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November 2008 (2)
- 06: On the topic of a literary president (2)
- 03: Last minute thoughts on Prop 8 (3)
October 2008 (1)
- 16: I’m not back. (3)
August 2008 (1)
- 05: Shall we play a game? (2)
July 2008 (1)
- 29: Well, that was fun! (2)
June 2008 (3)
- 24: Insider’s Guide to Cuba (0)
- 18: Brushes with nature (2)
- 05: Do you have any idea how long that minivan was gone? (2)
April 2008 (3)
- 27: Too darn hot (3)
- 11: Another day at the office (1)
- 10: Don’t know my own strength (2)
March 2008 (1)
- 26: Earthquake! (2)
February 2008 (2)
- 08: Quote of the Week (3)
- 04: My vote tomorrow… (3)
January 2008 (1)
- 25: New year: Starting from scratch (2)
December 2007 (2)
- 27: Where I’ve been, Where I’m going (1)
- 01: Â¡Hola! (2)
November 2007 (1)
- 08: Hooray… (2)
September 2007 (6)
- 28: Party like it’s 1989 (9)
- 26: A brief word about Life and music (2)
- 21: Halloween Photo Spell Contest (1)
- 18: Mmm. Chocolate. (6)
- 06: People all get ready (3)
- 02: It’s about time! (4)
August 2007 (5)
- 27: He’s gone! (4)
- 23: Two quick things. (3)
- 23: What biking to work has done for me. (2)
- 08: Listening and hearing (5)
- 02: The Swell Season (2)
July 2007 (4)
- 19: The vehicle of novelists and poets (2)
- 13: Music for Friday the Thirteenth (0)
- 04: You wake up, suddenly you’re a pro. (2)
- 02: Twenty-two tips for tackling tiredness (0)
June 2007 (4)
- 30: Weekend Update (0)
- 24: Happy early Independence Day (0)
- 22: You know what I like? Jazz apples! (5)
- 18: New music, now with commentary! (9)
May 2007 (1)
- 30: This is all you get (3)
April 2007 (5)
- 29: Things that have kept me busy this month (2)
- 16: Scene from a Walgreens (7)
- 16: I smell ice cream. (2)
- 15: And … done. (4)
- 15: Web 2.0 is ______ (2)
March 2007 (3)
- 31: Just ’cause you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there (5)
- 30: My lesson for the day (2)
- 04: How I Spent My Weekend (2)
February 2007 (5)
- 25: Oh, body of Christ, if only I could forsake you. (12)
- 17: The making of a week. (2)
- 15: Lottie dottie, Afrodisiac Soundsystem likes to party (1)
- 14: Double-post Wednesday! Part 2 (2)
- 14: Double-post Wednesday! Part 1 (3)
January 2007 (5)
- 23: Oh, happy day! (0)
- 22: No, spank you. (6)
- 13: Don’t push me. It’s my birthday. (9)
- 12: Wi-Fi, iTunes and loneliness in general (3)
- 09: Six things. (4)
December 2006 (1)
- 17: Five things. (2)
November 2006 (3)
- 14: Why you sometimes shouldn’t complain. (3)
- 10: The vacation’s over. (0)
- 03: Dear Hello Sputnik (4)
October 2006 (12)
- 31: Trick or … well, just trick. (1)
- 30: I have a new goal in life. (0)
- 25: Licensed to drive (in California) (5)
- 24: What to do with half a can of pumpkin. (4)
- 21: I want to ride my bicycle. (4)
- 20: Surrounded by brokenness. (2)
- 17: What’s new at Hellosputnik.com? (0)
- 14: Hello from Disneyland. (7)
- 12: NaNoWriMo 2006 (9)
- 12: Job interview with a DVD retailing magazine. (4)
- 08: A brief look at some new music. (2)
- 04: The way I roll. (6)
September 2006 (13)
- 29: On golden anniversaries. (2)
- 29: The prodigals return. (0)
- 26: What in the name of God is that? (2)
- 22: Itsy, bitsy spider. (8)
- 20: Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve (2)
- 19: California at last. (0)
- 15: Four hundred miles to go. (4)
- 14: Remodeling (2)
- 12: Ignorance is bliss. (4)
- 12: How I almost didn’t make it to Amarillo, Part II. (0)
