I feel like I’m being hounded by drug manufacturers, or at least those preying on the fact that my recent stories ahve been tales of depression, anxiety, grief, and other psychological horrors. This weekend alone, I’ve received 23 spam comments, from people with “names” like “Buy Lexapro Online!,” “Rispradal,” “Metformin,” “Wellbutrin,” and “Seroquel.” Metformin kind …
Had to correct a few spell-check induced errors in that last one, so please click through and read it on site. The RSS version will likely contain those errors. Including, but not limited to, the father leaning up against “the ham.” Which sounds awesome, but is not at all what I meant. Le sigh. This …
Hi all. The last one’s theme, as you may have noticed, was that of life in New York. My life, specifically. I realize that this may have led to some more opinionated and less-fictional entries, but I was taking a page from the book of the field of Creative Non-Fiction, a concept introduced to me …
I have decided in my extremely limited wisdom to render 10 short pieces about my new home here in New York City. The idea first occurred to me while meeting a friend at Port Authority Bus Terminal. It seemed so active yet so neglected. A way in and out, but almost not a place itself–no …
The dizzying anxieties and paradoxical boredoms of moving from one home to another are something that–when not actively in the grips of it–it’s difficult to remember. The past 5 days have been a blur of heavy lifting, piloting a wide truck through narrow city streets, and finally coming to rest somewhere in the borough of …
So, I just woke up and can’t go back to sleep, so I am once again attempting to remedy the fact that (at least in my Google Reader), this site is currently double-posting in the RSS feed. I have solved this by running it through FeedBurner and fiddling with all my settings, I hope. The …
The transition to WordPress from the overcluttered land of Tumblr has begun. Above you will see a gray area with an About/Contact link, which will lead you to a brief description. Click on the RJC at the bottom and you’ll get a handy mailto link, but those can be infuriating as they often open up …
