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As if Kyle Needed Another Reason to Believe He's the Shizzle...

PE: Do you have any Philadelphia connections?

CP: “Kyle McCormick of Philadelphia was the very first reader who wrote to me about Fight Club. He’ll probably be there with a lot of other people.”

An excerpt from an interview with Chuck Palahniuk in a Philly blog. Last night I learned that Kyle started something. Just one more piece of evidence for the theory that big things, on occasion, come from Bridgeton.

Two Things, Not Related

Thing 1: I will join Kyle at the Free Library of Philadelphia tomorrow night to see/hear Chuck Palahniuk and Elmore Leonard.
Thing 2: Sometimes I get to work on "special projects" at the day job. This week's project involves fashioning a helmet video cam. While doing some research on how to construct such a device, I found OfficeGuns.com.

Like I said, these items are not related. Just thought I should clear that up for anyone who thinks I have Fight Club tendencies toward creating workplace anarchy.

Some Non-Fiction Books I'd Like to Read

They haven't been written yet. If you want to take a stab at any of them, please by all means, get crackin'.

- Thawing the Frozen Mind
- You Only Know What I'd Be Without God
- Skulltractor: An Illustrated History of the Greatest Rock Band That You've Never Heard Of
- What Your Approach to eBay Says About Your Future
- A New Sensation: The Burgeoning Religion of Rock & Roll

Back On the Shelf

I gave my old copy of the Stanley Guide to my brother at a time when he had much more use for it than I did. He still has a lot of use for it so I replaced my copy via a sweet deal on half.com. If you don't have your own, I highly suggest you add it to your library. Even if you're not into fixing things the pictures are pretty and you can learn a thing or two.

My other big accomplishment as of late was adding a few outlets to my living room and making one of them work via a wall switch. This is how I get my kicks these days.

A Radical Departure From the Usual Routine

I will now retire to the bedroom to read a book. After six hours on the road today I am spent.
Slowly but surely I will entertain you again my lovelies.

I Have But One Regret and One Hope

I have very few regrets in life. One that I've been nursing as of late is never having lived in Philly while Neal Pollack was in residence. Someday I will do something that will lead me to sitting down with him over a few beers and laughing and talking about the rock or writing or something. There would be no kissing involved, so get that outta ya heads. It would just be dudes being bros and hanging out and laughing and stuff. Still sounds bad. Just realize that the guy is funny and I enjoy his stuff and we'll end it there (thanks again to The Long Cut for the gateway drug of "Nevermind the Pollacks").

I also have this same hope/fantasy about Terry Gross, but that's for different, professional,  reasons.

Bathroom Anime

You really should watch this video Lisa is is using a potty training tool. It would totally make me want to learn. Who am I kidding, it's been a great refresher and helped me remember a few things I needed to go over again.

I will now retire to the bathroom bedroom and read the awesome book by Neal Pollack that The Long Cut sent me totally out of the blue and for no good reason last week. It's the funniest thing I've read in ages and totally entertaining the rock nerd side of my brain.

'Million Little Pieces' called a fraud

Lots of this in the news lately...
Link: CNN.com - 'Million Little Pieces' called a fraud - Jan 9, 2006.

The Unmasking of JT Leroy: In Public, He's a She - New York Times

Fascinating story in today's NY Times...
Link: The Unmasking of JT Leroy: In Public, He's a She - New York Times.