Because I could do a hell of a better job than that Dick

My friends, I think I can now announce the big news:
BYRNES * RICKER ‘08:
A CHOICE, NOT A MEME
And certainly not to forget his pick for Secretary of State, from the great state of Texas: Becky Cochrane.
I don’t know what the fuck he’s talking about when he implies that I’m not diplomatic, though….

Precious

We went to Indianapolis this past weekend to see the Buffy Sing-A-Long with our friend Ryan, and while we were there we popped in on Scott and his recovering other half. And we saw the above gorgeous little bundle of love and energy. I was completely unprepared to be so taken with her. I almost [...]

I tell you, that dog’s got legs

Things about Paws and Reflect keeps popping up even six months after it was published. There’s an excerpt from it in today’s New York Times. (Not from my essay or Plus One’s, but then neither of us has a play running in Manhattan at the moment.)
EDIT: But wait, there’s more! One of the editors of [...]

Hey, I’m packin’ my bags!

“New Earth-like Planet ‘Habitable’”
And no, you can’t come with me. But I’ll send you all a postcard.

Proof that I did in fact run

If you go here and type in my bib number (3805), you’ll see that I did in fact finish the St. Louis Half Marathon a couple weekends ago.
If you’re too lazy to do that, here’s one:

Friday word count

NOVEL WORD COUNT: 42,361
WRITTEN THIS WEEK: 2,352
This has been one of those weeks where I’ve written little and questioned everything. Between you and me, there are days when I wonder. And by “wonder,” I mean “have no confidence whatsoever that what I have to write is worth reading, and whether what I’m writing is substantial [...]

We’ll see a world enchanted

I always wanted to be more of a Tara. I think she was my favorite character—introverted, beautiful and wise.
Really, though, I’m more of an Anya Jenkins. I’m not so much the breakaway pop hit as the retro pastiche.
All of which is a way of saying that we’re going to see the Buffy Sing-Along at the [...]

Disturbing, but not surprising

Amid all the other bad news that’s monopolizing the top of most news Web sites, this seemed almost to get lost. I’m sure some people would be happy for it to escape notice, but I hope every woman reading this takes a look and gets fucking. pissed. off.
Oh, and guess how Alito and Roberts voted? [...]

Huh?

OK, can anyone tell me why someone would have been searching for the phrase “big bertha butt one of the butt sisters” and why, in heaven’s name, they were led to this humble page?
Because I honestly have no idea.

2:12:37

My friend Tamara and I ran the Spirit of St. Louis Marathon yesterday. Her finishing time was 2:12:36. Ladies first, don’t you know. Today, my left knee is reminding me on a regular basis that I ran 13.1 miles yesterday. My left knee thinks I should reconsider future attempts to do the same thing. [...]