Archive for October 2005

Dear Stephen Colbert

In TV on 18 October 2005 with Comments Off

Hey Steve. You know I love you. I really do. Your reports on the Daily Show have been fantastic. The Week in God? Brilliant. And your voices for Harvey Birdman are my favorite part of the show. Hah hah! “Part.”
But, Steve, lemme ask you a question. You know how sometimes, on Saturday Night Live, they [...]

The Reality of My Surroundings 2

In Cole Valley, San Francisco, Stories on 16 October 2005 with Comments Off

I’m coming back home from walking the pups when I see them. A gaggle of drunk fifty-somethings, grey hair all around, whooping it up in the entryway outside building. As I approach, I see that they’re passing around a pipe, the smell of cheap swag filling the breezeway.
“Uh oh,” says Oldie One, “here comes the [...]

The Reality of My Surroundings

In Cole Valley, San Francisco, Stories on 9 October 2005 with Comments Off

Heather and I, we’re creative types. And, like many creative types, we know what an immaculately designed, pristinely clean house would look like. We just can’t can’t seem to keep one. Our house cleaning happens in fits and starts, usually when someone’s on their way over.
So, lately, I’ve tried to tidy up more. Just [...]

What I Learned on My Summer Vacation

In Travel on 1 October 2005 with Comments Off

Heather and I just returned from a week-long road trip through Arizona. And it was awesome. Happiness is me, my wife, a pile of cameras, and a car on the open road. Here are a few things I learned along the way.

Arizona is hot. Damn hot. Real hot. Hot like, when you turn on the [...]