- 12: How I almost didn’t make it to Amarillo, Part I. (0)
- 04: Carry me over that mountain stream. (12)
- 01: Wish you were here. (2)
August 2006 (12)
- 31: Slight change of plans. (4)
- 31: Adios. (2)
- 30: The next time you see sky … (0)
- 28: Hello, Lake Charles. (1)
- 27: Thanksgiving in August. (2)
- 26: Back to the front. (4)
- 22: Book sales and banana splits. (6)
- 18: What’s in the mix? (7)
- 10: Word up. (9)
- 07: Do you endure? (0)
- 05: O brave new world that has such people in it! (6)
- 03: The best road trip very little money can buy. (10)
July 2006 (2)
- 29: Anyone want to buy a recliner-loveseat with a hole chewed in it by a dog? (0)
- 28: And if I don’t get the things I am after … (0)
June 2006 (1)
- 30: (Never) Glimpse the truth. (3)
May 2006 (4)
- 19: When I’m 64 … (6)
- 17: A review of Gmail’s new contact photos feature (0)
- 12: Black Monday (3)
- 12: The verdict is in (2)
April 2006 (4)
- 28: Esta tierra es nuestra tierra. (6)
- 21: The price is right/wrong (15)
- 10: The Fig Tree Withers (5)
- 06: Breakdown (5)
March 2006 (1)
- 01: Racing toward elimination. (9)
February 2006 (2)
- 26: Like/Dislike (4)
- 04: Goodbye, Windows. (5)
January 2006 (5)
- 24: Toothpaste with mix-ins (13)
- 21: The return of four-eyes (6)
- 19: Where is this indignation when it really matters? (2)
- 18: Not another meeting! (0)
- 10: The battle is already won. (2)
December 2005 (4)
- 26: Happy Christmas (1)
- 22: Christmas shall overcome. (0)
- 20: Me and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (0)
- 16: Feel free to make this a reality. (0)
November 2005 (2)
- 28: Oops. (0)
- 25: 501 Blues (4)
October 2005 (5)
- 18: Awesome. (3)
- 15: The people on the bus. (2)
- 10: Foiled (4)
- 05: Hooray for Kenzaburo! (0)
- 03: Why you should complain. Part II (9)
September 2005 (8)
- 28: Wish I’d had this working during the “hurricane” (2)
- 28: You guys got nothin’ to worry about; I’m a professional. (3)
- 06: A not so laudable exchange (7)
- 05: Guess he’d rather be in Colorado (2)
- 03: Variations on a theme (0)
- 03: Deep magic (2)
- 02: Register now! (0)
- 01: Please state your name. (20)
August 2005 (9)
- 31: Passing gas stations (9)
- 31: Plugging the plugin (0)
- 31: We don’t need another hero (4)
- 29: Oh, to be a journalist in Europe. (6)
- 27: The third law - new and improved! (0)
- 23: Confession (12)
- 14: oh! something else … (8)
- 14: Gifts and Surprises (7)
- 08: If this ice is a-blockin’, the party’s a-rockin’. (7)
July 2005 (5)
- 29: It’s a little bit funny, this feeling inside (0)
- 29: I am not the real Dread Pirate Roberts (6)
- 27: If Chester Copperpot didn’t find it, how would we find it? (7)
- 13: Deep Thoughts (8)
- 11: moving on up (5)
June 2005 (6)
- 29: Just mention Sept. 11 and Iraq together one more time, Mr. President, and maybe I’ll believe it. (1)
- 24: Human Interest, or How I Learned to Love the Paparazzi (1)
- 20: Let’s talk about your onus. (8)
- 15: The Sith finally have their revenge on me (2)
- 08: Gentlemen Adventurers will rock (0)
- 06: Maine recap (1)
May 2005 (9)
- 27: I ain’t hangin’ around no more (2)
- 20: Italian creme cake, how I hate thee! (2)
- 19: I like television. (0)
- 19: In case you don’t hear from me for a little while, here’s why: (0)
- 19: Useless desires (0)
- 18: Welcome to the world. (2)
- 18: Only fools believe the biased conservative government (2)
- 12: Operation Sawdust (0)
- 07: One thing I forgot to mention. (2)
April 2005 (3)
- 29: Let’s talk ethics. (8)
