My plan worked like a charm. When I committed to writing on this blog every day in June, I knew the universe would try to sabotage me by sending me tons of real, paying work. Well, it happened and now I’ve got too much work and not enough time, so it’s tough to keep up [...]
Certain types of people make me suspicious. For example: people who claim to love reading, but can’t string together a coherent written sentence.[1] I wonder if they’re trying to seem more cultured or informed than they really are. If they really do “read” a lot, I suspect they’re doing it wrong. Maybe they’re skimming, without [...]
It’s time for another episode of This is Twittering: Meta-commentary Digest. WORDPLAY: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: recursion is funny. Is that a joke about recursion? Please RT. I do think recursion is funny. And I’m really not sure if that’s a joke about recursion. WORDPLAY Fun fact: the name “San [...]
A writer wrote: Dear Conlan, When I start my car, I get this kck-kck-kckkhhhh sound, but it goes away once the engine revs up. It’s done this for the last two years or so, but when I started my car on Sunday, after the kck-kckhhh sound it also went reeeee-preeee-preeep! I guess my question is, [...]