The Writer's Block

So over the past year when people have asked what my job is, I’ve been calling myself a writer. The beauty of that is that it makes me sound suave and interesting (or more accurately, i’d like to think it does).  It’s especially helpful when I’m chatting with a cute girl. Whereas the truth that… Read more

I know what you’re thinking, what does a medieval fair and a horror remake have in common. The answer is: absolutely nothing. But when I finished writing about my Pumpkin Hurl experience, it wasn’t enough to make an entire blog post around. So on Saturday I went to the 4th Annual Pumpkin Hurl, an event… Read more

So now that I have readers that aren’t my parents I decided to welcome you all to my blog…and then beg you to stay! I started this blog about a year ago when I came down with a case of writer’s block…a severe case. To a non-writer that doesn’t sound like a big deal, right?… Read more

So last night I went to a heavy metal opera. WAIT! I hear you say, since when has that ever been your scene? I know, I don’t have any piercings or tattoos. I don’t even listen to heavy metal music or like it for that matter. In fact I showed up wearing a white MST3K… Read more

Recently, while attached to a thousand different wires while being watched via infra-red camera, I read an old edition of Time Magazine. In it was an article about Jonathan Franzen author of The Corrections, and he was talking about his then upcoming book Freedom. But Franzen isn’t who I want to talk about, it was… Read more

Ladies and Gentlemen, I stand before you a crushed dispirited old man. My eyes have become weary. My bones ache. I keep telling those damn kids to get off of my lawn. So how did I? A 23 year old demi-god fall into such a state? I watched Falling Skies premier on TNT, which coincidentally, is also what… Read more