Monthly Archives: January 2007

Rental Car Log, Day 6

I thought I lost my PT Crusier yesterday. I rented this thing to help me move and to help me look like a 65-year-old … and I intended to return it on Sunday night, but one thing led to another and here it is Wednesday and I’m still being charged a daily fee. I’m in […]

An Entirely Truthful Unemployment Log: Day 31

Ben brought a bootleg DVD of The Karate Kid back from Thailand, so we watched it together today. Ben fell asleep about 10 minutes in, but I didn’t have the heart to wake him. He just looked so peaceful. Like an angel. The kind of angel that doesn’t shower very often and […]

Why you should invite me to YOUR poker party …

Not too long ago, my roommate Steve – who is a writer – asked me if I wanted to join his weekly poker match. He gets together with a bunch of like-minded folks and they play games that – regardless of your professed IQ or SAT math score – make no sense to anybody, anywhere. […]

Interview with a former American Apparel model

We posted an “Open Lettters” comic about American Apparel advertising the other day, calling it a 9.4 on a scale of one to sleazy. Then we high-fived. Shortly after it went up, I got a quick note from my friend Claire, telling me that she couldn’t support this particular comic. I didn’t know what that […]

A Very Real Unemployment Log: Day 29

It is 2:12 PM, and I am wearing a baby blue silk robe. My friend Ben — also unemployed — brought it from Thailand. Ben now has a parasite. The robe is soft and smooth; it’s a lot like the feeling you get immediately after hitting rock bottom.