Just a reminder of the reading tonight at Flourish Bakery Cafe, 1138 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, IL 60660. I'll be appearing with five other authors and poets. What a bargain! For more information, please see: https://tuesdayfunk.blogspot.com/2009/08/tuesday-funk-16.html Here's a
Winter is not here yet, but it has definitely RSVP'd this past week. Summer had finally shown up after slumming somewhere down south but only hung out for a couple of weeks before autumn served it its eviction notice. I know that in a few months we'
So █████ got home this morning from walking Ella to report to me, as I drank my unmagical coffee-n-cream, that they'd had a fantastic time. All except for one little incident. There's a big preserve of prairie grass at the park in which the dogs like to
Hey, Chicagoans! I have a reading coming up just under a week from now, Tuesday, September 1, 2009, as part of Chicago's Tuesday Funk Reading Series. The reading starts at 7:00 pm sharp at: Flourish Bakery Cafe1138 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.Chicago, IL 60660 That's
Ella's been having a rough time of it lately. Between thunderstorm season and fireworks season, she's been afraid to go outside after dark, and until recently she was starting to balk earlier and earlier in the day. (Yes, balk,, not bark.) We've been working
My new short story "A Strong Premonition of Death Struck Me This Morning" is now live at the Electric Velocipede blog. I think it was the first piece of fiction I ever wrote that's set in Chicago (though I'm now deep into a novel
[For one week in July 2009, I took over as a guest blogger at the Electric Velocipede website while editor John Klima was away. This was the first of the four posts I contributed.] A Strong Premonition of Death Struck Me This Morning by William Shunn It did. You can
█████ and I had a ton of fun yesterday running Chicago's 2009 Urban Dare race. Urban Dare is a scavenger hunt that takes you all over your city to solve trivia puzzles, collect photographs, and complete a few dares. You're only allowed to travel by foot or
If you're reading this, I assume you have at least a passing interest, if not a full-blown stake, in the future of online journalism. Most saliently, how can the business of news-gathering and distribution be monetized? Can it ever make money? How will the news business survive in
The reading at Flourish Bakery Cafe was a great success last night. I had a terrific time. Thanks to everyone who came out to listen, including all the crew from Imagination, and especially to Steven Silver and ❦stonetable, neither of whom I'd met before, and each of whom
Old man: "Where are you going?" Waitress: "India." Old man: "Have you seen Slumdog?" Waitress: "No." Old man: "You need to see Slumdog." Waitress: "I'm not going to that part of India." Old man: "Every
I had intended to tweet live from WhiskyFest Chicago last week but was thwarted in my efforts because I couldn't get a signal in the underground ballroom at the Hyatt Regency. I did, however, faithfully take notes as I went. As I transcribe them, we'll be
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