Turn up the radio

At the risk of venturing off topic (which you notice I do often), I want to ask you (all three of you) a question. I’m putting together a playlist in iTunes of music that seems appropriate for driving. And I’m coming up pretty short. So far, I’ve got this song by Neil and Chris and, [...]

More shameless self-promotion

Here’s a neat interview with the editors of Paws and Reflect. Can you believe it, banned in Princeton by Barnes & Noble? Oy vey.
Have you ordered your copy yet? Why not? My friend Ryan ordered two….

Friday word count

NOVEL WORD COUNT: 19,980
Last week: 16,440
Written this week: 3,540

Googlebombing the GOP

This is an interesting tactic. It worked very well for the Republican Party against John Kerry in the last presidential election, and now someone has an idea to turn it back on them.
While I am of course not surprised about the link to the article on Jim (No)Talent, I think my favorite might be the [...]

In print (maybe)

The Plus One and I are going to be interviewed next week for a feature in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called “How We Met.” You can be certain it will involve discussion of cowboy boots, line dancing, two-stepping and who leads and who follows. And maybe the Tush Push.
And we’ll probably try to plug the [...]

‘An evening of electronic entertainment’

(Taken by Ryan)
I am not the most discriminating Pet Shop Boys fan, I told my friend Ryan last night. It’s kind of like Lorelai Gilmore with coffee: even bad is better than none at all. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe could put out a dance mix of “Feliz Navidad” and I’d probably at least buy [...]

Respect your elders

On this day (though not in the same year), two momentous things were born.
1. The iPod.

2. Guess.

Friday word count (again, belated)

But that’s mainly because I was writing right up until I went to bed.
NOVEL WORD COUNT: 16,440
Last week: 15,189
Written this week: 1,251
NEW STORY: 1,249
last week: 471
Written this week: 778
TOTAL: 2,029
This is still less than I would like to/need to write if I’m going to get this novel draft done any time before I qualify for [...]

Dear Ben Stein:

Shake hands with the kettle, Mr. Pot. After reading this article, I hope your “best friend” who is gay gives you a swift kick in the ass, because you are a God damn idiot. Shut the fuck up before you embarrass yourself again, you moron.
Sincerely yours,
Jeffrey Ricker
St. Louis, MO
PS: Define “barely legal,” you witless twit.

Gay men and doggies and parties, oh my

Bless her heart, my fabulous friend AbFABB can wear so many hats with ease (I speak figuratively, not literally, of course, because a hat would mess up her ‘fro). And now she can tuck a little “Press Agent” card in the brim of said hat because she is helping drum up interest in Paws and [...]