I haven’t been posting lately, sorry.
I just finished my teaching semester last week and this week I started teaching summer school, so I had about, umm, three days off in between. They call that a weekend.
On top of that i’ve got a cold, that feels to me like bronchitis, and I even lost my [...]

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I’ve written about Etsy before. If you don’t know Etsy, you should. It’s the coolest site on the web. Ok, well, it’s the coolest site on the web if you’re into DIY (do-it-yourself) crafts, projects, art, fashions, etc.
I don’t remember how I discovered Etsy–oh, wait, yes I do, it was an ad in ReadyMade Magazine.
I’m [...]

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I’m not even going to write about American Idol (though i’m happy to say that the one person I voted for consistently, David Cook–who happens to look like my younger brother, only with a bigger head than my younger brother–won. Yay!).
David Cook and My brother, Justin
Separated at birth?
Here’s a pic of me and Justin [...]

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You may have heard a piercing, high-pitched wail coming from San Diego yesterday; it was just me, turning 39 years old.
39
Sigh.
Yes, 39. But I don’t feel a day over 37. Just kidding.
Actually, I really do feel younger than my 39 years. I feel somewhere close to 32 or 33.
I still wear black converse low tops [...]

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I’m a bit swamped this week, what with working on my book/chapters
and grading and preparing for this Literary Arts Festival at one of the colleges where I teach Creative Writing (i’m giving a talk for their “Writer as Activist” Festival Theme–but more on that another time).
In the meantime, here is one of my latest finds/purchases [...]

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I can’t believe Threadless is selling T-shirts for only $5.
And, I can’t believe that includes one of the Ts i’ve been lusting over.

Remember the game Clue, and the fabulously campy movie starring Madeline Kahn, Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Leslie Ann Warren, Christopher Lloyd, et al?
Uh, yeah, well check out this T-Shirt. Only $5. That’s FIVE [...]

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“I noticed the bushy sand-colored mustache that curled at his lips’ corners.” –from the novel, Mysterious Skin, by Scott Heim.
I decided it was time for a change, so I shaved off part of my Morgan Spurlock–
Or my Morgan Spurlock-inspired goatee thingy.
I’ve had it since about 2005, I think.
Here’s a pic of the [...]

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Ok, I should be writing… and I swear, i’m on my way out the door to write, but
I was looking through Etsy.com– the website for cool crafters, DIY buying and selling and came across this awesome item:
a Wenis Felt Badge! from the seller: Mooseandbear . Check out their other items, and their [...]

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Not really, I actually lost my cellphone at the college where I teach, but that didn’t have the same ring to it (no pun intended, really). Maybe I should have called this post, I Bought a Crappy Temporary Cell Phone in San Francisco, (because I did). Anyway, it took the person who found the phone [...]

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A few weeks ago Ted and had to deal with something very serious.
Our cat, Hermia, is getting old.
Really. She was born April 14, 1991 . She’s going to be 17 years old in two months. (these pictures are from around 1992).
I got Hermia from my friend, Sydny, who had gotten her as a kitten. [...]

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