Posts Tagged ‘ Autobiography ’

Adventures in Gentrification

May 29, 2010
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People say you can never go home again, but I decided to visit my old apartment since I’m already in Kansas City for ConQuest. I lived here in the dark and distant past – a time when all phones were tethered to walls, Russian cosmonauts still chain smoked on the Mir space station, and Jerry Garcia was better known for being in the Grateful Dead than being a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor. In this dark time known as “The 1990′s” I lived in a slum. I don’t mean, “My neighbors don’t even recycle! This place is a...

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22 First Dates: The Spy

May 4, 2010
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This isn’t the first time I’ve tried dating via online personal ads. I first tried it long ago – when we rode saddled dinosaurs to school, accessed the internet via dialup, and still believed man would someday go back into space – in a time otherwise known as “The 1990’s.” In those dark days uploading highly pixilized digital photos was a rare phenomenon. The online personal ads had strict word limits, reminiscent of an even earlier era when people actually printed ads on grey wood pulp in a thing called a “newspaper.” These “newspapers” evolved into mechanisms for distributing...

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The tooth – remember the tooth!

February 22, 2010
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Saturday night I decided to bravely attempt solid foods other than plain white rice or saltine crackers. I was bold. I was daring. I was going to eat a brownie. Mind you, I was supposed to be eating delicious BBQ before hitting the Mag Bar for a birthday party, but after being laid up for a week with stomach flu, I decided my best possible gift to the birthday boy would be not throwing up in his lap. I’m considerate like that. Since I was bummed about missing out on the party, a friend who plans on replacing his...

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Try again, grasshopper

September 21, 2009
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Catching up with folks at FenCon makes me delightfully nostalgic. It just so happens I had a surprising number of people insist I start blogging again – preferably in a more autobiographical fashion. (What? You don’t like random links to frightening bacon products or They Might Be Giants videos? THE WORLD MUST KNOW!) Therefore, I’ve decided to kick things off by sharing a treasured memory of one of my most favorite people in the con circuit. If you’re reading this, you probably know her. You’ve probably bought her books. You’ve probably seen her moon a crowd. Once upon a...

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Fetid End of the Dating Pool

First Contact: Apples and Honey Edition

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It’s time for a special Rosh Hashanah edition of First Contact! Gosh. Who knew the season of atonement and repentance could be so darn...

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