Heard recently from some friends (source unknown, but could be a Portland poet): HANGRY: You’re hungry and it’s making you angry! Given to me by Kari Luna, who heard it somewhere (sensing a pattern here): CARNEVEGAN: No dairy but pile on the meat! This is exactly my diet, of course. Coined by me just now: FRUSTATED: Frustration with the political [...]

A childhood friend, Justin Lundgren, has made much more of himself than I have. He’s a doctor in NoLa, and now he’s being profiled on NPR for his inventive art project: leaving postcards with messages and postage on the sidewalks and cafes. 53% of the cards were mailed by obliging passersby, but Justin’s results varied [...]

Well son, the funny thing about regret is that it’s better to regret something you HAVE done than to regret something you HAVEN’T done. And by the way, if you see your Mom this weekend, would you be sure to tell her… SATAN SATAN SATAN! Courtesy of the Butthole Surfers. Happy Satan Day! PS: Oops! Silly Christianity: 666 Wrong Number [...]

I worked my little fingers to the bone on this puppy. Happily, the later chapters needed much less massaging. I am looking forward to a few more critiques, which I’ll use for a final editing pass, then this sucker (The Blood Baths, that is) is DONE. In other writing news, Sou MacMillan has ruthlessly split up [...]