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Brian

About Me

I am a first time author. My book, Irregardless, was Crossquarter Publishing (I'll be using the blog to post some chapters). As of August 21, Irregardless is available at Amazon.com, Crossquarter.com, and some bricks and mortar retail outlets (you may have to ask the store to order a copy). Currently, I live in Chicago, IL with my wife, Melissa. Before heading North, I lived most of my life in Texas and I'm a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. I've made a living as a writer in one form or another for the past 10 years, including penning various newspaper columns, scripting various syndicated television shows, and whoring for various corporations. I even worked for a company showcased in the journalistically questionable “Give Me A Break” segment of 20/20. That experience made me appreciate the inherent comedy of the corrupt exposing the corrupt as corrupt. I'm both deeply cynical and overtly sappy about the human condition and still haven’t decided what I would do if the decision to save the Earth landed in my lap. But that’s why coins have two sides.

My Interests

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, Rushmore, Short Cuts, Reservoir Dogs, Chinatown, Brazil, The Jerk, Bubba Ho-Tep, Fight Club, The Ice Storm, Trainspotting, Goodfellas, LA Confidential

Television:

Deadwood - some of the best writing on TV, I can't even keep up with it half the time. Thank God for closed captioning.

The Simpsons - enjoying a nice renasence

Battlestar Galactica - the new one, I like my Sci-Fi dark

Firefly - and funny, dark and funny

Buffy the Vampire Slayer - the best teen drama on TV ever

Arrested Development - the best comedy on TV ever, I miss this show

Lost - what can I say?

Books:

Irregardless - me, Brian Baker (cocky, much?)

Life of Pi - Yann Martel

Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller

American Tabloid - James Ellroy

Duane's Depressed - Larry McMurtry

A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving

A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon

In Cold Blood - Truman Capote

Junky - William S. Burroughs

The Waste Lands - Stephen King

The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway

Heroes:

Ken Jones

My Blog

Sitcom Idea: Kramer and The Juice as Wacky Roommates

Okay, so it's no big surprise that O.J. Simpson, Judith Regan, and Rupert Murdoch are slimey bags of shit (if you..re reading this Ms. Regan - and I know you are - just jokes, please publish my next b...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:52:00 PST

Word Notta Word?

Okay, I'm going to try something new and pay some attention to my MySpace page.I've been asked why I named my book Irregardless... and if it is even a word.No, Irregardless is not a word. It is a mala...
Posted by Brian on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 03:21:00 PST

IRREGARDLESS, chapter 2

I'm using my blog to post the first couple of chapters of my newly published book Irregardless. Irregardless is a humorous novel about the Apocalypses return to earth and the only three people in the ...
Posted by Brian on Fri, 18 Aug 2006 05:33:00 PST

IRREGARDLESS, chapter 1

1: XYLOPHAGOUSMarch 8, 2008 9:36 A.M.This story begins where any good story should: at the end. The end of the world, to be exact.I've heard the end of the world referred to as "the end of all time."...
Posted by Brian on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:04:00 PST