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May 2009

May 01, 2009

“The Soloist” Story Happened to Me

About 10 years ago I lived a scaled-down version of the plot of the new...

April 2009

April 12, 2009

A Pagan Boy With Bad Teeth and a Vibrating Leg

Like most pagan/heathen children, as a kid I figured that, stripped of its incomprehensible pretensions,...

April 02, 2009

At My Old Gay Starbucks

Most everyone at the Starbucks at which I'm now sblogging (being "sitting" + "blogging," doncha...

March 2009

March 31, 2009

My Visit to a Marijuana Anonymous Meeting

Members of Marijuana Anonymous tend to think the world consists of three kinds of people:...

January 2009

January 25, 2009

The Secret to More/Better Writing? Stop Trying.

My advice to people who think they should be writing more but for some reason...

January 16, 2009

The Books On My Bedside Table

I got so excited discovering what books were on everyone else's bed-stands (see My Weird...

December 2008

December 31, 2008

16 Random Things About Me

So today one of my Facebook friends tagged me in one of those deals where...

December 18, 2008

Strange Fruit; Flattened by Flapjacks; Lonely Daze. And Your Christmas?

Here are three things I most remember about my childhood Christmaseses (Christmasi?): My dad always...

December 09, 2008

No Glop Sacks in Church; Classroom Bulletins; Remember Dittos?

Okay, enough with the loosening up. (Um ... that will make no sense if you...

November 2008

November 28, 2008

Thanksgiving

I am too much aware of death and of its fanged bastard cousin suffering whose...

November 26, 2008

The Novel Doctor Will Needle You Now

I'm always really pleased (and, frankly, surprised) by how many people read the posts I...

November 24, 2008

A Would-Be Writer Asks: “MUST I Go to College?”

This morning I received an e-mail from an aspiring author. "I am currently paying the...

November 17, 2008

The Preying Vulture

This is the second part of A Vulture Tried to Eat My Face. Having beaten...

November 14, 2008

A Vulture Tried to Eat My Face

As my regular readers know, I never, ever, in even the slightest possible way, exaggerate. So...

November 10, 2008

Zombie Stalkers, Glue-Sniffing Ice Makers, and Bunting Beer Robbers

The post you are looking for is included in HA!, a full-sized collection of five...

November 05, 2008

Black Like Us

One of my earliest memories is of watching white legs dance. I was two years...

October 2008

October 06, 2008

I Don’t Care What You Think of My Christianity

Sometimes, following a certain type of post I write (the most recent being Evangelist, or...

October 03, 2008

After I Converted, the Terrible Way Christians Treated My Non-Christian Wife

Because of pieces I've lately posted, such as Christian Marrying a Non-Christian? Marriage: FAIL, and...

September 2008

September 15, 2008

I Saw

My vision hooked shut A blaring symphony of cells Look: separated, I have again summoned up...

September 12, 2008

It’s Time For Us to be Brilliant Now

It's time for us to be brilliant now To break through battered clouds It's time for us...

September 11, 2008

The Moment I Met My Wife

When I saw my wife for the first time, I leaned against a wall for...

August 2008

August 15, 2008

God Says: People Are Good

It's 5:30 a.m. Here are some Random Thoughts zipping around the fringes of the muddled...

July 2008

July 29, 2008

Earthquake Almost Converts Lady in My Apartment!

About a half hour ago I was standing in my apartment with a women I'd...

July 23, 2008

Christians: Would you hang in your house this painting by Muhammad Ali?

In the desert town of Lancaster, California, I once attended a silent auction fundraiser for a...

May 2008

May 30, 2008

A Moving Experience

We're in our new place. WE'RE MISSING OUR DINING ROOM TABLE AND OUR COUCH BECAUSE...

May 24, 2008

My Office, Pre-Dismantling

This is my office, as it is right now, before I start ripping it...

May 23, 2008

MOVING!

Beginning this weekend, my wife Cat and I are moving to a new apartment. Moving....

May 18, 2008

Connecting Flights

How 12 hours went by like 12 seconds.

May 06, 2008

My Dad, My Book, and the 2008 San Diego Book Awards

My book, "I'm OK--You're Not: The Message We're Sending Nonbelievers, and Why We Should Stop.", is...

May 04, 2008

Backstage With The Blind Boys of Alabama

A concert from, and then backstage with The Blind Boys of Alabama.