Disclaimer. The following came to me the other day - as opposed to me coming to it - which happens quite a bit - so bear with me. I had these thoughts that started with: "What is writing?" In order to prevent things from getting out of hand I attempted to hone the thoughts with … Continue reading Negative Zero
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Comprehension Equals Imagination
Subtitle: There Are No Corners in Space. (Pic of Monolith from 2001 Space Odyssey) Comprehension has always been my predicament. In a world where everything is delivered to the mind without effort its a wonder that human beings havent evolved into bio-electric globs of suitable jelly that are able to spew out perfect computer code. … Continue reading Comprehension Equals Imagination
David Mamet 2
Subtitle: Nothing Good Is Organized What can one say about a man that writes the screenplay for "The Post Man Always Rings Twice" (the remake)? Is the American't idiom or colloquialism "wow" or "amazing" appropriate here? Or how about the movie "House of Cards"? To this day when I'm in a conflict with Female I … Continue reading David Mamet 2
David Mamet 1
Subtitle: Method No Good David Mamet is a great writer. If I was asked to make a list of fav screenwriters he would be on the top of my list. And then there is his stage work. "Glengarry Glen Ross" is one of the best plays American theatre has to offer, not to mention the … Continue reading David Mamet 1
Analogy For The Future (Part 1)
June 7, 2006 Part 2 is in the near future. Seriously. Yet another instalment of Tommi’s ex-pat experience? Probably not. But this will be good enough to fill a blog post. Subtitle to this post: A possible solution to western societies problems can be found in Germany. It's hidden deeply in an analogy. Come along … Continue reading Analogy For The Future (Part 1)
Blind Text And HDT
Subtitle: How Not To Get A Job Oh, the nonsense. Who wrote it best? That would have to be Henry David Thoreau. My man. Wish I had the balls to live in hut and eat tree bark. Wish I had a friend who would afford me the land on a lake. One of my favorite … Continue reading Blind Text And HDT
Endnotes In A Novel
Bitchin' and moaning' never ends. One of the settings for my unfinished novel Engagement is Germany. Being in Germany means there's no getting around the language. Although I don't have much trouble speaking German, writing it is another story. I’ll let Mark Twain explain that one to you. Anywho. While working on my book the … Continue reading Endnotes In A Novel
National Does A Judas
Popular = Good Life. Well, it’s finally come full circle. Da Vinci Snot the film has been released. And did you get a shot of that train delivering the privileged few from London to Cannes? Tom Hanks looked overly debonair and Ron Howard, that freaky child actor who was constantly the subject of my spit … Continue reading National Does A Judas
HP Scanners Sucks As Do The Mice
Remember the days when hitting the key combination ctrl+s saved your ass and the work you were hacking into your computer? I'm talking 1982, here. Well, for whatever reason, today I forgot what the concept of ctrl+s means. This is attributable to one of two things: drink or laziness. Let me repeat: I forgot the … Continue reading HP Scanners Sucks As Do The Mice
Job Krapp
Subtitle: Why does it have to be a career? It's difficult recalling the amount of correspondence I've written and forwarded in the past twenty years regarding employment. I am probably the best living example of a ”job jumper” anyone will ever find. Because of that, at forty-three I am unable to acquire a job where … Continue reading Job Krapp
Friend
A friend of mine was named by his parents “…”. I met most of his parents. In fact, recently I ran into one of his mothers at a bar in a part of town where large cars park illegally on the sidewalk in front of it and because they are so shinny and expensive the … Continue reading Friend
Freiestheater Equals Deadend
In z'Germaninland, that little place in the middle of Eurowasteland, Freiestheater is almost comparable to New York “Off” and London “Fringe”. I say "almost" because at least NY and LN have produced works from their venues that are worth a hoot. With that bit of frustration in mind... For a struggling writer rejection is good. It … Continue reading Freiestheater Equals Deadend
Example Cover Letter
This is almost a disclaimer: 1) Now that the peons of most Anglo corporations are scratching their monkey heads about where their futures are (not) going, it might be time to (re)think (a)knew. If thinking without emotional influence or monetary influence is a problem in your life, then you might want to review this documentation … Continue reading Example Cover Letter
Truth Seeking v2.0
(Something I’ve been working on and will likely never finish. As usual.) Subtitle: Isaac Newton and (My United Mistake’s) Radio Talking Heads It hurts me to say this but there is no such thing as truth seeking. Trust me, I’m American’t born - I know these things. Of late I feel compelled to promote this … Continue reading Truth Seeking v2.0
What Is Creative
There are times when I confuse myself so much I could bust. I’ve concluded over the years, with some systematic observation, that the eternal and infinite state of confusion I often find myself in might be the reason, in general, that so many men need sex as a sport instead of intimacy and/or procreation and/or … Continue reading What Is Creative
What To Write On
I’ve gone through a lot of writing material in my day. I only wish I would have gone through more. (Perhaps more on that in another run-away-future post.) Henry Miller wrote that he’d written millions of words. And I’m sure he did. But did Miller write as much text as Bach wrote notes? Who in … Continue reading What To Write On
Duped At eBay
The funny thing about the death of so many ”dot-coms” and the end of the Internet boom isn’t the actual demise of something that might have brought us out of the industrial dark-ages but the aftermath and the who and what that survived. Also. Of the dotcom survivors, it seems that they have all become … Continue reading Duped At eBay
Signs of Having Made A Living
There were times when I was able to make a living. This post is just a small sign of that. It also reflects a time when I wasn’t so defeated. Boy, do I miss those days. I wouldn’t say that they were easy days but they were days of less ill-fated thoughts. The problem I … Continue reading Signs of Having Made A Living
Truth Seeking v1.8
(Incomplete) The fight that can't be won. A critique on the-better-then-never, a-day-late-a-dollar-short, progressive radio voice that is battling the monopoly on stupidity. Or. Why H5N1 Birdflu was predicted by Newton. It hurts me to say this but truth-seeking will never be the answer to fighting neo-cons. I have recently come to this conclusion because, the … Continue reading Truth Seeking v1.8
Schadenfreude 1
Part 1/2 As a kid I watched too much television. And why not? It was the sixties and seventies and television had graduated a bit from the prudery of where it all started. That meant there were shows about martians and talking horses and hillbillies graduating via sheer luck to Beverly Hills. And don’t get … Continue reading Schadenfreude 1
Digression
Yes, it is in the wake of deeds from dark places that I waddle. And it's wet. That's because it's (something like) a lake. I think. I look not unlike some drunken and/or sober Won-The-Westerner. I know you know the kind. The only difference being there’s a tremble accompanying this motivating (to write something down) … Continue reading Digression
Grappa & Godot
Note. This story took place in the early 90s. The notebook I transcribed this from isn't exact with the date. I reckon that's my bad. But I recall the play mentioned and the rest very well. Good luck. April 5, 1990 A postcard arrived exactly three days after waking up alone on the living room … Continue reading Grappa & Godot
Dating German Chicks
One of my first Interwebnet posts. Indeed. An absolute must share. My (German born) mother put this in my face one morn when I was visiting her so many years ago. She cut it out of a small newspaper in God-knows-where USA promoting Billy Bob Thornton’s then new film. I love this so much, this … Continue reading Dating German Chicks
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