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A J C

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About Me

I'm tall and I have abnormally large teeth. Everyday I write, for all the good it does. My nonexistent band is called "Machinegun Butterfly." I love my wife and my life.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Stephen King. A new doctor. A dentist.

My Blog

Can I be well, already?

 I'm starting to feel well enough that I'm doing stupid things.  Yesterday, I worked too long.  I kept ignoring the pain in my sacrum until it refused to be ignored and by the time that...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:31:00 GMT

Fear, Chuck Palahniuk's "Rant"

Yesterday I was about to drop off my Netflix in the mail (second viewing of "Stranger Than Fiction," if it matters) and I realized that it would be my first time leaving the house alone in over four w...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 10:37:00 GMT

The Finer Points of a Two-Foot Intrusion

Believe it or not I had things I was working on before a car came along and t-boned me, fracturing my pelvis, sacrum, and three ribs, but the writing I have done over the last two weeks all has had su...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 13:27:00 GMT

Nine Month Flashback: Karaoke Birthday Bash, September 22nd 2005

     Karaoke at the basement of the Shelbourne Hotel on South Beach goes until 5:00am but its Thursday so the plan is to get there early. This is also the best way to get on Ronnie...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:10:00 GMT

The New Yorker: Fondled By David Sedaris

If I had a "Must List" in the imaginary column in my head, David Sedaris would be on it. I don't add his newest books to my "to read" list, instead Ill interrupt my book rotation to gulp down whatever...
Posted by on Sun, 07 May 2006 04:18:00 GMT

Personal & Political: Watching Bernard Goldberg

Seeing the cover of Bernard Goldbergs newest book, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37) is enough for most of my co-workers. I'll use "my co-workers" because I don't want to ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 May 2006 18:23:00 GMT

I'm Running for President

This was a just a post but Gabriel told me to blog it. . .   On this fifteenth day of April, tax day 2006, Ive decided to run for president. The platforms of my campaign are as follows: 1) Free, ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:13:00 GMT

I Thought Paul Auster Was God

I like to tell people that I read four books when I went home to New York over my Thanksgiving break. In truth, I finished one Id started in Miami, a piece of literary fiction called Hungry Tide that ...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 08:45:00 GMT

Telling Stories: Watching Chuck Palahniuk

I usually get the orders for our events at Books & Books the third week of each month. This means if your event takes place early in the month, we usually only have your books on display behind th...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Apr 2006 08:02:00 GMT

Memoirs Are Hot Right Now: Watching Jeanette Walls

It's the first reading inside the store in a while and it's a good one. There's nothing like trying to pack way too many people into Books & Books, with the dark wood and art tomes (yes, I said to...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Apr 2006 08:00:00 GMT