March 2011
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What things do you do to stay healthy?
In theory I get at least 45.5 hours of sleep each week, exercise three times with an emphasis on cardio, and eat three solid meals with lots of grains and veggies. And a vitamin supplement.
In practice, since having a kid and a book published, my only exercise is running various errands, I’m too tired to keep track of how much sleep I am or am not getting, and I graze on crappy processed...
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What do you think about the current mayor of...
Hi Burton, I know it’s taken me forever to answer this. I like Dayne. I haven’t been following his specific moves closely enough to have a truly informed opinion, plus I’d want to hold off on expressing that until I’ve moved back (hopefully next month).
To your second point… it’s an in-between issue. Much as Jennifer Granholm (and, to be fair, Engler)...
February 2011
4 posts
Links: On the Absence of Rules, the Future of... →
Links to one blog and three articles that will be helpful to any self-publisher.
Wednesday Phenology: Feb. 9th 2011 →
In Chicago, February has not been warmer than January this year. It feels like it must be at least a dozen degrees colder. What I have noticed is the increase in daylight, with the sun still above…
Hungry Rats @ Quimby’s: Pictures! →
On Facebook, I’ve posted a public photo album of my reading at Quimby’s Bookstore in Chicago. You can see more photos here.
Monday Review: Mostly Good Girls, by Leila Sales →
Connor Coyne reviews the Mostly Good Girls, by Leila Sales.
January 2011
1 post
Weird Dream →
Connor has a dream about an accidental trip to New York.
October 2010
3 posts
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If you could choose one superpower, which one...
Probably time travel, although a lot would depend on the fine print…. for example, if I traveled back in time to the Jurassic and stepped on a bug, and this resulted in humans evolving a third eyeball in their foreheads, I’d probably try for something else. It would also depend on what sort of comic I was featured in… time-travel would be really neat in a detective style thing,...
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How would you describe your style?
Hawai’ian beshirted.
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If you could date any celebrity, who would it be?
I don’t know. Every celebrity crush I’ve ever had has let me down, fundamentally. The list is: Stacy Ferguson (1988-89), Claire Danes (1994-1997), Kirsten Dunst (1997-2003), and Attorney General Lisa Madigan (2003-2010). It’s been awful every time. I haven’t formed a good celebrity crush yet. Maybe you can help me?
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September 2010
4 posts
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Would you rather swim in a pool or the ocean?
Definitely the ocean. Though I wouldn’t mind swimming in Nemo 33: http://www.anvari.org/cols/Deepest_Pool_in_the_World/
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When you were a kid, what did you want to be when...
A Particle Physicist. Next question.
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What music are you listening to today?
Hollywood and Sheridan.
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Hungry Rats Published / Available for Purchase →
My novel, Hungry Rats, has been published and is available for purchase!
August 2010
4 posts
“Is This Gothic?” #5 →
Are Dr. Wiley’s castles Gothic?
Hungry Rats: The Rat Man and the Flint Serial... →
This novel did begin with a body of sorts, but it happened in August 2003. One night, in Flint, my girlfriend and I were out for a drive on the Eastside. Late at night, we saw a human lying in fetal…
Ann Radcliffe’s Italian →
Last week, in our discussion of Gothic Heroines and Natural Selection, Flawed Events posted about Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey as referring to Ann Radcliffe. Austen pokes fun at Radcliffe, and at…
“Is This Gothic?” #3 →
Is this Gothic? Post your opinion as a comment!
Check back tomorrow for my own interpretation.
July 2010
9 posts
Gothic Heroines and Natural Selection Part II: Of... →
Blood Pressure, Corsets, Sensibility, Oh My!
Gothic Heroines and Natural Selection →
On Heroines, and Why They Swoon So Much.
“Is This Gothic?” #2 →
Are these bowling trophies Gothic?
Global Warming is Gothic. →
The Gothic is about inversion of power, and today that means the environment.
Is This Gothic #1 →
First in a series. Look at the picture. Does it seem Gothic to you?
Is This Gothic #1 →
What Kind of Fruit is the Most Gothic? →
Was Lost Gothic? Do We Care? (Part 4) →
Real or Not, Nemesis is Gothic →
June 2010
2 posts
Was Lost Gothic? Do we care? →
Hungry Rats Promo Video #3 →
May 2010
6 posts
Hungry Rats Contest →
Steampunk Chicago →
The Plan of Attack: Stalk, Lure, Strike! →
The Gothic Blog: What Shall We Talk About? →
Birthing the Blog (4 of 4): WINTER WONDERLAND →
The Gothic Blog →
Here it is, my updated website and blog. The blog is most exciting, exploring a new Gothicism that seeks to channel the emotions of terror and sublimity alongside horror and morbidity.