February 2005 archive

Project: Adodo -update

I just heard from one of the editors of Adodo and here’re the cartoonists, besides me, who have contributed for the first issue: “James Kochalka, Peter Kuper, Carrie McNinch, Derf, Ivan Brunetti, Paul Hornscheneimer, William Schaff and, perhaps Hideshi Hino and Igort ” Pretty cool lineup I think…

Wired News: Fight for the Right to Watch Trek

Wired News: Fight for the Right to Watch Trek Look: I’m a big “Star Trek” fan. I own a stuffed tribble…and I still have a phaser that I painstakingly made as a child in my grandfather’s woodshop–based on a scale drawing of one from “The Star Trek Technical Manual” no less. But, fer crying out …

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Project: Adodo

Here’s a one page interpretation of an Italian nursery rhyme I did for a new Italian literary magazine called Adodo. The text in English is: Coo-roo, coo-roo, my dotty mam Stuffed me in the stewing pan. My fair sister, scamper scamper, Packed me in the picnic hamper. Then my dada for his lunch Wolfed me …

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Googling myself

I just did for the first time what I’m sure most occasionally bored folks have done many times before: googled themselves. Like the classics from Dave Letterman’s timeless “Top ten things that sound dirty but aren’t” list, Googling oneself sounds lecherous but really isn’t; it just means typing your own name into google.com and seeing …

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Bob Dylan: Chronicles Vol I

I recently finished reading Chronicles Vol I by Bob Dylan, which my Mom gave me as a present. I’m probably not typical of the audience for this book: I’m too young to have been around in the 60s for Dylan’s heyday, and I’ve never had a real “Dylan phase” like many folks. I do like …

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