- 27: We don’t need no urination (2)
- 06: There are too many of you! (1)
March 2005 (4)
- 30: Rediscovering McIntosh (1)
- 28: Two newses (1)
- 22: Unclenching (0)
- 13: Hey. (1)
October 2004 (7)
- 30: Don’t be afraid of voting against the president (0)
- 24: I will write you letters that explain the way I’m thinking now (0)
- 14: Not going back into the water just yet. (0)
- 12: So what happens when the heart just stops? (0)
- 10: Okay, maybe not. (0)
- 10: No, really. Wanna buy some wood? (0)
- 06: Getting the story straight (0)
August 2004 (1)
- 03: you could take me out and teach me how and showwwww me (0)
July 2004 (7)
- 28: … there’s the united states of america (0)
- 26: so fetch (0)
- 26: change is inevitable, especially when things break down for no apparent reason (0)
- 13: never gonna go down with the ship (0)
- 13: lake charles: where our wings take dream (0)
- 03: a few thoughts about searching (0)
- 02: pulling the plug? (0)
June 2004 (2)
- 09: tonight, i make good deals (0)
- 07: how would i know? (0)
May 2004 (3)
- 20: you know what i’d like to see? (0)
- 06: it’s time for saying good bye (0)
- 04: slow day at the office (0)
April 2004 (8)
- 29: i’m not mad, just disappointed (0)
- 26: a weak case for revision (2)
- 15: we just want to correct the record (0)
- 15: thanks for the tax break, mr. president (0)
- 09: americans don’t surrender: the nutcase delivers a letter (0)
- 06: the pit-stain and the pendulum (2)
- 04: i wonder if it hurt when he fell from heaven (0)
- 01: candy bar update (0)
March 2004 (9)
- 29: not that innocent (0)
- 26: i’ll be your huckleberry (0)
- 26: breakin 2 (0)
- 26: productivity break (0)
- 24: cat? or missing link? (0)
- 12: maybe i’ll elaborate later (0)
- 11: tossed salad and scrambled eggs (0)
- 08: as reported in the onion (0)
- 03: one more blog the audience won’t like (0)
February 2004 (8)
- 25: i need a vacation (0)
- 19: this is it - this is really happening (0)
- 06: painting the target on myself — confessions (0)
- 05: “crumbs are like grains of sandwich” (0)
- 04: learned reaction, satisfaction and a retraction (0)
- 04: “if i said that, i would have been wrong” - the white house is up to semantics again (0)
- 03: on inquiries and nudity (0)
- 02: this is for all you republicans out there… (0)
January 2004 (12)
- 30: you can pick your battles, and you can pick your friends… (0)
- 28: what’s the buzz? (0)
- 28: mirror, mirror on the wall… (0)
- 27: eMacs are ruining my life (0)
- 23: am i going to have to separate you two? (0)
- 21: they are the man (0)
- 20: the state of my boss’ union (0)
- 20: food industry poodles (0)
- 20: do the right thing (witty movie title for stan) (0)
- 16: unwitting guinea pigs (0)
- 09: the whole shack shimmies (0)
- 08: don’t let me know we’re invisible (0)
December 2003 (17)
- 29: good news everyone (0)
- 26: christmas plus 1 (0)
- 22: right round (0)
- 22: like a record, baby (0)
- 15: uhhh… hi. (0)
- 11: laughing city (0)
- 11: i’m not bitter, just poor (0)
- 10: so i guess we just sit here? (0)
- 10: good morning (0)
- 09: bored (0)
- 06: planet of dreams (0)
- 04: brrrrr (0)
- 03: what we meant to say was… (0)
- 03: other news (0)
- 03: stop it (0)
- 02: did i just see the bush administration caught in another lie? (0)
- 01: and another thing about the concert (0)
November 2003 (16)
- 30: i made it, i beat you! (0)
- 29: so upset i could pout for days (0)
- 18: the end (0)
- 17: continuing the animal theme (0)
