The entry period runs from now through the 30th. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/181735
(8 April 2016)
Announcements
Goodreads giveaway of Coffee Stains starts tomorrow!
I will be giving away three signed copies—each with a unique coffee-cup ring on the signature page—of Coffee Stains via Goodreads. The entry period runs from tomorrow, April 8th, through April 30th. (Open to U.S. residents only, unfortunately, because international shipping costs would be outrageous.) For more information, or to enter, go here.
(7 April 2016)
Working on the new book, day 4
Yesterday was day 4 of finding possible photos to go with the poems that will comprise the next book. I now have the Delicates and Do-overs sections left to go, and then I can move on to my iPhoto libraries. Continue reading
Working on the new book, day 3
So, I just finished watching The Big Short. Holy crap. I mean, I worked in real estate escrow for nearly five years, so I knew that a lot of people were being suckered into dodgy loans—but the extent of the bullshit that went on around the whole mortgage business is astounding. (And those two mortgage broker guys who end up at the same job fair at the end? I encountered women who were like that as well.) Continue reading
Working on the new book, day 2
The second day of picking possible images for the poems in the new book seemed to much slower—I got part of the way through the Oddities section before calling it a day after less than twenty poems and three hours. Continue reading
Working on the new book, day 1
Technically, I have been easing my way into this book for the last couple of weeks, but today marks my first full day of actively working on it. So, what have I done with it? Continue reading
Stuff—31 March 2016
With the end of March comes the start of April—and, with the start of April, National Poetry Writing Month, a/k/a NaPoWriMo. Accordingly, this seems as good a time as any for an update… Continue reading
An Evening With: Poets Against Hate
The video of Poets Against Hate, which actually took place on a Saturday afternoon, is now available for viewing on the Seattle Channel: http://www.seattlechannel.org/AnEveningWith/episodes?videoid=x62049
Yes! You can now hear me ask the immortal question, ‘can you hear me okay’ on your very own device. (I read a poem, too.)
(13 March 2016)
‘Dear Tuesday…’ available now!
‘Dear Tuesday…’, the second collection of my ongoing series of love notes to the days of the week, is now available in paperback.
The book should appear on Amazon within a few days; in the meantime, it can be purchased via CreateSpace: https://www.createspace.com/6044780
(6 March 2016)
Super Tuesday
Here’s something I have not done for a while: put out new music.
Recorded last night and this morning, and just uploaded to SoundCloud and Bandcamp.
If you don’t feel like going to the Bandcamp page, here’s the accompanying text:
Two turntables and a microphone has been replaced by two thumbs and an iPhone…
A brand-new piece recorded using the pre-Allihoopa version of Propellerhead Figure while watching the Super Tuesday returns on TV. Donald J. Drumpf and the DTs, with support acts Freddie Cruz and Mark-o RubiNO, suggest that the country is going to hell, and apparently are determined to hasten its demise.
In the face of all this, what else can you do alone in your room at night but make a lot of noise to drive those demons out?
As the late Hunter S. Thompson once put it, when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro…
(2 March 2016)
Ordinary Average Thoughts 