Organic Mutant Archives: December 2006
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12 December 2006
why we do it
I asked how can you ever be sure
that what you write is really
any good at all and he said, ‘You can’t,’
‘You can never be sure.’
‘You die without knowing,’
‘Whether anything you wrote was any good.’
‘If you have to be sure don’t write.’
– W. S. Merwin
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9 December 2006
odd things are afoot at the villa straylight
Every year for the last twenty years or so I read Neuromancer by William Gibson at least once a year. I remember being 13, going on 14, when I came home to a paper grocery bag full of books. Our family friend, Jeff McDaniels, had heard that I liked to read a lot and [...]
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6 December 2006
tears (of a clown) of gratitude
Over the last few days I have been semi-incapacitated by allergy symptoms. Runny nose, watery eyes, scratchy throat, half-sneezed sneezes, and dry, dry skin. I haven’t had bad allergies since we left NoCal to move to SoCal over 16 years ago, so to have a resurgence of this suffering gave me some compassion [...]
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5 December 2006
On being a stand-up guy
Mostly, the idea has been met with disbelief. Then, incredulity. A laugh, perhaps.
I made this change recently and not a single soul I have told about it seems to agree that it is a ‘good idea’. Here are a few sample responses from close friends, when told of the change: “Why would you do that?” [...]
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3 December 2006
When vegetables attack
Ever been injured by a raw veggie?
I have. I attempted to open a package of zucchini, a plastic plate shrunk wrapped with celophane: I stabbed through a tense area of the plastic wrap with my index finger, and then, WHAM! CRASH! BURN!!! AARGH!
The momentum of my hand hand penetrated the saran with great [...]
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3 December 2006
Hats Off
To my blog partner, Xtina, who blogged both dedicatedly and beautifully for the entire month of November, huzzah. Reading your posts was a tremendous pleasure, not only for the interesting thoughts and insights into your life, but as much for your writing style. You are talented. Your posts are interesting. I love reading them. And [...]