Hidden City Curiosities

Curses! The deceptively cool air tricked me into forgetting my solar limits. Getting a sunburn in...

May 2nd

Sitting in the backyard getting some afternoon sun. The irony of coming from Miami to Seattle to do...

May 1st

“Hey remember that time when I would only read the backs of cereal boxes?”

May 1st

“I hear in my mind all of this music…”

May 1st

Having a Mexican Mocha Latte in West Seattle at http://www.hotwirecoffee.com/. Nice place!

May 1st

Listening to the crow outside.

May 1st

Made It to Seattle. So far so good.

Apr 30th

Just landed in Denver. Strange and unsettling dreams during the flight.

Apr 30th

It’s weird. I’m not nervous about flying, but I am nervous about this trip. I...

Apr 30th

Boarding is about to begin, so the laptop goes off. Have a marvelous day, kids!

Apr 30th

In queue for security at the airport. I can’t wait to get settled.

Apr 30th

Now this is a poor omen. My alarm goes off so I can get ready to go to the airport and moments later...

Apr 30th

Time to catch a few hours sleep before I catch my flight.

Apr 30th

Standing on the roof of my downtown garage watching the tiny cars and the tiny people on the filthy...

Apr 29th

I am feeling a strange compulsion to commit karaoke with @devbear

Apr 29th

I wonder if I can find time to go to B&J during my last-minute errands tonight.

Apr 29th

This is a request from a friend: two related stories of mine, Belief [http://tinyurl.com/5xq22d],...

Apr 29th

I apologize in advance for doing this to you, but some earworms can only be exorcised through...

Apr 29th

Begone, unclean spirit of Jigsaw! The power of RIckie Lee Jones compels you!

Apr 29th

“You, you’ve blown it all sky high / our love had wings to fly / we could have touched...

Apr 29th

“Show business kids making movies of themselves / you know they don’t give a fuck about...

Apr 29th

Uh-oh. Something’s gone wrong.

Apr 29th

This is odd. Where are all my usual early morning chatterboxes? Was there a localized apocalypse and...

Apr 29th

Damn. My notebook batteries seem to be losing their ability to hold a charge. This is not good...

Apr 29th

I need to finish preparing for my trip, Twitterati. I shall speak with you good people later.

Apr 29th

I wonder if Pumpkin Girl has gone to sleep already?

Apr 29th

“Some days I feel like my shadow’s casting me…”

Apr 28th

Curses! Foiled by a vicious dog! ;-)

Apr 28th

Oh, and it looks like neither Sony’s eBook nor Kindle will work for my purposes (not that...

Apr 28th

Internet access returns, so replies coming now.

Apr 28th

Dear Grace Slick: While I enjoy your music most of the time, at this moment I would prefer you keep...

Apr 28th

And good morning to my friends just joining us.

Apr 28th

Anyone got an opinion on Kindle vs Sony e-Book? Looking for good comparisons of annotation and...

Apr 28th

“Teach him to play Monopoly, and how to sing in the rain.”

Apr 28th

This morning I am so out of sorts I don’t even know where to look for my sorts. I suspect I...

Apr 28th

I’m being unnaturally proactive and trying to pack for Seattle, but I don’t know what...

Apr 28th

Sometimes I am an idiot. I was trying to determine why I have such an awful headache, and realized...

Apr 28th

Okay, shutting down the computer to start preparing for my Seattle trip. Remember, feed my ego!...

Apr 27th

Good morning to those of you yawning and settling in at your computers!

Apr 27th

For those generous souls among you with an interest in my writing, I just relaunched...

Apr 27th

And hello, twitter friends.

Apr 27th

Hello, @AnnOhio. How’s every little thing?

Apr 27th

Bizarre. I wonder where the errant @ in my last tweet came from?

Apr 27th

I’ve always wanted to try dandelion wine.

Apr 27th

Away I go, to an evening filled with… well, I’m not sure, really, other than dinner, a...

Apr 26th

Okay, I thought getting “Windmills of Your Mind” as an earworm last night was bad, but...

