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So, Pete* and I have a conversation about the kind of reality show star I would be. You know, the awesome kind. And Pete says something along the lines of "yeah, and you could totally capitalize on your fifteen minutes ...Read More

Colombia

Everyone's excited about Colombia these days. I am too. Colombian film ('Paraiso Travel') plays at Tribeca. John Leguizamo is in it; hopefully he'll do a better job than his last Colombian adventure. Author of Lonely Planet Colombia admits he never went there. ...Read More

There are all kinds of software I use on a daily basis that expedite the writing process. After discussing these with some folks last night, I've decided to make a swanky list of things that help with GTD - ...Read More

PC World put out a list of the 15 biggest Tech disappointments in 2007. An eleven-year-old teaches you how to change your oil. The Huffington post manages to patronize the children of Colombia and the Cleveland Indians at the same time.  Big Spring ...Read More

The BBC wastes a lot of money sending some asshat to Colombia to say... nothing. He offers no new insight. Nothing. Wait! The station guard did not come to work on the day Gabriel Garcia Marquez came back to his ...Read More

The reading went well on Thursday. Six of my students showed up. Yesterday I walked in to class without a lesson plan. We just talked about the assignment and about what makes good writing. I had them come up with ...Read More

I have spent the last three hours (and by "three," I mean five), "productinating." This is a special word I have coined, meaning "avoiding immediate work for minor, lesser work that could be postponed, and in fact should be postponed ...Read More