Monthly Archives: October 2011

John Lithgow and Ray Liotta are rolling up D&D characters at my kitchen table when I get home. “What are you playing,” I ask no one in particular. Ray is looking through equipment lists and scribbling stuff down on his … Continue reading →

I have been itchy all day. “You’ve been colonized,” John Lithgow says, after examining my bare back with a magnifying glass. “By who,” I wonder. “Spain.” He sets the glass on the cherrywood side-table. “Maybe Portugal.”

I’ve been soaking in a petri dish for days and the effect is palpable. I’m covered inside and out with living organisms focused on taking over every function. Ray Liotta is totally winning this staring contest, but John Lithgow breaks … Continue reading →

Ray Liotta said, “I understand the difficulties you face right now, but I’m not sure you have room to complain,” and held me for an uncomfortably long time in his strange gaze.

I was reading something about how to start writing–you know, the kind of book that gets assigned to an intro to intro to comp course–and realized that I needed to update my website. Part of the update? Blog. Everybody’s doing … Continue reading →