A Liturgy for Beginning an Artistic Work
Happy New Year, dear friends. Here is a liturgy for all the beautiful things you will bring into being this year—both works of art and...
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Jul 5, 2013
Write Yourself a Country Song
I can’t remember if we’ve ever posted this here before, but I was just reminded of it and had to share. Andy’s got a new record called...
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Mar 14, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
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If you were to look at my Neftlix queue, you would probably think, “Wow! That dude must really like documentaries and foreign-language...
Feb 6, 2013
Anatomy of a Joke
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Nov 5, 2012
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Jun 8, 2012
Artisanal Sharpening
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Mar 10, 2011
Jellybean Highfive and the Solitary Road of Streets
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Feb 16, 2011
Dawn Marie Reads Fiddler’s Green
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Apr 1, 2010
From Print to Mustaches via Pretoria
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Mar 31, 2010
Flabbergasted: An Audiobook Enshrined
It’s no secret that all of us here love books. But we happen to be big fans of audiobooks as well, and one in particular. At some point...
Feb 25, 2010
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Jan 21, 2010
P90X-Mass, or The Weight of Arms
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Nov 23, 2009
Twaitor: A True Story With 140 Characters
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Sep 26, 2009
Great Moments in Songwriting
Some things are not well served by explanation. This is one of them.
Mar 30, 2009
Top Five Reasons Never to Do a Top Five List
With the economy tanking, literacy flagging, scalps balding, and my Mountaineers viciously knocked out of the NCAA’s, what else is there...
Jan 11, 2009
Dating Yourself and Making Birdhouses
I have been a contributor here for a very little while now and I notice that some of these other blokes ask questions and then some very...
Aug 20, 2008
At the Risk of Being Narcissistic
Okay, so the record label wanted a new bio. The bio gets an update every time a new record releases, because press people and websites...
Jul 22, 2008
Dawn Marie Reads Andrew Peterson
You have to see this. This may or may not be the wife of someone named Randall Goodgame. Hilarious.
May 12, 2008
On the Table: Late to the Party
Remember parachute pants? Man, I hated those things and everyone that wore them irritated me–until the day I bought a pair and realized...
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