Still reading, still consistently posting late, still about 100 pages behind. But still enjoying the book too, and that’s something. A big something. And now suddenly thinking that yes, in fact, I too may someday sip from a dishwasher-safe “I … Read on Macduff...
Month: May 2007
Two Astonishing Facts about Creed Bratton
Not-so-astonishing fact #1: Actor Creed Bratton, who plays the character “Creed Bratton” on the hit NBC TV show “The Office,” is actually named “Creed Bratton.”
Really-quite-astonishing fact #2: Back in the ’60s, this selfsame so-called “Creed Bratton” was a member … Read on Macduff...
R.I.P. Charles Nelson Reilly (1948-2007)
I just learned that CNR passed away late last week. It’s been my long-held belief that if the aliens learn everything they know about humanity by watching Charles Nelson Reilly performances, they’ll treat us with great loving kindness.
In which Tekton mania, its root causes and implications, are briefly considered
Whatever did we see in Tekton?
There was a time — back in the early-to-mid ’90s — when we loved that font with a love that was shameless. We were puppies, licking the face of Tekton. Or perhaps Tekton … Read on Macduff...
…and the Academy Award for Best Bee in a Motion Picture
Taking Place on the Windshield of a Moving Car, goes to this feller.… Read on Macduff...
The Against the Day Deathmarch, Week 17
I finally got my head back into the book and read 50 pages today, which means I’m only — yikes! — 100 pages behind. I did dig the hottentot attempt (remember that?). And you guys are all inspiring me with … Read on Macduff...
This is lovely
A site called idealog had a link to a beautiful collection of post-it doodles — the artist (Scott E. Franson) did one a day for a hundred days. Time well spent, sez I.
Now more than ever (age 39)
Now more than ever we could all really use a yearbook photographer.
Whispering 'round the quad. Snapping photos of us and our respective pals through the zoom lens of a swank 35mm Canon (Christmas gift) as we participate in various… Read on Macduff...
Our hymnal
If I end up founding my own university (“Cecil Vortex University” — or perhaps “the University of Cecil Vortex”) the CVU/UCV hymnal will include the following words:
- “roar”
- “kindled”
- “e’er”
- “hail”
- “gibbous”
An Interview with Jon Carroll
Photo credit: Terry Lorant Photography.
Throughout the 1970s, Jon Carroll worked at magazines and papers that ranged from Rolling Stone and the Village Voice to Oui and WomenSports. Since 1982, he’s written a regular column for the San Francisco … Read on Macduff...