Archive for: July, 2006

What? Me Lie? Never.

What?  Me Lie?  Never.

Your EQ is 160

50 or less: Thanks for answering honestly. Now get yourself a shrink, quick!
51-70: When it comes to understanding human emotions, you’d have better luck understanding Chinese.
71-90: You’ve got more emotional intelligence than the average frat boy. Barely.
91-110: You’re average. It’s easy to predict how you’ll react to things. But anyone could have [...]

Dear Sir or Madam: Could You..?

Dear Sir or Madam: Could You..?

Today, I sent out a peck of query letters to editors about SPEED KINGS. After being agented for the last 15 months, it felt like turning back the clock. Scary, really.
It also felt good to be in charge of my work, which is why I decided to go it alone with this novel. [...]

Freedom of Speech Ends Here

Freedom of Speech Ends Here

In honor of July 4th, I’d like to point out that there should be some limits on free speech. Rather, there should be be limits on where speech takes place. For example. Yesterday, I went to see Superman. It was a pretty good movie, an opinion shared by another man who [...]

Konnichi wa

Konnichi wa

Last week–or was it yesterday because I’m still jet-lagged–I got back from Osaka, Japan after a two week adventure with two colleagues and a baker’s dozen grad students in Osaka. We spent a week in schools, which included pre-school, elementary, junior high, and high school with a tour of a university. We saw [...]

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nag, nag, nag. “update your journal” nag, nag, nag.
I was in Japan, blah, blah, blah, so cut me some slack.
nag, nag, nag
blah, blah, blah
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