El Rio Perdido |
When I regained consciousness, my head was on Nina's shoulder. I had drooled on to her grey cotton sweatshirt in my sleep. Nina opened her eyes and looked at me. "You okay?...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 29 May 2007 09:43:00 PST |
joatmon |
Are you a joatmon like me? What's that? You don't know what a joatmon is? C'mon now. Maybe if you see it with periods separating the letters: j.o.a.t.m.a.n. That's right,...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:32:00 PST |
I believe in bird flu |
Last fall, thanks to certain loud-mouth health officials, apocalyptic biologists, and the frenzied media, I was obsessed with the idea that the extremely virulent H5N1 strain of avian influenza was ab...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 06 Dec 2006 09:56:00 PST |
Riomem.memoiR |
I'm going to tell my story moving backwards. That's the easier way to write a memoir. For one, reverse chronology allows me to assess a specific stage in life and determine what conditions...
Posted by Dan on Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:02:00 PST |
Finding Natasha (reprise) |
A year ago, I moved out of my place and stayed with my friends, Jack and Andy, for about two weeks. I slept in the basement family room of their three-story townhouse, which means that I stayed ...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 07:10:00 PST |
For the love of Dolores |
It's official. I need to cease my consumption of alcohol. I do not need an endocrinologist to make this assessment. My liver told me directly. She whispered it to me yesterday ...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 08 May 2006 07:29:00 PST |
Take two of these and call me in the morning |
I find myself contemplating the pharmaceuticals industry. My semi-famous cousin, Mandy "How'd I get a girl's name?" Patinkin has been the spokesman for a cholestorol drug called Crestor.
Do you ...
Posted by Dan on Mon, 27 Feb 2006 05:56:00 PST |
Body Ink |
[New rule. Whether or not you like this blog, please leave me a comment or kudos.]
I'm trying to come up with a tattoo design. Over the past several months, I have spent countless hours po...
Posted by Dan on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:47:00 PST |
Gnok Gnik |
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I saw King Kong tonite. Have you ever noticed that King Kong is just one consonant away from Ping Pong? Just subsit...
Posted by Dan on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 10:41:00 PST |
coal miners |
As I write this, thirteen West Virginian miners are trapped 270 feet underground in a mine shaft. Some sort of explosion trapped them behind, or maybe under, a pile of rubble. Their probab...
Posted by Dan on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:32:00 PST |
