not feeling well, so instead of writing stuff, i give you photos of jenn and  myself mid-sickness during a bout of okayness yesterday.

the okayness has left the building.

my good lookin wife. careful, aint she perdy?

my not so good lookin mug.. aint i unperdy?………….

. ……….  no, i am not hiding a chipmunk in my mouth, i am just a fatty

“BURN THIS” wrote Lev Grossman on the inside cover of my book. Lev was surprised to see a copy of his first novel ‘WARP’ showing up a book reading for ‘The Magicians’. He stated that most of the remaining copies are being used to hold up his broken couch at home. A humorous idea and I wonder how many new authors end up with excess copies of their first printings lying about.

Unfortunately, I think I threw him off his game a bit, and feeling bad, I did not stick around to ask him any questions. Instead, I will ask them psychically, or maybe via email :)

‘The Magicians’ will not end up holding a couch off the hardwood floor of his living room. It was a phenomenal book.

In Magicians, magic exists. Schools for magic exist. Students go to these schools and learn a very large amount of… Read the rest

DRM impacts my every day usage of media that I legally acquire. Many people are frustrated by DRM when it comes to e-books but do not know how to limit the frustration. This article will focus on situations and workarounds. It is by no means a guide to piracy, but instead the beginnings of a how-to “jail break” your e-books, allowing you to use them how you feel is appropriate.

At this point, thanks to the movie, music, and software industry, DRM should be a household term that most people are already very familiar with. It affects the DVDs you purchase, the CDs you buy, music you download, and more.

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For those who are unaware, DRM = Digital Rights Management. DRM is industry designed to help keep a handle on how digital copyright is maintained. Each company has the possibility of employing different methodologies, code restrictions,… Read the rest

“No posts for a week” pie (sugar free)

RECIPE:

• 1 day helping friends combine their homes into a single domocile
• a pinch of yard work
• a spoonful of website work for family
• trip to Rococo Lounge for their last night open (hopefully not)
• 1 day transcribing book from notebook to googledocs
• mix unequal parts 11-13 hour workdays.
• a large handful of awesome hangtime with my lovely wife

bake for 6 days in hot humid weather and allow to cool

Makes a great pie, but not a greatly productive pie.
did get some reading done, but not as much as i had hoped.. a couple reviews to follow in the next couple days.

Writing a review like Big Foot (from Roumieu’s book) is similar to playing scrabble drunk and simultaneously channeling the spirit of Frank Zappa, circa “Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow” (apostrophe, 1974 ). I hope to never to do this again, it was that painful. Great book though.

Me Write book write by Graham Roumieu. Very funny! Not children book, not classic literature. Somewhere in between is book, made for adult and is violent bloody.

Book was write from the perspective of Big Foot. Big Foot not stupid, he just bad with language. Actually very smart fellow, use ten dollar words with ease.. very good grasp on theory, very bad in practice.

Big Foot, man, myth, legend, he famous once. Use lots of cocaine and drink alcohol with friends like Emilio Estevez. When cash runs out, richy-rich friends go away. Now Big Foot write book to make people know he… Read the rest

Scroll to the bottom for download links.
I love culture jammers…

Many may remember a movie from 2003 called ‘The Yes Men’. It featured two men (Aliases – Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno) leveraging a certain suave combination of social engineering and acting to infiltrate and act as spokespeople for the WTO, McDonalds, Dow Chemical. It was a flabbergasting film, and surprised many of us by showing how far peoples faith can go, based off a couple nice things said and a handshake.

last year (2009) their second movie was released, ‘The Yes Men: Fix the World’.

It looks like they may have heckled the wrong crowd this time  as the duo and film associates are being sued, delaying and possibly killing the release of film#2. the law suit stems from their impersonation of United States Chamber of Commerce during the film.

in true culture jam form, the movie… Read the rest

I recently read a pre-release copy of Robin Spano’s “Dead Politician Society”, ready for sale at your favorite book retailer on September 1st.

On Goodreads.com, Spano is keeping a close eye on what her fans and detractors are saying, this led to some chit chat between us. I realized, “HEYwaitaminnit… i am askin questions here.. i wonder…”

Needless to say, I asked Robin if she would be down for a an email onslaught of Q&A. To my surprise, she gladly agreed!

Thanks Robin for taking the time to work with me! I appreciate your taking time out to do so :)

Read on for a mixed bag of questions!

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Erisian (E)- Tell me a little about yourself. Just general likes, dislikes, bank account numbers, you know the important stuff.

Robin Spano (RS) -  How about if you tell me your bank account numbers first and

… Read the rest