So, I think we all know from A Tale of Two Cities, that the French Revolution was the worst of times, and that it all started by the storming of the Bastille, the great medieval prison on the right bank in Paris. So I went there today, totally pumped to see the guillotine guys out […]
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A Revolutionary Froggy Snog Blog
August 23rd, 2009 · 11 Comments
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Out and About in Paris
August 21st, 2009 · 7 Comments
Just a few things I’ve seen out and about in Paris. Short of time today… At the Jardin Du Luxembourg No pressure or anything, but God is always watching when you shag. At the Museum of Natural History The Area for the Conservation of Special Sausages (as far as I can tell) In the 1st […]
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In France, French Bread is just called Bread
August 19th, 2009 · 11 Comments
Paris: 6:00 AM It’s been years since I’ve seen 6:00 AM from either side of the clock. Let’s face it, it’s too fucking early to get up, unless you’re a fisherman or a soldier, and even then it’s still too early, and it’s too late to be up, unless you’re 20 or snorting meth, and […]
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The Mailbox of Notre Dame- An American in Paris 3
August 17th, 2009 · 19 Comments
For those of you who are following my French adventure, and trying to learn from my mistakes, let me give you tip. France is far. If you don’t live in California, it’s probably not quite as far, but for me, it’s far. Like far enough that I completely left Friday and most of Saturday in […]
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Je suis ecossais An American In Paris 2
August 12th, 2009 · 11 Comments
So I knew some time ago that I was going to go to France to research my next book, and my entire French vocabulary consisted of: “Two coffees and two croissants”, “please”, “thank you”, “hello”, and “the dog is on the table” I didn’t figure that it was enough to get me through a long […]
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An American In Paris
August 11th, 2009 · 17 Comments
If you haven’t been there, it seems all too romanticized, all very cheesy, existential, bohemian — LaCroix dahling, LaCroix — so so fucking French. If you have been there, you have your own Paris, it’s yours, and believe it or not it is, will always be, better than mine. I just learned this last night. […]
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The Time Travel Tweets
May 25th, 2009 · 12 Comments
The Time Travel Tweets I’ve been time traveling lately. Here’s the Tweets I sent back: Time Travel Tweets My Time Machine Finally Finished. I’m off to warn them about the bomb. If there’s a city where Chicago used to be, it worked! Time Machine Working Great. Off to tell my younger self that there’s a […]
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The Twilight Tweets
May 24th, 2009 · 13 Comments
From time to time I’ll post groups of tweets on the regular blog for those of you who like to live your lives in more than 140 characters. Here’s the Twilight Tweets… So, in order to be wildly irritating to people in the Eastern Time Zones, I started live-blogging Twilight on Twitter as I watched […]
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The Sneezing Cow and the Pacific Northwest
May 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Hey Kids: Just a heads up, my friend Michael Perry is coming to Seattle and Portland over the next week, and if you’re in the neighborhood and could use a smile you should go see him. He’s an essayist who writes about rural life in Wisconsin in a very funny yet touching way. Think David […]
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Signed Fools and Lambs
April 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments
No, not actual fools and actual lambs. You can’t get either one of those things to stand still while you sign them. These are copies of my books, Fool and Lamb, signed, sealed, delivered from Books Inc in San Francisco. The Fools are 1st Editions. The Lambs are the leather “Bibley” gift edition. Canadians will […]
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