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madness by olfaction
Weedfish, originally uploaded by hambox. The degradation of my mind started yesterday evening, when I held a wee one-year-old on my lap while others gave her bits of cooked salmon to hold, nibble, and smear all over herself and her human high chair. In a highly adorable fashion, of course. Once one reeks all over…
Read MoreYouth and Stupidity
Keep Out, originally uploaded by hambox. The planets align strangely this week, align in such a way that I feel maximum embarrassment at my past lives and the things that I did and did not do. Today, the Nest of Vipers Podcast releases the latest episode titled “Young and Stupid” in which I, among others,…
Read Moreflorid prose
As I am idly lookie-looing for a credenza and a couch, I subscribe to RSS feeds for these two webpages: “Furniture for Sale” for Santa Barbara and Ventura’s craigslists. Most of the time: ugh and feh. I’m continually amazed at how many ugly couches are released into the world. Tonight, I came across a post…
Read Morecheers n’ jeers
great googly moogly, they won an emmy. – – – – – CHEERS! Winners, Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics Dick In A Box – – – – – JEERS! Loser, All Nominated Categories Project Runway. What is wrong with the world? – – – – – CHEERS! Winner, Outstanding Reality Program Kathy Griffin: My Life…
Read Morefleeting impressions of a 28-hour trip to San Francisco
One-way colour tunnel, originally uploaded by hambox. My great friend Sybil braving the Bay Bridge and the myriad of asshole drivers to pick me up at Oakland Airport Forcing Sybil to then drive all the way to the Richmond to my favorite Pho place. I would not resort to this if Ventura County would just…
Read Moredon’t freak out!
A fine young man, fellow improviser and nerdlinger extraordinaire named Parker managed to guide me through the process of changing my blog theme. It’s a little jarring, n’est-ce pas? I was in a little bit of a hurry to experiment, so I kind of randomly picked one. However, Parker has shown me how to customize…
Read MoreAnd!
More attempts to make room in my brain by disgorging bits and pieces. I almost won these from eBay. That’s right: vintage Mao and Nixon pingpong paddles. I am a little broken up that I did not win them. Can’t you see them on the kitchen wall? I do not lie when I try to…
Read Morewherein i try to make room in my brain by disgorging bits and pieces
[a fairly minor spoiler about Gone With the Wind follows, but jesuschrist will you just watch it?] One more day of the improv festival. Lying in bed, trying mightily to rouse myself in time to go to yoga before a two-hour workshop and then a five-hour show (in which I’m performing) and then an XX-hour…
Read MoreDay 31: Today, I improvised
Day 31: Today, I improvised, originally uploaded by hambox. Behold the trucker-hatted face of exhaustion, as tonight, we kicked off our annual Labor Day weekend improv frenzy. I don’t share a lot about improv theatre here, my bloggie — I am well aware of the hyuk-hyuk, Whose Line Is It Anyway, “I heard LAMPSHADE!” reputation…
Read Morethe old college try
I had to listen to it during my commute first (to see how much I came across as an asshole), but I now release to you the news that the first of the two podcasts in which I participated is online. It sounds great! Here are ways to get to it: Nest of Vipers blog…
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