Monthly Archives: May 2008

First, there’s the Boston Legal approach, where you wrap up all the loose ends and send the characters on vacation. Gone fishin’. Brilliant. (I liked Denny’s aside about using the same law firm on both sides to save on the … Continue reading →

I spent most of the day in a small, windowless conference room. Didn’t even get out for lunch—that was brought in. I feel zonked. I was very pleased to see this pop up when I logged onto Facebook today: (Peter … Continue reading →

Season finale of House: very, very good. It showcased all the characters’ strengths and weaknesses. At first, I thought that 13 and Amber had an affair at some point, to explain 13’s disorientation, but the actual explanation was even better. … Continue reading →

I finished my Banacek marathon yesterday. It’s a shame there weren’t more episodes, but Peppard reportedly turned down a third season to avoid having to give his ex-wife a large cut of his proceeds from the show. The premise is … Continue reading →

My Storytellers Unplugged essay Let Me Be Brief, a short (of course) discussion of flash fiction, went up yesterday. If you’d prefer, you can listen to the equally brief podcast or subscribe in iTunes I’m having a very lazy weekend. … Continue reading →

I revised, re-revised, and re-revised the short story I’ve been working on for the past week and finally decided that I had reached the level of tweaking minutia so I submitted it last night. I figure it’s a bit of … Continue reading →

My god, tires are expensive. I had to outfit my car with four new ones yesterday as I’d let the old ones go to pot, pretty much. Has anyone seen The Police on their current tour? They’re playing almost literally … Continue reading →

I took the day off from work yesterday to clean out my to-do list. It started with getting my driver’s license renewed. I showed up at the DPS office about 20 minutes before it opened. Six or seven people were … Continue reading →

In my opinion, at least (re Survivor). I couldn’t believe the outcome of the voting, especially after seeing that Erik voted for Amanda, his diatribe notwithstanding. I wonder what would have happened in the event of a tie? Would they … Continue reading →

It was like something out of The Sting or The First Wives Club, the way the four women pulled together to con Erik on Survivor last night. The final ten minutes were the funniest thing on reality TV in ages. … Continue reading →