Posted in Writing on Mar 7th, 2009
As you all know by now, David Foster Wallace was one of my favorite authors of all time. His book opened my eyes to the possibility of becoming a writer New Yorker piece with wife and parents interviewed An excerpt of his latest, unfinished novel LA Times story If you want more, be sure to [...]
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Posted in Outside the box on Mar 6th, 2009
I think everyone dreams of starting their own business and being their own boss. But most of us dream big and don’t do anything about it—we’re afraid that it’s too much work or that we won’t be able to “make it.” So when a friend of mine decided to launch a new venture without quitting [...]
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Posted in Happiness, photography, Writing on Mar 5th, 2009
The other day I was at work looking for a bit of information online when an old name from my past popped into my head. I used to play baseball with him when we were young and he was probably the most talented guy I’ve ever played ball with. He even had tryouts with the [...]
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Posted in Comics and Cents Carnival on Mar 3rd, 2009
Welcome to the fifth edition of the Comics and Cents Carnival, where we’re out to have a little fun as we write about money. The stock market keeps taking dive after dive but we won’t mention it here. We prefer to ignore the problem and watch funny videos like Ninja Cat here: As an aside, [...]
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