Monthly Archives May 2009

This is Twittering: Meta-Commentary Digest, Episode 10

It’s time for another episode of This is Twittering: Meta-Commentary Digest. REACTION: Amazon search for “wishing and hoping”: “Did you mean: fishing and coping?” I just thought that was funny. WISDOM: I’ve always depended on the kindness of strangers. People who know me know better. Fact is, it’s not hard to be nice to strangers. [...]

Introducing the This is Conlan Prize Pack!

Lately I’ve been finding it in my interest to bribe people for favors. Being that I have nothing to bribe people with, it was a pickle (not literally). Luckily I happened to invent the one and only This is Conlan Prize Pack! The This is Conlan Prize Pack consists of one (1) This is Conlan [...]

Blogger Olympics are so last month.

I haven’t been able yet to right up my experiences at the Second Annual Blogger Olympics, which took place on Saturday, April 25. The Games pitted Fresno-area bloggers against each other in a no-holds-barred, no-bars-held-unless-you-count-a-minigolf-putter-as-a-bar duel to the death in mini-golf, skee-ball, air hockey, arcade basketball, and Wii bowling. The Games were unofficially sponsored by [...]

Ask Conlan: We’re Back!

A reader from Fresno, California writes: Conlan, When are you coming back? I miss you. Sincerely, Your Illegitimate Son Thanks for writing, Your (stupid name, by the way). Speaking of stupid, you must be, because I specifically said I would be back on May 1. May Day. The Day of May. I said all that. [...]