August 2003 – Page 2 – My Now-Urban Life

The little quarter that cried

CarlAug 23, 2003

I don’t really want to alienate an entire state, and I mean disrespect neither to the blind nor to Patty...

CarlAug 22, 2003

I could talk about something serious, or borrow an idea from Mimi Smartypants and talk about things stolen from me...

CarlAug 21, 2003

Oh the misery! The agony! The despair! How can I have done it? I knew, knew that Edison was the...

CarlAug 20, 2003

As I nearly lost control of my car laughing this morning, I really thought the funniest thing I’d hear for...

CarlAug 20, 2003

I knew there’d be blame of all sorts thrown around for the blackout, and on Friday I was joking with...

CarlAug 20, 2003

I wanted to post a few snippets from “You Shall Know Our Velocity,” but I got distracted by a couple...

CarlAug 19, 2003

VH1’s “I Love the ’70s”. Swear to god. Embarrassed to admit it. Like a cultural yearbook, and absolutely frightening. And...

CarlAug 17, 2003

Just finished “You Shall Know Our Velocity!” by Dave Eggers. I love the McSweeney’s stuff, but I didn’t read his...

CarlAug 17, 2003

At the urging of a number of other writers on the web who said that anyone with daughters should take...

CarlAug 16, 2003

Answers to questions that numerous fictional correspondents have asked me in my head during recent rides. Q: Is western Rensselaer...