I blame having too much time on my hands and too much coffee to drink. Here are some pieces I've written over the years: the fiction and the essays are from the last couple of years, the poetry, the really short story and the music stuff from the 80s. Comments are always welcome. Oh, and they'll all open in another window, so be forewarned!


E S S A Y
Captain America In the 1990s
If you see the point, will you tell it I'm looking for it? This was written for a pal's aborted fanzine.
The Scale Of Tragedy
Ever wonder *why* I needed an MRI?
Nineteen
The essay I wrote for my failed graduate school application.
Beer - An Appreciation
About what you might expect from the title.

M U S I C
My Favorite Record, Pt. II
On Avoiding Becoming Crab Bait
Two 'Stranded'-like columns.
Ringo Revisited
My favorite Beatle.
The Mofos
The best band I've ever seen play.
The Rich Man's Eight Track
A daring condemnation of a then relatively new technology. For what it's worth, I now have over a thousand each of LPs and CDs.
All The Way To Memphis
Someday, I'll get to Memphis. For now, it's a favored dream.


V I T A L
October 2002
An introduction.
November 2002
Why Hilary Rosen Wants to Slap My Ass In Jail.

F I C T I O N
Conspiracy Theory
Too short to be a story, too long (and thick) to be a poem.
Untitled Segment of A Story: Chinese Restaurant
I found this recently. I think it was written in Virginia, around 1992.
Ache
A memoir of another time when I was unemployed, when I drank more...
Breakfast
Perhaps the jolliest of the fictional pieces here, this all sprung from my fingers at the keyboard nearly fully-formed one Sunday morning.
Medicine Sunday
More songs about driving and beer.
Reservoir
The newest piece here. I can't honestly say I like it, so maybe you won't either...

P O E T R Y (eek!)
OK, OK. I thought I was gonna be a poet, back in the first college days. Then I figured I could make more money by looking in the cushions of my couch. Here's my estimable body of work, in more or less chronological order.
Snowing
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Spring Haiku
Reader's Digest
A Minimalist Short Story
A Memo
For Best Results
Travels
My Thoughts On Human Nature One Sunday While Working In A Record Store
Train
Love
Untitled
Goodbye Fuck
1971
My Faux Love
My Life As A Movie Review
Another Poem For Dave E. - 1/29/90
Love Poem
c&w poem
A weak man makes his move
Personals, Mine.
(journal entries - that winter)
Another poem for my friends, expatriate and otherwise...
Bank Dream #1, or, A Letter to Matt Anzek