Apr 26th

Bloody hell. And I was certain I would sleep through the night, too.

Apr 26th

Hell-fire and damnation! Why is “Windmills of Your Mind” stuck in my brain?

Apr 26th

Swinging softly in a chickee hut in Coconut Grove. I’m not even sure where this house is,...

Apr 26th

Good heavens. Why am I being asked to define the superior trait - the timber of the instrument, or...

Apr 26th

I was just told I am “Cuter than the Commodore.” I guess that’s a good thing.

Apr 26th

Having drinks at a Grove sailing club. I feel so… Republican.

Apr 26th

With apologies to Carly Simon: I’m so vain I probably think @confession’s about me. But...

Apr 25th

So much to do, and so little desire to do it. Except for preparing for my Seattle trip.

Apr 25th

But I’d get more feedback on a Friday, since no-one in American works on Fridays, they just...

Apr 25th

I’m inexplicably craving cheesecake for breakfast, and remembering a pie I was going to make...

Apr 25th

I’m trying to decide if I want to pull the switch on my site redesign this morning, or wait...

Apr 25th

Good morning from Miami, Twitterverse. Now where’s my damned coffee?

Apr 25th

There’s less traffic on the weekend, which is probably a good thing, in case it blows chunks...

Apr 25th

Hello, @WickedStepmom!

Apr 24th

Oh, and an official good morning to those I love. (You know who you are.)

Apr 24th

Just visited the theater to pick up the kit from the event. It was tough, but I resisted the urge to...

Apr 24th

Even facing a strenuous work day, it feels good knowing that production is over for another year....

Apr 24th

Yes it did, thanks, better than I had hoped. The post event celebration, not so much, but so it...

Apr 24th

It isn’t a great shot, but for those who want to know what I look like in a suit…...

Apr 24th

Is that unimaginably self-centered of me? Yeah, probably.

Apr 24th

It appears some clarification is in order. I’m a little annoyed that I spend months working on...

Apr 24th

A god one moment, drinking alone in a bar the next. So it fucking goes.

Apr 23rd

And so it ends for another year. From all appearances and audience reaction, I am also a god among...

Apr 23rd

The doors are open, the audience is entering, it is almost showtime…

Apr 23rd

My A/V team failed to pack their clues today, but I have been told I look “positively...

Apr 23rd

Any and all good theater vibes are greatfully appreciated. This is already turning into a long day.

Apr 23rd

I’ll be spending the day producing a corporate awards show. Extremely high stress, but should...

Apr 23rd

Man, I hate writing lame-ass corporate comedy.

Apr 22nd

23 hours ‘til showtime on my awards production, and senior management just changed their minds...

Apr 22nd

One day to go and then the biggest stress load in my life will evaporate, for at least another year.

Apr 22nd

Twitterverse: I am in need of suggestions for existing but weird “green” eco-products...

Apr 21st

Hello, new Twitter friends! My posting is a bit light at the moment, as I’m finalizing the...

Apr 21st

In the three hours I was asleep some spam bot spoofed an old address of my for the return address....

Apr 21st

Hmm, my syntax generators must be impaired. The stress will go, not the reduction.

Apr 21st

Have ended up walking and not taking pictures.

Apr 20th

Off to the Miami AIDS Walk, with only a couple of hours sleep. Good thing I’m just taking...

Apr 20th

I went to a Passover Seder tonight, so I missed most of the SXSE Tweetup guests. But the folks I got...

Apr 20th

Trip to Seattle booked. It’s not the surprise DC vacation I had started planning, but it...

Apr 18th

Wheeeeeeeee! What a day, what a day…

Apr 16th

Very bizarre. Someone with whom I had exchanged a round of messages seems to have vanished from...

Apr 16th

There is a botanica near my house that sells computers. I wonder what comes pre-installed?

Apr 16th

Re-testing tweeting via sms

Apr 16th

It was nice getting out of the office for a walk today. It would have been nicer if I didn’t...

Apr 15th

One project done, a small one, but I’m taking victories where they can be found. Tweeting will...