- 17: sorry, parliament, no speech (0)
- 15: thwarted again (0)
- 14: drawing parallels (0)
- 13: mr. bush goes to england (0)
- 11: the long post about dreamers and idiots (0)
- 10: confessions of an NPR junkie (2)
- 07: incredible savings! (0)
- 07: let the games begin (0)
- 05: election results (0)
- 04: true love waits (0)
- 03: by the way (0)
- 03: have i mentioned… (0)
October 2003 (10)
- 31: what is the world coming to? (0)
- 31: one more reason why you shouldn’t steal (0)
- 31: about last night (0)
- 30: now playing with w.bloggar (0)
- 23: hahahahahahahahaha (0)
- 21: dirty dog (0)
- 20: japunks (0)
- 20: you know what i love? (0)
- 18: so what are you doing for the next 40 or 50 years? (0)
- 13: the revision thing (0)
September 2003 (5)
- 28: this is the next to last song (0)
- 27: wish you were here (0)
- 24: p.s. (0)
- 24: new toys (0)
- 05: the a/c story (0)
August 2003 (11)
- 27: time expired (0)
- 21: 376 days makes all the difference (0)
- 16: haiku for a dream (0)
- 15: bookcrossing (0)
- 14: acquiring things (0)
- 13: Masked and Anonymous (0)
- 11: and then there was one (0)
- 06: flirting with disaster (0)
- 05: national night out (0)
- 03: david (0)
- 02: re views (0)
July 2003 (8)
- 30: the hills are alive… (0)
- 22: a midsummer night’s dream (0)
- 20: listen…… you smell something? (0)
- 17: as real as it gets (0)
- 14: how do i sleep while my eyes are burning? (0)
- 11: what’s that smell? (0)
- 02: i forgot… how big… (0)
- 01: mmmmmm (0)
June 2003 (10)
- 20: mas chuckles (0)
- 20: not necessarily the news (0)
- 19: i have good news and bad news (0)
- 13: thank you, mr. bush. thank you. you’ve made my day. (0)
- 12: peter gabriel (0)
- 12: i’m not paying you to think (0)
- 11: don’t talk back, just drive the car (0)
- 05: it’s the new me (0)
- 03: that twister was me (0)
- 01: looks like it’s just you and me now (0)
May 2003 (5)
- 12: just out of curiosity (0)
- 10: i don’t think you understand what you’re dealing with (0)
- 09: do the right thing (0)
- 04: that’s insane! (0)
- 02: i’ll buy that for a dollar (0)
April 2003 (5)
- 28: what? did they grow legs and run away? (0)
- 28: for the weekend (0)
- 25: an hour i’ll never get back (0)
- 17: and nothing lasts forever (0)
- 03: invisible personnel (0)
March 2003 (13)
- 31: i don’t get it, i don’t get it (0)
- 28: beautiful day in the neighborhood (0)
- 26: soldiers in disguise (0)
- 26: shock and awe (0)
- 24: breathing for a living (0)
- 24: blogging from baghdad (0)
- 20: haha (0)
- 04: u.s.a. (0)
- 02: thank you, master control (0)
- 02: oh good grief (0)
- 02: 10:19 a.m. (0)
- 02: i’m soo broooooken (0)
- 01: 9 p.m. (0)
February 2003 (11)
- 28: going back to egypt (0)
- 27: no end in sight (0)
- 25: paranoid thyroid (0)
- 25: you know, you’ll rue the day (0)
- 21: and the winner is… (0)
- 20: with a red guitar on fire (0)
- 20: selective memory (0)
- 19: for you o democracy (0)
- 13: a few reasons why i’m opposed to war with Iraq (0)
- 12: i have no response to that (0)
- 02: and during the few moments that we have left (0)
January 2003 (6)
- 22: a very merry un-birthday to you (0)
- 17: protest by proxy (0)
- 14: she’s bored of me too (0)
- 10: i’m gonna buy a gun and start a war (0)
- 07: breaking the law (0)
- 02: i will sum up (0)
December 2002 (5)
- 22: i dare you to move (0)
- 08: also (0)
- 07: ok (0)
- 07: i’ve never been so happy in my whole life (0)
- 04: hello sunny weather (0)
October 2002 (1)
- 30: well… (0)
September 2002 (5)
