Thomas Disch Interview @ Strange Horizons

I’m not really into his fiction, but I liked his treatise on contemporary poetry a few years back. Interview.

The Frustrations of the Switch

The frustrations of switching over to new blog software have finally kicked in, and I’ve now learned that I will simple have to start again with php and learn how to code things up with it, the way I learned with all those tags in Movable Type.
I’m halfway to achieving my goal through template [...]

Let’s see how this works

I am experimenting with different “asides” plugins to see which one I like best. Here’s another I’m trying now.

What “Under Reconstruction” Means

Hey everyone. Be warned: I’m tinkering with this site, and features will be added and disappear and reappear differently.
For example, I’ve implemented one plugin to make sidebar “asides” available, as you can see unde the “short, maybe not sweet” section of my sidebar. There’s an RSS feed, too.
Thing is, the posts there aren’t [...]

Mike’s Busy These Days


What’s This? Ah, Yes…

What’s this? Ah, yes, that’s what it is.
It seems one of my molars just broke. Not terribly. I can’t even be sure it wasn’t capping or some such thing that broke off. But there’s tiny patch of white inner tooth revealed.
Doesn’t hurt. Might wait till after my morning classes to drop by [...]

Why Don’t They Just Get Another Apartment For Nights Like This?

The couple upstairs has finally stopped bickering, after almost two hours of thuds, screams, and hollering all audible through the thick layer of concrete above my ceiling and beneath their floor. I think they rode off on a single motorcycle.
I tell you, when the church noises stop, the couple upstairs’ fights fill the silence. [...]

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