So, let’s talk comics. Phonogram: The Singles Club #2 Image Comics Written by Kieron Gillen Art by Jamie McKelvie & Others “You were in love with the world like no-one I’ve ever met. I never told you.” Once upon a time, when I was younger and had more hair, I met a young woman. SheContinue reading
Monthly Archives: May 2009
On Writing, Nuns, and Rains
Mr. Larson dies. I wrote yesterday how, in writing out a little bit of the third chapter of “THOD,” a character appeared. A grandfatherly-type, a Richard Kiley sort. Mr. Larson. He’s a neighbor. A boy rides his bicycle past his house nearly every day. He tends to flowers in his front yard. He lived throughContinue reading “On Writing, Nuns, and Rains”
On Writing in Dismal Weather
On Saturday it threatened rain. On Sunday the rains came. Today, the rain continues. I look outside the sixth floor window, and rivulets of water run down the blue glass. York Road looks distant in the gloom. A subway train broke down this morning in the tunnel. My train sat at West Cold Spring, theContinue reading “On Writing in Dismal Weather”
On LEGO Cars and Standards
A LEGO car came in my box of Cheerios. I’ve had it sitting on my desk since Friday. It came preassembled. I’ve rolled it back and forth. It came with stickers. That seemed odd. I’ve taken the car apart. It’s three pieces. Premolded pieces. A wheel piece in black. A body piece in yellow. AContinue reading “On LEGO Cars and Standards”
On April’s Statistics
It’s a dreary day, I have laundry in the washing machine, and I’m in a writing-avoidance mode. Which is as good an excuse as any to discuss what people were interested in from me for the month of April. 😉 Some jiggery and pokery with Analog accomplished, here’s what we’ve got. The top search phrasesContinue reading “On April’s Statistics”
On Things I Did On Friday
I was in a Scottish mood yesterday. My RSS feed reader told me that the latest episode of Scotland Introducing, a podcast devoted to unsigned Scottish indie bands, was available. I followed that, throughout the day, by listening to Idlewild, Camera Obscura, Y’All Is Fantasy Island, and I’m probably forgetting one or two other ScottishContinue reading “On Things I Did On Friday”
On Adam
Sometimes at work I have to scour movie trailer websites, to try and figure out what’s new and interesting coming out, so I can write a “link article” for work. So, while digging through Yahoo! Movies, I came across this: Adam. (Unfortunately, that version isn’t embeddable. You’ll have to clink the link. Or you canContinue reading “On Adam”
More on The Leisure Society
And people looking for information on The Leisure Society, a band I discovered by random chance a month ago, who has been nominated for an Ivor Novello Award for their song “The Last of the Melting Snow,” continue to point their web browsers my way. Today, people are wanting the lyrics to “The Sleeper.” WhichContinue reading “More on The Leisure Society”