- 28: i demand a better future (0)
- 12: the aftermath (0)
- 12: broken (0)
- 11: suitable for mourning (0)
- 02: ok, ok, ok. (0)
August 2002 (6)
- 14: youth and beauty (0)
- 07: crazy dream time (0)
- 03: wait… (0)
- 03: and another thing (0)
- 03: everything’s better with dog vomit on it (0)
- 01: so gone, so numb, so long (0)
July 2002 (7)
- 30: Did I do, O God, did I as I said I’d do? Good, I did! (0)
- 25: hello, friend (0)
- 14: just lucky, i guess (0)
- 13: because that was the dream of my client (0)
- 07: you see, wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces… (0)
- 06: so groovy now (0)
- 02: we never talk anymore (0)
June 2002 (14)
- 24: so anyway… (0)
- 22: 3 billion nothings in the world, why should anybody bother? (0)
- 19: as yet untitled (0)
- 14: the breaking of the dawn (0)
- 12: this good day (0)
- 11: what is it with bookstores (0)
- 10: liar (0)
- 09: aaaaahhh (0)
- 08: this one right here… (0)
- 06: discovery (0)
- 05: equus (0)
- 05: the rhythm is gonna get you (0)
- 01: where are you? (0)
- 01: under the moonlight (0)
May 2002 (29)
- 30: too late, i gotta get up early (0)
- 29: russkiye zhenschini (0)
- 29: s-u-n-d-a-y …night! (0)
- 26: quick trip (0)
- 25: somebody’s getting marrrieeeeed! (0)
- 23: offer me alternatives and i decline (0)
- 23: like i’ve been there before (0)
- 22: i live in america (0)
- 22: so turn and run (0)
- 21: at a speed that makes me cry (0)
- 20: it wasn’t even close to halloween (0)
- 19: i’d love to turn to stone tonight (0)
- 16: what are you, some kind of cosmonaut? (0)
- 16: i make you so unhappy (0)
- 14: stick it in the fridge (0)
- 14: move them ever-lovin’ feet to easy street (0)
- 13: &^@*#$ (0)
- 12: could that be more random? (0)
- 12: surprisal (0)
- 12: hi, mom (0)
- 09: this too shall pass (0)
- 09: hello, i must be going (0)
- 07: your mother (0)
- 06: and home is a place i’ve never been (0)
- 06: time slips away too soon (0)
- 04: magnets and words up on the fridge speak to the poet in all of us (0)
- 02: happiness is (0)
- 02: universal rodent (0)
- 01: we will get along, you can get along (0)
April 2002 (33)
- 28: marination (0)
- 25: these are the things i need to sing about (0)
- 24: imagine the light upon your blue transparent face (0)
- 22: and nothing is wrong with us (0)
- 22: just telling stories (0)
- 19: you laugh across the kitchen at something in a magazine (0)
- 19: deadlines again, feel like hiding out (0)
- 17: twinkle, twinkle (0)
- 16: sadness, part one (0)
- 16: infinite time has gone away, i’m sorry i used you (0)
- 16: dilemma (0)
- 15: what a way to make a living (0)
- 14: let’s (0)
- 11: gotta get back in time (0)
- 11: frustration station (0)
- 10: they will make fun of you, but not me. i never got the joke (0)
- 09: and another thing (0)
- 09: what i know about being a reporter (0)
- 08: absolutely nothing! you so stupid! (0)
- 07: what’s the matter colonel sanders? chicken?? (0)
- 07: reminder (0)
- 06: lubbin (0)
- 06: all the pushin’ (0)
- 05: what?! she’s selling it? (0)
- 04: for three strange days, i had no obligations (0)
- 04: crud (0)
- 04: inhaling (0)
- 03: technology is a way to frustrate those who don’t understand it in order to frustrate those who do (0)
- 03: technology is a way of organizing the universe so that man doesn’t have to experience it. (0)
- 03: gee ricky, i’m real sorry your mom blew up (0)
- 02: all your feelings are streaming down your leg (0)
- 01: stringing me along (0)
- 01: daylight (0)
