowl is the people who watch for the ads. I know a guy who works high up in advertising--he's produced stuff…
So Over It Contest #6: Civil War Edition
No winners for the last contest. (The answer was the Sputnik Monument. A second acceptable answer would have been The Hotel Cosmos. Both are located in the Russian capitol, Moscow.)…
So Over It #5: The 24 Hour Warning
You still have 24 hours to guess the location in the picture below, and in doing so win an e-book copy of Dismantle the Sun (if you're the first, that is).…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
--Last night, thanks to Netflix, I communed once more with the Brothers Zucker. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBuAfIjsFVk&w=420&h=315] How silly can you get? --Actually, the San Francisco 49ers answered that question during press week.…
Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?
--I'm afraid none of my habits conform to those of the famous writers in this article in the Atlantic. My habits bear a closer resemblance to those of Franz Kafka, a…
The Secret Revealed
You can now open the mystery box and see my essay on writing secondary characters, which does reveal something about how I revised Dismantle the Sun. I'd like to thank Beyond…
My J.J. Abrams Impression
Watch this space carefully over the next few days, for it is here that I might reveal something about something that may nor may not be significant about a project…