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June 2012

June 04, 2012

Against Spelling Bees

I hate spelling bees. More specifically: I hate Anglophone spelling bees, spelling bees in English....

June 02, 2012

What a Wonderful, Busy Day!

Yesterday was wonderful, packed day. A day worth sharing: I played drums at the Wabash...

May 2012

May 27, 2012

Busy, exciting week. More to come.

Today is Pentecost, a VERY high feast in the Catholic church. Before mass, I’ll be...

May 23, 2012

Upcoming shows in the Twin Cities

I’ve begun booking some dates in the Twin Cities for June and July. If you’re...

May 21, 2012

Catfish cleanin, lunch with friends, and mastering…

That, more or less, is what’s on the ledger for today. I’m hoping to have...

May 19, 2012

Upi Dupi La La Sessions, Part I

Today I’ll begin recording the summer-long Upi Dupi La La Sessions with my good friend...

May 18, 2012

My Twitter Garden and Interviews at The Paris Review

Twitter has become a lovely garden of interesting things for me to read. I’ve had...

May 18, 2012

Debut at “Contending Modernities”

Contending Modernities is a weblog hosted by Notre Dame’s Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies...

May 17, 2012

Dear FUS: one of these things is not like the other

My alma mater, Franciscan University of Steubenville, has been in the news lately. They’ve been...

May 17, 2012

Interesting Things to Read

Why I Still Write Poetry by Charles Simic, New York Review of Books. The New...

May 16, 2012

Gig to-night

Reminder: Sam Bennett will be playing tonight (with yours truly on drums) at 4055 North...

May 15, 2012

The three most important books I’ve read

Augustine’s Confessions, Ray Monk’s biography of Ludwig Wittgenstein (The Duty of Genius), and Miles Davis’...

May 15, 2012

A dream

I had a dream that I found an amazing three-piece suit while shopping at Goodwill...

May 15, 2012

Exciting, original music on the horizon

Music update: I’m playing drums at a gig this Wednesday in Indy with the talented...

May 08, 2012

IV lines in classrooms? Yep.

“One Chinese high school even went so far as to install IV lines in a...

May 07, 2012

1966 T plus subscription? YES!

The Paris Review is top notch, in my book. A magazine worth keeping. That plus...

May 07, 2012

Guitar update…

Got my half round strings from Amazon today (see 4 May image below), took them...

May 06, 2012

requiescat in pace, baby gianna

My niece — Gianna Anne Kolles — was born, lived, and died today. We were...

May 05, 2012

sink-o de mayo tutorial

El Día de la Batalla de Puebla is the full, Spanish name for the original...

May 05, 2012

a website is brewing

Have I mentioned how much I love Tumblr? You’d think they were paying me to...

May 05, 2012

Erratum

re: goodbyes suck, 3 may 2012 Not all goodbyes suck. Saying goodbye to explosive diarrhea...

May 05, 2012

Note to my little, baby sister:

Dearest Ana, I am NOT 30. I’m 29. Thank you kindly. Yours always, Semmy

May 04, 2012

goodbyes suck

One of the inconvenient things about moving to North Dakota is this: it’s weird to...

May 03, 2012

A memo and an essay

I just read a short 1999 essay by Ray Monk on the importance and relevance...

May 03, 2012

last tumblr thought for the today/tonight

Okay, I admit it: I have fallen head over heels in love with tumblr. It’s...

May 03, 2012

New theme and future direction

My wife called tumblr a “grown-up facebook” today. I hope that she’s right. I am...

May 03, 2012

goodbye, facebook

I just deleted my facebook account. It felt good but also showed me a side...

May 02, 2012

more social media news

Finished adding addresses into my address book and contacts into my gmail account. Facebook ends...

May 02, 2012

May 2, 2012 8:34pm

an itching eye allergic

May 02, 2012

revision re: social media

After some thought and prodding, I will be cutting out social media a bit more...