If you haven’t been coming to Game Night at the library, you’ve been missing some pretty epic stuff. No, I don’t mean “epic” like your hackneyed bro does when he uses it describe everything from his latest meal at TGI Fridays to his trip to the post office; I mean one of its literal definitions, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2015
The Relasering
Years from now, as I’m giving a bittersweet speech at my retirement party at Taco Bell* and regaling my admirers with the stories of my proudest accomplishments whilst they chow down on Doritos Locos Tacos and Crunchwrap Supremes, I’ll get choked up not when relating the elation I felt when looking into the joy-filled face … Continue reading
Mastering Your To-Read List: Advice for Non-Elephants
No matter how quickly you read, the rate at which you read will never exceed the rate at which new books are released. It’s really not fair; there’s only one of you (unless you’re this guy), and a jillion authors relentlessly cranking out material. Like Jaws and the rhythm, the tide of new books will … Continue reading
It’s Good to Be Bad
Most of the time, I enjoy a good villain. Stories need a baddie, a yang to the hero’s yin, someone to cathartically hate, someone to secretly root for. Whether they take the form of cold-hearted billionaires, evil sorcerers, hand-slicing Jedis, or professional basketball players who renege on an agreement in the most cowardly, disgraceful manner … Continue reading
Get Carded at the Library
I’m not by any means a graphic designer, but I have some residual Photoshop competence from my days spent being educated to be Don Draper (just the advertising part of him, not all the morally reprehensible stuff). Every now and then, I’m called upon to dust off those modest skills to create something purty for … Continue reading
