Posted on September 17, 2009
On My Honor, I Will Do My Best To Be Prepared (To Argue)
Let’s be honest. Most of you reading this site don’t know me personally, and we will never meet. Many of you come from states I’ve never been to and that I don’t plan on visiting, while others come from far off places in foreign lands with unpronounceable names that I’ve never even heard of and I worry you might not be gathering a proper representation of who I am by some of the things I write. To that end, I thought I’d spend a little time today describing myself with a bit more detail than I have in the past. Read More
Posted on September 8, 2009
Sine Qua Non
I am now a grown-up. At thirty-four years old, I’ve somehow managed to avoid the pitfalls of encroaching adulthood and sidestep the devious placement of its various landmines for over three decades now, but it’s finally caught up to me. Sure, I’ve known that it’s been gaining ground for months now, but I always managed to outrun it before and I could do it again – or so I thought. Read More
Posted on September 1, 2009
Thus Spake Bloggerthustra!
(note: I originally intended this reflection on the Blogosphere to be my 200th post, but I miscounted and overshot the mark, hitting the 201st post by mistake. I am, against all demonstrable evidence to the contrary and with overwhelming improbability, apparently fallible after all. Who knew?!) I am not an Overman, but I play one on the Internet. Well, not really. I do play a character here, as do all of the people in my life, but the truth is that the grand literary house I’ve built on the hallowed grounds of the world wide web is, and always has been, a work of creative nonfiction. It’s been right there in my sidebar all along, wrapped in the warm blanket of nouns and verbs I call a Disclaimer. For those of you who are unfamiliar with what creative nonfiction is, I suggest getting an education. Barring that, I recommend reading some Lee Gutkind, Tom Wolfe, Norman Mailer, Hunter Thompson or, to an extent, Harlan Ellison. If, however, predicates and participles scare you, then think of creative nonfiction in movie terms: Based On A True Story. Read More
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