four leaf clover

enhancing my silicon footprint

2008-05-16T02:12:48Z

Because I have some unexpected time on, this, the eve of the eve of a trek to Western Pennsylvania for the region's premier cycling event (and in the interest of padding those meager stats to the left), here's some recycled material about my first...

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introducing: the vault

2008-04-29T01:45:23Z

I have more CD's than ninety-nine percent of America but fewer CD's than forty percent of my friends. Those aren't my words; Chuck Klosterman wrote them in Killing Yourself to Live. And I'm not sure I even identify with them. I mean... except f...

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we all scream

2007-10-04T04:10:32Z

As we've discussed before, the Post-Ironic Hipster banks his or her all encompassing credibility on the fact that he or she was once seriously - tragically - uncool. This is accomplished in a variety of ways. Some offer up their adolescent infat...

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something to believe in

2007-07-16T23:06:15Z

Contrary to whatever Billy Corgan might have to say, the current zeitgeist seems to be with 1980's hair bands. Chuck Klosterman was in town last week with fresh copies of "Fargo Rock City" in tow. (It's his third best book, for those that were w...

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lobsterman

2007-07-10T02:58:06Z

With some trepidation, I ventured downtown after work with Emma and Yo Han for a Chuck Klosterman book signing/Q & A. I expected - more than a little bit, actually - that he would come off as a smarmy, self-satisfied douchebag, but I am pleased t...

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