i’ve been working on a project where the boss is constantly thinking of ways to make money. he’s really good at it, and he’s always trying to angle a better deal, or get a better percentage. it’s a numbers game to him, and the funny thing is that he treats his people really well. you [...]
the wonderful folks at Chamber Four have put my story “Eupcaccia” into their fiction anthology (download for free!) they are also putting up an interview in which i dodge all sorts of bullets, in addition to a drawing. they couldn’t put up a video as an author photo, so i’m posting it here instead. [ [...]
somedays (and some recessions) there isn’t an easy way to avoid taking a Los Angeles freeway at an absurd hour, and by absurd, i mean, absurd to me, since a lot of other people think it’s a totally fine time to get on the freeway. for all the knee-numbing stop-and-go i do appreciate one thing [...]
just a short list for today: –a bonanza of fava beans. god, there’s never enough. lucky for me it’s also green garlic season so sauteing the two together in butter makes everyone lick their plates so clean there’s no dishwashing here until tomato season! –indecision: –crazy assed yet beautifully designed Chinese coffee tins: yes, i [...]
so this sign pretty much sums up what i’ve been up to. that’s a hint, since we’ve had to sign a hefty NDA on this one. the big & happy picture is that we’ve automated something that used to take four lovely women four hours a day to do on a computer, and that’s four [...]
fava beans rising up like middle fingers… and all sorts of other helpful creatures standing by… ever since we moved here our neighbor’s avocado tree has borne no fruit. sometimes i get the suspicion that he thinks it’s not a coincidence. i think (he’s over 80 years old) that he did get fruit these last [...]
here’s how a cat sends a message: and here’s how a dog receives one:
it’s bad enough that there’s a note posted on the window of my local bookstore that says (something like), every time an order is made on amazon.com another mom and pop bookstore goes out of business. it’s bad enough that California hiked its sales tax so damn sky-ward that i want to buy EVERYTHING online, [...]
a long time ago a fashion-senseless lady advised a friend of mine that wearing stripes as a “wide” girl would only accentuate her wideness. instead of telling her that fashion is how you carry it, not how it carries you, she relegated my friend to the “dark coffin of low self-esteem,” full of oversized & [...]
eating toffee is sort of like having a #19 from Langer’s. you don’t want to share it with anyone, you want the whole damn thing for yourself. it’s like if you only eat half a sandwich/piece your head keeps turning right and left as if something’s missing. hiding the other half of the sandwich is [...]
