Warning: When you get halfway through this post - or at least to the end of the next paragraph - and say oh my god, Chris is terrible and I can't believe he used that kind of language and I'll never come here or read anything he writes again even if it happens to be the most brilliant thing since Sa...

Yesterday, for the first time in my life, I had to go to the hospital.  It all started on Sunday night when I went to watch The Watchmen.  During the movie, I started getting a slight headache.  It eventually got so bad that when I turned my head to look at the person sitting next to me, it would...

So a friend in NY sent us one of those Flat Stanley deals, only this flat little fella was named Gingerbread Fred. The idea is that some school kid mails out a "Fred" to a bunch of people who are supposed to take him somewhere, and take pictures of him doing crap, and then write a little something a...

I bet the driver doesn’t think so. Take a drive on dirt for the last 1/10th mile to my house. As I’m typing this, I’m watching the town’s garbage collection truck rumble down the unreasonably steep and rugged road that leads to my home and my two neighbor’s homes. This ...

Let's get this clear right off the bat. I'm no prude. I could never be accused of being averse to fun. I am vaguely crude and most definitely politically incorrect. And I have a sense of humor. I mean, after all, I used the phrase fucking a headless underage midget in a post last week. That has to p...

Bob Dylan – The Bootleg Series 4 - Live 1966 ‘Like Dylan In The Movies’ indeed. I wondered what I should write about this record.  I realised I had already written it eight years ago. Here’s some edited highlights. It’s probably all you need. The triumvirate of Bringing It All Back H...

All the talk of washing machines has reminded me of this piece I wrote a few years ago when I was conducting the Lord, Please Meet Me in the Laundry Room contest: My history as told through laundry rooms I love the laundry room pictures! I think of them while I do my own laundry these days - now dow...

I couldn’t think of any reason not to be happy. First, i love what i have right this moment.. my friends my future career as an architect (that really make me anxious to graduate) my family (that are getting along sometimes, and the other member overseas) I can’t think of a better life ...

This weekend was absolutely awesome. I'm not sure if it was the taste of spring, the company we had or just the fact that it was fun, but it was great. And I feel like I learned some stuff along the way. First and foremost, I don't want to be back at work. But I am so that's not necessarily notewort...

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