Author: eric

I finished with four minutes to spare. Here’s a shot of the front page of the app. It turned out pretty nice for 24 hours… though I’ve seen screenshots of some of the competition and wowsers!

How can I keep me from moving? Now I need a change of scenery Just listen to me I won’t pretend to Understand the movement of the wind Or the waves out in the ocean or how Like the hours I change softly slowly Plainly blindly oh me oh my! — Clap Your Hands Say… Continue reading Clap your hands! (But I feel so lonely…)

I’ve long maintained that sleep’s a crutch, and I’m glad to see that the fine folks at Folger’s agree with me.

Somebody up and decided she’d had enough of this crawling business.

The groundhog might have come out on February 2, but I decided to just go ahead and wait until the equinox. I probably should have stayed in my den a little longer — it’s as cold and rainy today as it’s been all winter. Just the same, it’s time I woke up. I know I’ve… Continue reading Coming out of Hibernation

Thirty-Nine Questions for Charlie Daniels Upon Hearing “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” for the First Time in 25 Years

There was much eating of cake and playing with presents.

Herd mentality and panic buying took over Athens today, as everyone in town tried to fill every gas tank they had at the same time. Gas prices were up ten cents overnight, but by five pm they were up another ninety — those stations that still had gas were happy to sell it at $3.39… Continue reading The Panic of Aught Five

The view from over the northern Georgia-Alabama line.

“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. (Applause.)” — President George W. Bush, 5/24/2005