May You Live In Interesting Times |
The times they are indeed interesting. Institutions, both financial and social, are crumbling, destroyed by greed and incompetence. The country is, as my friend Joe so succinctly put it, circling...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:37:00 PST |
Rise |
So you're probably wondering why I haven't written a blog in about six months, well, it's kind of complicated. 2008 has easily been the worst year of my life. It started off great. I was in love ...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:05:00 PST |
Non Athletic Sport Centered Around Rednecks |
Due to my cousin Will's upcoming wedding, I found myself awake this morning and heading towards Talledega, Alabama for the big Nascar race. You see, my cousin...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:25:00 PST |
From the mixed-up files of J. Michael McCall, Esq. |
Change can be a real bitch mother. I no longer work at the bookstore where I spent the last 7 (!) years. I've got an office job now, nice pay, nice benefits. It's ...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:08:00 PST |
Beauty in Sadness |
To be honest, I thought (foolishly) that my dark days were behind me. Those who have known me a long time know that I fought a terrible depression in my early twenties. It would come back from t...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:43:00 PST |
Requiem for a good dog |
People who know me know that I have been having a terrible week. I won't go into the reasons here, but I will say I haven't felt this bad i...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:22:00 PST |
Having your teeth yanked out kinda sucks |
Last Friday, I had my last two remaining wisdom teeth removed. I decided that I would also do a show that night, opening for Dan Bialek at the Bottletree. I refused general anesthetic (think I spelled...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:52:00 PST |
No gold for me, in them thar hills |
I got invited to do a show at a fancy, white table cloth joint in Atlanta last night. The show was called Comedy Gold in the Highlands, since the club is in the Virginia Highlands section of Atlanta. ...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:20:00 PST |
Knowing When to Fold |
Every now and then, on Monday nights, I play poker over at a friend's house. Last night, after another horrible game, I had an epihany. I don't know when to fold. I get horribly bored when I fol...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:37:00 PST |
Getting Back to It |
Hope everyone is off to a good start in 2008. Things have been going well for me. So I looked up my resolutions from last year to see how I did.
2007 RESOLUTIONS
1 - Continue my spiritual evoluti...
Posted by The Michael McCall on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:29:00 PST |
