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Writing

• 10.09.09
  Big in Mongolia
  2009, Writing (0)

  I am officially an INTERNATIONALLY published author. Find my stream-of-consciousness music reviews gracing the pages of the October 2009 issue of City Night magazine distributed only in Mongolia. Big thanks to Brian Offenther for the article. [Click the images below to enlarge pages in another window]
  
  
• 09.19.09
  Amazon Kindle Experiment
  2009, Writing, Announcement, Design (0)

  I'm doing an experiment. I've decided to test out Amazon.com's DTP system out by selling one of my short stories. They won't let me just give it away (the cheapest Amazon's system allows is $0.99), but since I plan on making no sales, I also don't plan on making any money. I'm not asking you to buy anything. In fact, please don't buy it. Save your cash for when the revolution comes. Even if I did have hopes of tricking some stranger into buying it, Amazon also takes a 70% cut on all downloads, which would leave me with 30 ...
  
  
• 09.13.09
  Moving Boxes
  2009, Important, Musings, Writing (0)

  by raien Skittles (written July 19th) Apartment moves are traumatic. I realized that about five minutes ago as I dug through a recycling bin to find something I'd lost. It was a red plastic heart that had been filled with Skittles at one point -- one of many things Nora sent me last Valentines Day. She paid over $20 to Express mail it to me so it would arrive on time for Valentines. I'd kept the box it was mailed in for the last 5 months because it was filled with some nice memories. Yesterday, I filled it with year-old notebooks and binders ...
  
  
• 07.06.09
  Michael Jackson Jokes
  2009, Important, Musings, Writing (1)

  Michael Jackson Jokes by N i c o_ I met a 78 year-old man who told me that he thought he'd die before Michael Jackson. We'd met across the street from Grauman's Chinese Theater while watching the crowd of people stand in line to see Michael Jackson's Walk of Fame star. I hadn't planned to be there to visit Michael Jackson. Nora and I had planned a trip to see some LA landmarks -- Grauman's was one of them. Until Michael Jackson died yesterday, the last time I'd thought about him was when Matt Ruecker and I proposed the theory that a DJ ...
  
  
• 02.09.09
  25 Things…
  2009, Writing (0)

  by aussiegall 25 Random Facts about Bees. by Andrew Tan and Shaun Spalding* Rules: Once you’ve been tagged... you are supposed to read a note with 25 random facts about bees. I've chosen to tag you because I'd like you to get to know bees better. 1. Bees can fly. 2. Academically, many bees do not exceed the bee average. 3. Africanized bees are said to be happy with Obama's stimulus package. 4. In common parlance, bees always come after A's 5. BB guns do not shoot bees because of safety concerns. 6. BB King is not a bee, as bees are typically ruled by a Queen 7. The number ...
  
  
• 01.31.09
  Law School Success
  2009, Writing (0)

  Four ways to boast about your law school grades WITHOUT actually boasting. Good evening Mr. or Mrs. Legal Scholar! I'm sure by now, your professors have made you aware that law school is about learning how to solve your client's problems. I'm also sure your classmates have made you aware that law school is really about out-competing your friends and making them jealous of the unlimited capacity of your legal brain. Is there any way you can satisfy your burning desire to show people you're better than them WITHOUT exposing yourself as the type of person who has a burning desire to show ...
  
  
• 01.18.09
  Lowery v. Motor Works
  2008, Important, Musings, Writing (0)

  My Day In Court. photo by wallyg A headline like, "Circuit City Bankrupt; Closes 567 Stores," doesn't hit as close to home when you're in school and not looking for a job. If you do have a job, you're one of the lucky ones. The self-doubt and rejection of not being able to find work gets replaced by the slightly less threatening specter of fear that you might be downsized or replaced by a computer. None of that seemed to be relevant though during my visit to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals until the bailiff announced the next case, Lowery v. Motor ...