078: An Unscheduled Surprise!
Such a surprise we’re not even doing The Format! Yup, it’s a format-breaker! Slapped together some video from last month’s After Hours contributors’ reading....
077: October Rust
First, Tha NEWS. Hello fronds and anenomes! Work news right up front in this edition! This upcoming Monday, the 19th, I'll be reading for Written on a Napkin...
076: That Voice Again
First, Tha NEWS. I keep wanting to say "this past weekend" when the weekend I'm about to describe was actually not this past, but the weekend before. It's...
075: A Movie Without Subtlety
First, Tha NEWS. The universe conspires against queer Xennial theater kids yet again. Yesterday I sat down to start this newsletter only to open up Bluesky...
074: I Know What I Did This Summer
First, Tha NEWS. Hey, it's been a bit, huh? This month has been a little all over the place: car stuff, both emergent and project-related; medical stuff,...
073: This is a Blue Line Train to the Loop
First, Tha NEWS. Chicago again and been busy. The drive back was uneventful aside from it being the hottest two days of the year (so far) and not having air...
072: Love Rescue Me
First, Tha NEWS. As I write this I'm waiting for an axle to arrive for my car, and am avoiding entirely the outdoors. I spent this weekend finally (mostly)...
071: Second Verse, Similar to the First
First, Tha NEWS. Travel! Again! By train! Again! One of the planned exceptions to being on the farm this year was having to travel back to Chicago for a bit...
070: Marketplace Updates - Book Info
Hey sweeties! Bit of a one-off here as I’m letting you know that hey, my books have moved again. About a week and a half ago, Draft2Digital, the book...
069: She Calls Me By Her First Name
First, Tha NEWS. Writing on the road for this one. Which is to say, the railroad. Taking the train up to Minneapolis/St. Paul to see Florence + the Machine...
068: I Still Don't Know Why It's "The Windy City"
First, Tha NEWS. First things first: The Chicago Reader's "Best of Chicago" issue came out last week. I'm not in it. I just thought I'd mention it. My...
067: Lemon, it's January
First, Tha NEWS. We got a real corker of a year going, huh? I may not have lived in Minneapolis, but as a Minnesota kid, I spent enough time there. I have...
066: End of Year Year End Bonanza
First, Tha NEWS. Gonna slap this baby into the WYSIWYG editor on Buttondown today, simply because I don’t feel like doing the middleman bit with kwrite....
065: Notes on Notes
First, Tha NEWS. Hey sweeties! Been a bit since a real update, huh? Although I suppose that depends on your definition of "real." In this case it's mostly...
064: Just a Quick Note
Hey there! Yesterday was “Cyber Monday” or whatever, so I decided What the Hay and dropped the ebook price of THE FAILURE EXPERIMENT down to 99 cents. That...
063: The Electric Version is Slimier
First, Tha NEWS. Making plans to head back to Chicago. I can't say I'm thrilled about returning to my neighborhood as it's crawling with jack-booted thugs...
062: It's Designed to Break Your Heart
First, Tha NEWS. Work-wise I've made a bit of a breakthrough for the 22 CARDS project, as in what the non-CARDS parts will be. I've gotten a few pages done...
061: Developments
First, Tha NEWS. Big news! Like actual big news! Big enough that I'm crossposting this bit here between both the newsletter and the Patreon (if you're on one...
060: Two words - sh*t sandwich
First, Tha NEWS. Lots going on right now. It's a shit world out there. Two things in that regard: Friend of the program Dextra Hoffman has gotten to the...
059: Something in the Air (Tonight?)
First, Tha NEWS. I am finally writing from a place that I had envisioned doing so almost four years ago: the bay-shaped sunroom of our Chicago apartment....
