Today I felt unnerved, even apprehensive. I couldn’t figure out why. I posted on Twitter that I felt “lonely,” but that couldn’t be it, surely? Then I realized that I hadn’t had a meaningful conversation with anyone in a day and a half. See, I don’t handle solitude well. It’s a weird personality quirk ofContinue reading “On the Sunday Feeling”
Monthly Archives: April 2012
On Receiving E-Mail from Monty Python
Yesterday morning I received an urgent e-mail from Monty Python’s Terry Gilliam. Since he didn’t ask for any confidentiality in our correspondence, I’m going to share it with you all. 🙂 TERRY GILLIAM South Quay Plaza 183 Marsh Wall London E14 9SR I am Terry Gilliam, British citizen and Principal assurance manager for the HSBCContinue reading “On Receiving E-Mail from Monty Python”
On Allyn’s Second Adventure in New York
A few days ago, I went to New York City. I had it all planned out. I was going to go to The Cloisters, I was going to see their exhibition of the Lewis Chessmen, and… well, that really was all I had planned. Which caused problems when I discovered upon arriving there, due toContinue reading “On Allyn’s Second Adventure in New York”
On Being Noticed by Rachel Maddow’s Producer
How’s this for fun? I got noticed by one of Rachel Maddow’s writers and producers on Twitter this afternoon. 🙂 A few months ago, Maddow hired Steve Benen, formerly of Washington Monthly, to work on MaddowBlog. I’d followed Benen’s work on WM‘s “Political Animal” blog for a number of years, and when Maddow hired himContinue reading “On Being Noticed by Rachel Maddow’s Producer”
On Looking Ahead to Shore Leave
Shore Leave is four months away, and yesterday I started to brainstorm panel ideas for the convention. I scribbled fifteen ideas on a notepad — it was either that or pay attention to a discussion by Baltimore’s methheads about how a woman’s pelvis is made of sponge — and last night I pared the listContinue reading “On Looking Ahead to Shore Leave”
On Allyn’s Adventures In New York
Yesterday, being a lovely spring day with nothing to do at the office, I took a vacation day and went to New York City. Why? Because I wanted to go to The Cloisters to see the Lewis Chessmen. However, when I planned my trip I neglected to look online to see when The Cloisters wasContinue reading “On Allyn’s Adventures In New York”
On the Podcasts I Listen To
Every morning at work, while I’m writing catalog copy or working on other projects, I listen to a number of podcasts, sometimes up to two or three hours worth of podcasts that will take me up through lunchtime or beyond. 🙂 So, what do I listen to? News PRI’s The World. An hourly news programContinue reading “On the Podcasts I Listen To”
On My Last Visit to the Library
I grew up around books. My dad was a college librarian before he retired. Mainly special collections, but he was also a library director for a number of years as well. Suffice it to say, I was never not around books. I remember a summer, maybe when I was nine or ten, that I decidedContinue reading “On My Last Visit to the Library”
On Mitt Romney’s Detachment from Reality
There’s only one conclusion to draw — Mitt Romney is as detached from reality as a phildickian mindfuck: More proof of Romney’s detachment of reality: I begin to fear that a vote for Mitt Romney is a vote for Palmer Eldritch.
On Opening Day 2012
Baseball. For the Chicago Cubs, opening day is today. In the hallowed halls of Wrigley Field, the Cubs of Chicago and the Nationals of Washington will meet, Ryan Dempster on the mound for the Cubs, the flamethrower Stephen Strasburg on the mound for the Nationals. I have been a Cubs fan for much of myContinue reading “On Opening Day 2012”