Joel’s Brain Blurps

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18 Jul

Get out of my head, New York Observer!

Arghh. It’s amazing how when you get an idea to write an article about some band or actor, a major publication gets the idea at the same time and ends up doing an article on them.
For instance, right as I was gathering contacts in order to pitch an article about Future 86 somewhere (see the […]

26 Jun

Once again, New York kicks my arse

See this photo gallery of happy, smiling people drinking and having fun?
I was supposed to be one of them.
But as I learned for the 2,123rd time, no matter how many times I go into New York, or how well I think I know the city, something will happen that proves that the city is still […]

18 Jun

A true brain blurp

Ever think you’ve got the perfect subject for an essay or blog post, then when you actually get down to writing the thing, it comes out all wrong? That just happened to me tonight.
I was going to make some funny observations on how models are the best salespeople because they make even the boring clothes […]

05 Jun

Quick question for you veteran bloggers

Anyone know of a good way to block comment sp*m? I seem to be getting at least one of them per day, and it’s starting to annoy me. Maybe there’s a WordPress plug-in that’ll help me with this….

25 May

Lawyers will sue anybody, won’t they?

I just read that the family of St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock, who was killed last month when his SUV crashed into the back of a tow truck, is suing just about everyone involved in the incident, despite the fact that Hancock was driving drunk at the time of the accident.
To quickly recap: Hancock […]

22 May

This needs to be easier…

Most people who know me know that I’m not an idiot when it comes to computers. Far from it, in fact; before I decided to take on the quixotic task of making a living with my writing, I was an Information Technology wage slave, working for a certain company that will remain nameless for the […]

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