Who knew not voting could be so touching?

You’ve got to read this post on Talking Points Memo….

Blogger or Columnist

I really don’t care what you call me because I’m really not sure what to call myself.

Until recently I wasn’t referred to as anything because no one was referring to me at all. Now that a few people are, I’m not going to complain. Still, I find it curious that folks identify me as a blogger and my writing style as that of a blogger. I think my writing style is more of that of a columnist, since that’s where I really got my start.

The first 100,000 words or so of mine that were published were in the form of 800 to 1,000 word columns. For better or worse, writing my column “Travelin’ Light” taught me to write. And during the learning process the…

Is this overwritten???

We slept beneath the open sky in our down cocoons. We had yet to earn credits in astronomy or geology or physics, but that night, as we counted falling stars until the bright celestial lights yielded to the blackness of our eyelids, we watched our universe expand….

Publish me at your own risk!

Over the past several years I’ve contributed multiple times to the Christian Science Monitor, a 100-year old international daily paper renowned for its reporting. This week they announced they are doing away with their print edition.

Recently I contributed to Conde Nast Portfolio magazine. This week the magazine dropped 20% of their staff and scaled back from 12 issues per year to 10.

I contributed. People got fired. I hope these are unrelated events….

Be a part of the book trailer

Ever been in a book trailer? Do you wanna be?

Email me a short (5-10 seconds) video clip of you checking the tag of your favorite item of clothing and I’ll put you in the trailer.

It should go something like this:

1. Look into the camera and say, “Check the tag”
2. You check the tag on your item of clothing say, “Made in _____”
3. End with “Where are you wearing?”

Or some version of that. Feel free to get creative.

My goal is to have the movie done by early next week, so try to get the clips to me before Tuesday. Email them to [email protected]….

Insult yourself like no one is listening

This morning I caught a glimpse of the fella dancing in the mirror when an inspirational phrase popped into my head:

Dance like no one is watching.

The thought was followed by a somewhat less fuzzy one:

No one is watching because you can’t dance…and you’re ugly.

The man in the mirror laughed.

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When’s the last time you danced in the mirror? Were you any good?…

Update: The Proud Father of a Vegetable Contest

Janelle “guessed” correctly. At 31 weeks the email update said that our little girl is the size of “four navel oranges.”

The fact that she guessed exactly this and that she works with Annie, makes me think that Janelle had some type of inside information. We’ll call her the contest winner, but I’m going to brand an asterisk on the front cover of the book I send her.

Given the controversial nature of her win, we’ll continue the contest for another week or two. If you’ve guessed already, your guess will stand for weeks 32 and 33.

Go here to see what others have guessed already.

Here’s the produce she has been compared to in the last few weeks:

33 weeks – ????
32 weeks – ????
31 weeks – four navel…

Voted!

I voted against casinos and payday lending @ 380% interest.

I voted for the environment, fire trucks, and Change.

Me and karma should be pretty sweet for awhile….

On Politics: I Dream of Johnny

Thank the lord the election is almost over. I care about who wins, but at this point in time I care more for the darn thing to end. My sanity is at stake.

The other night I had a dream starring both presidential candidates. It went something like this…

I’m standing in an entrance to a building with John McCain and others that I don’t know when I see two Volkswagen-sized disco balls float down the street. I run outside to take a look, but don’t see them anymore. I dismiss them as I’m apt to do with floating disco balls and return into the building.

Someone, perhaps a McCain aide, rushes in through the front door, breathless. He tries to shut the door behind him,…

Where Am I Wearing? The book trailer

Because we live in a whacky age where every book should have a movie-like trailer, I tinkered around with a book trailer this weekend. Have any thoughts? Good or bad, I welcome criticism.

I really don’t get kicks out of putting shots of myself in boxers on YouTube, but once again I have. It’s just that I find my Jingle These underwear hilarious and I want to show them to everybody, which isn’t the kind of thing you can do in public.

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