Yeah, you may have already guessed — or seen — my BitchBuzz column for this week. It’s up early, in fact I shot it off to my editor while I was [cough] not attending the faculty meeting. Hey, I had pressing news to cover! Considering the quick hits it got, I’m glad I did. Hat…
Category: iPod
BitchBuzz: Touching my iPod Touch
Yes, I’ve got a new gig. My first piece is up over at BitchBuzz, the swanky on-line mag founded by Cate Sevilla. She put out a call for new writers on Twitter and accepted my piece about Ianto, my iPod Touch. I will have a piece due every Thursday. It’s great to be a part…
London Bound
This afternoon I take off for a trip to London — a sort of delayed vacation or early birthday present. Only a week, but I will be able to see the Bacon and Rothko exhibits (ergo, it is also a business trip, as I’ll be writing those up, possibly for the newly relaunched Up Against…
Flash Vacation
After dropping Gene off at work Friday morning, I made a quick escape to Connecticut (I blame the midterm craziness!). I tore through the Berkshires in some thick fog, filling up on cheap gas. My first stop in Willimantic was to surprise Perilous Cheryl, but the surprise was on me. I stopped by her office…
Review: Jonathan Richman @ Club Helsinki
Richman was amazing — are you surprised? What a treat to see him in such a tiny venue, too. It was our first trip to Great Barrington and to Club Helsinki. We happened to park in front of the famous local artist‘s shop, but she wasn’t in. Naturally, we had spotted a bookstore and went…
A Moment’s Inattention
I received a powerful lesson in mindfulness today. As I was out on my daily walk — my thoughts a thousand miles away — I twisted my ankle as I walked down the hill coming out of the forest by Buckingham Lake and fell down hard. The scrapes and bruises on my knees and on…
An Experimental Publication
Go to Feedbooks and download a copy for FREE of my wacky dinosaur story, “Another Metamorphosis” which should be available in all formats for your palm reader, iPod, phone, etc. Of course, you should also comment on the story. I may put some other previously published stories there for the free publicity. I just downloaded…
No More Pi for Me
As expected the reading this morning was poorly attended, which is to say no one at all showed up for what’s traditionally known as the “hangover” time slot. Not too surprising, given that even GoH Cory Doctorow‘s reading was not that well attended. I don’t get it — I love readings. You can bet I…
iPod Touch Named
Just like that, it was clear. I was on the tarot and writing panel and trying to remember the name of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies deck, so naturally turned to my digital assistant, who located the necessary information — with a picture — in no time at all. Thank you, Ianto! I would say he…