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About Me

My name is John Apfelrotz (actually it's not, but who cares) and I'm a forum moderator at the exceedingly awesome leeleesobieski.com fansite.

I am, rather miraculously, happily married and have two daughters, one in high school and one already out of the house and making her way in the big bad wonderful world. I also have a dog who causes me no end of trouble.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

My friends in the ether.

My Blog

For all those who have given gifts and not been thanked

I don't usually repost stuff but recent events have reminded me of an old Persian story I put up on ls.com a few years ago.  Here it is for all of your (and especially Mateo's) amusement. There w...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 06:06:00 GMT

Notes on the previous entry

When I posted my now famous blog entry "Leelee Sobieski in her IMDb forum" I made a vow to honor of the actress's legendary nonverbality by saying nothing either in the blog itself or in res...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:32:00 GMT

Leelee Sobieski in her IMDb forum

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Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 07:28:00 GMT

On learning about Jodie and Emily on the same day

Her people called her the tenth museSappho of the island of Lesbos.I would welcome her just as muchas any of her nine straight sisters.
Posted by on Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:06:00 GMT

Amaterasu

Having gone to school, I knowThat the sun stays in one placeand the earth revolves around her.Likewise I understandThat the reason for day and nightis that the earth spins on its axis.All that I can a...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:55:00 GMT

Another way of looking at it

As I go forth in exile to dark deep spaceand look back on my home from afarWhen will the sun stop being my sunand become just another star?
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:27:00 GMT

Withdrawal of projection

When the light goes out is the room still there? When the sun goes down does the world remain? When your muse departs do the wonders she has shown you stay behind? Of course. And yet, what do you do? ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:18:00 GMT

Three easy riddles

What has hands but no arms, a face but no mouth? What has a mouth but no face, a bed but no pillow? What has a house but no home, a head but no heart?
Posted by on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 17:31:00 GMT

My interview with WIRED Magazine

March 17, 2007 Stranger in a strange land. An interview with Myspace misfit John Apfelrotz By Melanie Klein, WIRED Staff WIRED catches up with self-styled MySpace misfit John Apfelrotz and learns w...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:06:00 GMT

Good news! I have a publisher!

Yes, my ms blog came to the attention of a publisher (I'm not going to talk about how) and they emailed me and we got talking and boom we signed a deal!  They think my very short stories will be ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:10:00 GMT