Apr 15th

Work is kicking my ass like nobody’s business. DM me to say hi.

Apr 14th

Since Twitter is back in order I’m returning to DM-only status for a while. Damned elephant.

Apr 14th

But not all of them, and not in order.

Apr 14th

Looks as though the DMs from yesterday are starting to be delivered.

Apr 14th

Can I just say (again) how annoyed I am with Twitter’s refusal to send notifications, right...

Apr 13th

Can I just say how annoyed I am with Twitter’s refusal to send notifications, right after I...

Apr 13th

The elephant is back in the room and will not be ignored.

Apr 13th

The elephant has returned to the room and will not be ignored.

Apr 13th

There’s an elephant in my living room but I’m trying to ignore it.

Apr 13th

And so ends another broadcast day. We now return you to our regularly scheduled hiatus.

Apr 12th

Why didn’t anyone ever take me out with them like this before? This was fun! It’s 2am...

Apr 12th

Bummer. My driver wore out before me.

Apr 12th

Where is @mollydotcom when I need her, anyway?

Apr 12th

Although I must admit that my typing suffers a bit under the influence of 8 Capt Morgan on the...

Apr 12th

I’m never sleeping again! Okay, that’s a lie.

Apr 12th

Okay, I could have lived without the Doors, even though I quite like them.

Apr 12th

There is a very pregnant woman ripping club sofa at the car in Churchill’s. It makes me...

Apr 12th

Leaving Circa 28, Heading for maybe Churchlls or Amendment XXI

Apr 12th

Umm, I Guess my hiatus is over until tomorrow. Yeah, okay.

Apr 12th

From hiatus: “The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will...

Apr 11th

I’m going on hiatus for a while, kids. I don’t know when I’ll be back, so feel...

Apr 8th

Damn my weaksauce immune system and inefficient sinuses!

Apr 7th

[Rassa-frassin’ spacebar…]

Apr 6th

And with that, I’m off the grid for a while. Play nicely, children.

Apr 6th

The ex-president of my company just added me as a friend on Facebook. Cool. Odd, but cool.

Apr 6th

Here’s a little story of mine, if you have a moment or two to read it:...

Apr 6th

What perversity of nature is it that makes me wake up at my usual time, even when I’d only...

Apr 6th

Hmm, since my feed all says “3 hours ago” perhaps Twitter just came back up.

Apr 6th

Tonight I seem to be an old man, worrying about friends who can take care of themselves.

Apr 6th

I’m home again at last (for now). My fingertips are stained purple with mulberry juice.

Apr 5th

Good & Plenty for lunch. Should have picked something up on my way in to the office, I suppose.

Apr 5th

Wow, it’s barely 10am and my emotions have already been all over the map. Work must be getting...

Apr 5th

Someone just brought me a box of Good & Plenty. I guess I’ll let them live for another...

Apr 4th

Retweeting myself to catch a new audience: Are you a character?

Apr 4th

Question for the tweeting masses: Are you a character?

Apr 4th

I wonder what overlap there is between interesting people and those of us described as characters?...

Apr 4th

“you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola”

Apr 4th

Looks like I missed out on Good People Day. I wonder why no-one told me? Hmm, maybe it’s a...

Apr 3rd

Everyone goes to the Freak Show, to laugh at the freaks and the geeks. / Everyone goes to the Freak...

Apr 3rd

Some people are social objects, some are antisocial objects, and some are social disease objects.

Apr 3rd

I wish I was sitting in a soft chair by a window watching rivulets of rain run down the glass while...

Apr 2nd

Elf needs food badly. Wizard is about to die.

Apr 2nd

Retweet: If you would like your favourite sf/fantasy news fan site/zine listed by Forbidden Planet,...

Apr 2nd

Today is a glorious day filled with butterflies, unicorns, and rainbows, all singing happy songs in...

Apr 1st

ThinkGeek’s Betamax-to-HD-DVD converter is also good: http://tinyurl.com/2ppxbx

Apr 1st

I like Gmail’s new feature: custom time:...

Apr 1st