Istanbul is beautiful in a way that’s hard to describe. Imagine if you took Rio, filled it with broken bits of every civilization since the Hittites, and then plunked it down in place of San Francisco. I got off the plane and took the Metro to…well, somewhere or other. I got lost and confused, and […]
Author Archives: admin
Simple Useful Technology
Here’s what technology is actually good for: I found an excellent site with information on how to get from the airport in Istanbul to the area with the cheap, good hotels. I copied this into a text file, and sent it via Bluetooth to my new Nokia e61i. Also a Turkish PDF phrasebook. I leave […]
In Frankfurt
I’m in Frankfurt, in the Hotel Europa, where I stayed last year. (I like this hotel very much.) Here is what I see out my window: Long trip, and I’m leaving for Istanbul tomorrow morning very early. So I’m not up to much here tonight — Joe and I went shopping and met up with […]
Off For Europe
I’m off to the airport in a couple of hours. Be back on the 26th. I don’t know how regular my posting will be. Have fun with Thanksgiving, folks.
Please, A Prayer To The Universe Around Me…
…put me in a position, at some point, to let my pimp hand fly all over Glenn Beck’s smug little goofy-white-dude noggin. That is all.
You Don't Use Words Like That, St. Louise Is Listening
via Coilhouse: happy birthday, Lulu. On this day 101 years ago, Louise Brooks, patron saint of unrepentant flappers, was born. By all accounts, she was a fiercely intelligent and complicated woman who would not suffer fools in an industry that consists of nearly nothing but. She made only 25 films before being blacklisted walking away […]
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Halo 3 Cheat Codes, as Explained by Neglected Girlfriend Janet Iverson.
An amusing piece in McSweeney’s, written by my colleague er, I mean editor boss Andrew Kiraly.
Naked City Story # 931,258
Unnerving experience this morning. I spent all night at Starbucks, redesigning Zenarchery, and headed for the bus stop (and home) around 6:30 am. The 24 hour Starbucks I go to is at the corner of Flamingo and Paradise, and the bus stop is a half-block east on Flamingo, directly in front of Terrible’s Casino. (You […]
Amusing Ad
This made me chuckle.
Coilhouse » Blog Archive » What made you weird?
The lovely ladies over at Coilhouse ask the question: what made you weird? What made me weird? Being a prodigy nerd child. Douglas Adams. Stephen Hawking. Reflex magazine. Mondo 2000. The movie Pump Up The Volume. Nine Inch Nails. Clive Barker. (Specifically, seeing Hellraiser when I was about eleven or twelve.) Stephen King. Psychedelics. Growing […]