January 2011
16 posts
It’s a trap →
I think we’re all caught up on the Bleat Premium stuff – which, I should note, you can get for any contribution. A buck! Two! Whatever you wish. There’s a new link on the sidebar that whisks you off…
Friday! →
This is boring, so you might as well skip to the bottom for the updates. Sorry: nothing more uninteresting than the life of a guy who’s writing a book.
A reminder: if you donated at any level,…
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I am a Soybean Man →
I love getting mail that begins “Dear Fellow Soybean Farmers of North Dakota.” I am not one of those. I have some land on which soybeans are grown, and I suppose this entitles me to membership in…
Three Stars →
I have decided that it is not important if my play count for each song in iTunes is at least “1.” As I may have noted, I’ve been letting iTunes play all day and all night with the sound turned to…
I know dead fish don’t swim home →
Housekeeping: doing clean-up on the codes-emails; have some old-style letters to answer. To repeat the URLS:
Bleatplus.
Joe Ohio.
UltraBleat.
If you did not get your code – and I swear, I…
Because I am a TOTAL IDIOT →
… I forgot to include the URLs for the Premium sites in all the emails I spent Sunday night sending you. It’s the little details that trip you up. Well, you’ll find them at the end of this…
Quick, while I have internet, a description of... →
At the end of the night I went outside to the aft deck to consult with the remains of a small cigar. The whooshing wind. The plosh and shush of the ship in the seas, the shudder of the…
Another Ocean →
REMINDER: passwords and Bleat Plus and the Joe Ohio stories and the novel and all the other great things promised will be en route next week, when I’m back and rested and back in the groove. Thanks…
Antipodes and Thrusters →
As my daughter might say: MASSIVE EPIC SHIPBOARD INTERNET FAIL. This will be short and dull, but consider this: it’s remarkable I’m able to post from the high seas, and I admit that I…
At sea with butter and bacon →
AS SAID YESTERDAY, Bleatplus passwords and other goodies will flow unto thee when I’m back on dry land. I appreciate the patience and patronage for hitting the tin cup, especially when I’m…
There’s a bar around here somewhere →
NOTE: to repeat what I said yesterday, Bleatplus logins and goodies will follow when I’m back on terra firma. I continue to be astonished & gratified by your support, and hope to earn your…
My eggs were warm →
NOTE: BLEAT PLUS and other contribution rewards will be doled out the week of January following the 17th. Thanks to everyone who’s contributed! Remember, you can get Bleatplus for any contribution…
The Ghosts of Times Square →
An early 40s photo, no bigger than a sheet of printer paper. New Year’s Eve.
He’s looking at the camera, it seems. And now we’re looking…
