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Memorial Day

By On May 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In deep thots, L-I-V-I-N

“In these bones you see what war is like. I know war now. I’ll tell you what it is. War is young men killing other young men they do not know on the orders of old men who know one another too well.”

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Proust Questionnaire: AW

By On September 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In blank stares, deep thots, L-I-V-I-N

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

I don’t have one.

What is your greatest fear?

Dying abruptly.

Which living person do you most admire?

My wife.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Salesmanship.

What is your greatest extravagance?

Custom-painted orange wheels on my white Audi station wagon.

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a 40 oz for 40 yo

By On August 8, 2011 · 1 Comment · In Fotoz, kultur, L-I-V-I-N, vanitas

40oz, a photo by dontoine on Flickr.

I’m turning 40 on Friday.

And so naturally I just spent a few days scouring the web for a good image of someone pouring out a 40 oz of malt liquor, as a sort of memento mori.

Or, I should say, as a variation [...]

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In the Way of Experience…

By On February 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment · In deep thots, L-I-V-I-N, Reading

Yet five minutes after…I realized I had not actually seen the three plants in the little colony we had found. Despite all the identifying, measuring, photographing. I had managed to set the experience in a kind of present past, a having-looked, even as I was temporally and physically still looking. If I had the courage, [...]

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Invitation to a Smackdown

By On September 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In deep thots, L-I-V-I-N, Publishing, Typign

Leo and I were watching Curious George this morning.

The Man with the Yellow Hat said “an artist’s life is full of hard knocks, George.”

Damn straight.

One of those things you hear and don’t process fully until you’re living it.

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Letter to a Young Writer, in the Form of a Top Ten List

By On July 21, 2010 · 4 Comments · In L-I-V-I-N, Reading, Typign

Dear 23 year-old Antoine Wilson,

Here’s a list of ten things you might consider but probably won’t:

10. When you pick up the pen, put down the pipe.

9. If something you’ve written is blowing your mind, it’s probably a cliche. You just don’t know it yet.

8. Your most interesting material is all [...]

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By On October 30, 2008 · 1 Comment · In L-I-V-I-N, Reading, Typign

The Lost Days & Last Years of David Foster Wallace, by David Lipsky, now online at Rolling Stone.

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Four (I got tagged)

By On October 18, 2008 · 1 Comment · In L-I-V-I-N, WTF

For some reason, our friend Jessica thought it would be a good idea to tag me with the following list. My responses below:

Four Random Things I Like About Jessica’s Husband:
1) He’s reliably late.
2) He thinks he can duck dive sitting up.
3) He always gives props on late [...]

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bits and bytes

By On October 13, 2008 · Leave a Comment · In deep thots, L-I-V-I-N, Poetry, Publishing, Reading

Yesterday I heard a window-washer say to his co-worker: “I don’t usually talk to my psychic about everyday stuff.”

Facebook is starting to reach terminal velocity…when you’ve got more friends than you care to have, when just about everyone has jumped on board. Recall the shipwrecks of Friendster and MySpace. Get a life, or a [...]

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Productivity

By On August 23, 2008 · 1 Comment · In L-I-V-I-N

Ever feel like there isn’t enough time in the day?

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