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Professor Plague

About Me

I write stuff. I frolic. I'm a nerd. I am invincible.
I'm in this

and I used to be in this:

http://www.fookingreat.com/SHIT/Bobby_Joe_Ebola_and_the_Chil dren_MacNuggits-Carmelita_Sings-Visions-of-a-Rock-Apocalypse /

http://www.fookingreat.com/SHIT/Bobby_Joe_Ebola_and_the_Chil dren_MacNuggits-Two_Cats_Running-ep/

My Interests

I'd like to meet:


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Police Say School Shooter Had Troubled Past, History Of School Shootings
Movers and shakers, people with money but no ideas, RPG punks, human anomalies & deformities, somebody who wants an elaborate theatre set built in their warehouse for three months, people who can make things with their hands, actors, puppeteers, camerafolk, editors, the undead, robots, gunslingers, people with recording studios who work for beer, special effects wizards, can & bottle elves, bike clowns, clowns of all types, gun smugglers, homebrewers, illustrators, jerks, terrorists with moderate political leanings, craven cowards, at least one employer.

My Blog

It’s like if Red Sox fans had to wait 500 years to win

I guess I'm a sucker in my old age. I'm not generally a sentimental guy. But this whole election cycle I'e been getting a little choked up at times. The sheer enormity of significance that Obama's ele...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Powell endorses Obama (video)

Big props to Colin Powell for the October surprise, endorsing Obama the other day. I'd say it's the least he could do. But he elaborates at a press conference later, naming some of the reason...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:24:00 GMT

US President = top-ranked door-to-door salesman

So last night I realized the second presidential debate was on, and watched it online. My abiding impression was that of a game show. The presidency can be said to be the title for the world's top-ran...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:55:00 GMT

sweet leaf

I've been meaning to write about the leaves. I mean, I'm in New England, right? The brilliance of Fall as the deciduous trees of the northeast shed their leaves is the stuff of postcards and coffee ta...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:02:00 GMT

Oh, what a blow that phantom gave me

I've been looking for readings about oral cultures and how they react to electric technologies, and I found Edmund Carpenter's Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me! It's available online here.Meanwhil...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:49:00 GMT

Them apples

Say, say, oh playmate, Come out and play with me And bring your dollies three Climb up my apple tree Shout down my rain barrel Slide down my cellar door And we'll be jolly friends Forever more more m...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:47:00 GMT

Phone dead

Arrgh!My phone has explosive diarrhea. I need to go into town and get a new part for it. Until then, my friends, email is the way. It's like being in the 90s again! For now, check out this video about...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:08:00 GMT

libel tourism and the global village

Thanks, New York Times, for making me almost spit my coffee all over the keyboard:When Rachel Ehrenfeld wrote "Funding Evil: How Terrorism Is Financed and How to Stop It," she assumed she would be pro...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:39:00 GMT

Double order

Never Forget. Some Ate All. All Ate Some.
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:17:00 GMT

"I dont know how I did without it": an essay challenge

I've been thinking again. This time I want to ask you a question, because thinking alone, while a useful short-term tool, often leads one to think in circles.The question is, what can you do without? ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:17:00 GMT