In case this archiving thing falls through

I can be a dryer repairman.

This is the second time I have repaired our dryer.  This is what I pulled out of it, in the vent between the screen and the fan that drives the air:

That stuff under the spoon is like mud.  And yes, those legs are quite sexy.

Then my assistant dropped a screw down the vent and I had to take the whole thing apart again.  I fired her.  Then I re-hired her with a pay raise when I realized that there was even more lint trapped up in there:

Now the dryer dries like a dream.  If you have problems with yours, give me a call, I’m an expert.

What’s with all the handsome grandsons in these rock band magazines?

The Silver Jews show is tonight and I haven’t been this excited about a show since Tom Waits.

I sure hope it’s good. I have a feeling David Berman will just be a shell of a man after the crack smokin’ suicide period, but the new album Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea has managed to stay in my playlist pretty consistently since I got it.

How To Live (Cont)

Lesson 3: How To Watch Hurricane Coverage

First you put it on the weather channel. But the weather channel is really boring and they keep talking about your local weather, so the next step is to CNN. CNN is not boring at all, because eveyone on the network is really excited about everything that is going on. They over-react to everything. I believe they reported about 4 breaches through he course of the morning. Then you get freaked out. So you go upstairs and start watching WWL on the internet. They make you feel much better about things, but there is no couch in the office, so you go back down again. Repeat for 4 hours. Then go swimming because it’s Labor Day, and this is your last chance. Then come back, and do it all over again.