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You might as well know it, if you don’t already: there’s tension between the writer’s need to connect with his or her fans – through, say, oh, I don’t know, blogs? – and the writer’s need to make money. You can clearly see which end of the dilemma I’ve been coming out on lately. The problem is, [...] Gee, I hope not. And I can’t literally be. I was sound asleep and Emma Dog roused me crying to go outside; that’s the only reason I’m up and around at this Godless hour. When Emma wants out, I let her out. I’m just going to say she’s a big dog, and let it go [...] So tonight I got fed up with Emma’s favorite pillow spilling its foam guts all over everything. I could’ve bought her a new one at Wal-Mart when I went there earlier, but I’m in cheap mode at the moment. Instead, mad improviser that I am, I decided to stuff the old pillow into a (fresh, clean) [...] Emma Dog still seemed sore today from yesterday’s walk. I wanted to go out again to try an experiment that occurred to me on the ditch yesterday. So I stuck my water bottle carrier and other walking accouterments into my backpack in hopes of sneaking out without her making me feel like Hitler for leaving [...] Emma Dog and I were walking south down Bear’s Ditch, headed back for the car on a pleasant summer evening, when we encountered a Mama Mallard and her family of maybe 6-8 adorable ducklings. Like these. They happened to be approaching a culvert beneath a dirt road. Mama Mallard steered the brood expertly clear. Except for [...] Yes! At last I’ve scored the final ingredient. Now all that remains is to assemble the pieces I have painstakingly gathered together. Then launch The Process. Next – World Domination! No, wait – that’s when I finish The Dinosaur Lords. Still, I’m really stoked about this Secret Project. Once it gets going I’ll see how my litte cellphone camera [...] Santa Fe journalist and music maven Steve Terrell clued me into what he rightly termed this revoltin’ development from eMusic: they’re raising their prices. Yes, now. What a bright idea! So I was moved to write them the following in response: Dear eMusic: While I’ve enjoyed and championed you service for years despite faults such as dubious tech [...] Tonight Emma heard two words she’s almost never heard from me in juxtaposition before. Bad dog. I was sitting on the sofa writing. Emma got up from lying on the living room floor nearby and went to the kitchen to get a drink. After a while I noticed she was taking an unusually long time getting a drink. [...] I’m not doing enough. Not writing enough, not exercising enough. Not creating enough pleasure in my life. Not getting enough juice out of life, as Tony Robbins puts it. Also I’m not getting younger, fuck it anyway. I truly believe that in the very near future our lives – that’s productive, vigorous, joyous life, not having [...] Or maybe, Emma opts out of out. Emma in late 2004 being throttled by strange man. That’s actually my best friend Joe holding Emma because he wanted his picture taken with her. What? They don’t come much stranger than Joe. So this morning I was roused by Joe calling at 9:25. He announced it was time to [...] |
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