@asimone Self-consciousness is not absolution.

@asimone That, or the failure to produce assless chapbooks.

If squirrels had rat tails instead of cute, fluffy ones, our front yard would seem less magical.

Old essay, new to me, the most moving piece of literary nonfiction I've read in a long time: http://t.co/di2K5Or

Just stepped on a dead baby bird. I feel like a little twirp. I also, somehow, feel a little cheap. What a twit.

"Couldn't agree with you more" and "could agree with you less" should equal each other, but they don't, and it's blowing my mind.

I miss Scrabble. I played 700 professional games in 2007. Maybe 20 since. It's time to end this scrabbatical.

"We, today, have a language to celebrate waywardness, but we do not have a cultural language to bring people back home." - @iamfujimura

As in relationships, so in writing: Do not confuse intensity with profundity.

The line between healthy self-confidence and raging egomania is thin. http://blog.uboon2.com/?p=137

"If" is a conditional conjunction. Thus, "sorry if I offended you" doesn't make for an apology. Rather, it makes for conditional integrity.

I'll be on Hoarders tonight. The chicken lady episode. Huge moustache and white, long-sleeved shirt. I got taglines for miles.

My child, who barely speaks, just started singing "Yes, Moses loves me, yes, Moses loves me . . . ." Happy Chanukah, everyone?

IT IS generally true that expletive constructions cripple copy. And take up valuable tweet space.

Talent isn't deserved. Talent is a gift, and if you give it away long enough, people will eventually ask and then pay for it.

As the page admin, I've made it easier to link to the book I'm helping promote: facebook.com/TheSpiritofFood

Love This American Life? Enjoy parody? Good. Listen: http://kasperhauser.com/player/345

I love this video so much: youtube.com/watch?v=aRcXUL… Look for a full album review in a few weeks at Comment online.

I love these photos so much. They don't need them, but I'd love to provide micro-essays for each one: http://little-people.blogspot.com/

Best copywriting mood music: 1. Balmorhea 2. Radical Face 3. Sigur Ros ( ) 4. The Album Leaf 5. Red House Painters 6. Arvo Part