March 2002 (28)
- 31: we love you miss hannigan (0)
- 31: quickly now, go tell his disciples that jesus christ is no longer dead! (0)
- 30: speak, cousin, or if you cannot, stop his mouth with a kiss and let him speak neither (0)
- 30: would you let me sing awhile? (0)
- 30: here come the twister, twistin’ in me (0)
- 28: i will hug him, and squeeze him, and call him george (0)
- 28: seven year itch (0)
- 28: somtimes i still think i will see you in new york, and we will meet on the platform of the train (0)
- 27: only you can fill the hunger (0)
- 27: woke up from a strange rain, it was dreaming outside (0)
- 26: there’s a harp in my heart (0)
- 26: mahbootay - i take it shopping. mahbootay - i buy it presents (0)
- 25: and when a raindrop landed on my tongue, i didn’t need you to explain (0)
- 25: this arrow from my bow (0)
- 24: oh happy day! (0)
- 23: la boheme — it’s an opera. (0)
- 22: look, your worshipfulness, let’s get one thing straight (0)
- 21: so i guess we just sit here? piece of cake. (0)
- 21: don’t nobody know my troubles but God (0)
- 20: the washateria (0)
- 18: the city in which i love you (0)
- 17: it’s still brighter than the day would be if i was without you (0)
- 13: i could go at anytime (0)
- 06: fifty-six times in 81 seconds (0)
- 03: llevame a mi amada (0)
- 03: i love how they talk, “uf oof uf.” (0)
- 02: it always makes me think of rome (0)
- 02: mne nado spat’ (0)
February 2002 (11)
- 26: eh… i guess (0)
- 25: i just returned from one of the best poetry readings ever (0)
- 24: this is the night that never ends (0)
- 24: you go to a show and they stare at your face… (0)
- 22: well, that’s bizarre (0)
- 21: what a load of crap! (0)
- 21: an evening with my favorite authors (0)
- 20: take this job and shove it (0)
- 11: i better get packed (0)
- 02: then put your little hand in mine… (0)
- 01: did you hear that ruckus last night? (0)
January 2002 (15)
- 29: what am i to do? (0)
- 28: woohoo! (0)
- 28: deseando (0)
- 25: whoa (0)
- 24: no, thank you. (0)
- 21: oh boy! (0)
- 19: I am Brian (0)
- 15: the search continues (0)
- 10: this is my motivation (0)
- 09: what happened to the simpler life? (0)
- 07: Which David Bowie are you? (0)
- 04: i’m going to be awake for a week (0)
- 04: what kind of squirrel am i? (0)
- 03: so hungry (0)
- 01: welcome home, me (0)
December 2001 (29)
- 31: and it’s lost forever (0)
- 29: tomorrowland (0)
- 29: let me paint you a picture (0)
- 28: can i take a moment to enjoy myself? (0)
- 28: can it be? (0)
- 27: why, sometimes i’m quite random (0)
- 27: welcome to the sunshine state (0)
- 25: give it to me now (0)
- 25: joy to the world (0)
- 24: i am so lame (0)
- 24: unveiling (0)
- 22: but i’m not sick (0)
- 22: achoo (0)
- 21: i’m not sick (0)
- 18: keep on the sunny side (0)
- 18: is that a threat? (0)
- 17: let me go (i’m all tied up) (0)
- 16: the one with the weddings (0)
- 16: grrr (0)
- 15: woot (0)
- 15: amy’s wedding (0)
- 14: the case of the mysterious note (0)
- 14: you forced me into it (0)
- 14: it’s gonna work out (0)
- 13: what a pain! (0)
- 10: why don’t i write about miserable things? (0)
- 08: great. rain. (2)
- 04: where is that other suitcase? (0)
- 02: long live rock ‘n’ … aw, who am i kidding? (0)
November 2001 (6)
- 28: stupid thought (0)
- 26: put me to work, please (0)
- 21: don’t ask me how, but … (0)
- 21: untitled (0)
- 21: off to the country (0)
- 16: hold … and release (0)
October 2001 (1)
- 26: let’s get it started (0)