Sometimes it’s a good idea to stop drinking for a while to see what you’re hiding from.
Blog of Indecision: What Do We Tell the Kids?
Gone are the days of worrying about keeping Santa or the Easter Bunny a secret. With deranged teenagers killing innocent little first-graders in their classrooms and sickos blowing people up at a marathon finish line, I’ve got bigger things to cover up than where Santa hides the presents.
Any…
I relate to this dilemma. I remember being terrified of the news my parents watched when I was a kid. I don’t let my kids watch news. Am I sheltering them too much? I have no idea. I don’t know how to explain to them that some people become so angry at other people, they commit unthinkable atrocities, and that some people are just broken. Is it even that easy? Or is that the way we reconcile it?
We Didn’t Do It, But We Did It: Crap Kingdom and the New York Times
So, Crap Kingdom did not make it onto the New York Times Best Seller list this week.
I say “this week,” because: hey. Not to get all The Secret about stuff, but I earnestly believe that if I keep my head down and keep working and keep doing all the things I’m doing, someday it will be. It, or another book. My dream scenario is that my next book (or the book after it, or the book after it) is finally the effort-coalescing smash hit I have been waiting for and that propels my whole back catalog onto the list. I think this is the dream of every artist who feels under-appreciated. It is also (though the details may be different) the dream of anyone who has ever felt undervalued or looked down upon in any walk of life. “THIS ONE DANCE I DO AT THE TALENT SHOW WILL BE SO GREAT EVERYONE WILL SUDDENLY REALIZE I’M BEAUTIFUL AND THEY’LL THINK BACK ON EVERY TIME I TRIPPED IN THE HALLWAY AND REALIZE I WASN’T TRIPPING AT ALL, I WAS PERFORMING BEAUTIFUL MINI-DANCES!” And so on.
Interesting thing about getting bad news (and an interesting thing about getting good news): it happens. And then you are still alive. After the moment you get the bad news, there is a next moment. And a next moment and a next moment and a next moment.
And then you go get something to eat.
So the bad news is it’s not on this week’s Best Sellers list. The good news is, it is out there, and people seem to like it, and once it’s out, it stays out, and people can get it, and people can find it. And I still sold quite a lot of books. And every time someone tweets a picture of their copy of the book at me, I think: “This rules.”
Hard not to be inspired by people not afraid to continually create. So sometimes you aim high and if you miss, shit, you’re still way the fuck up there. Impressive and inspiring work, DC.
Your Public School theme is: Addictions and Compulsions.
Tuesday, March 12th at 9PM. M-Bar 1253 Vine
Secrets to be revealed by:
Steve Agee * D.C. Pierson * Erin McGathy* Cole Kazdin * Louis Peitzman * Shane Nickerson* J.D. Ryznar* Hosted by the majestic Stephen Falk.
RSVP to have God grant you the serenity
I’m no @yoyoha, but this is the best thing I’ve ever drawn! (That isn’t saying much) This will be in a book of original, hand drawn tweets by a bunch of people, compiled by @rachow, and then auctioned off to help out @sucittam. I’ll post a link to the auction when it’s live.
Public School is Tuesday, March 12th with these stupendous people:
Steve Agee * D.C. Pierson * Erin McGathy* Cole Kazdin * Louis Peitzman * Shane Nickerson* J.D. Ryznar* Hosted by the majestic Stephen Falk.
RSVP now and win a pelican.
This is happening.
I seriously love doing this show. I am in such good company. Come.
Next show is Tuesday, March 12th at 9pm. Hosted by the majestic Stephen Falk.
RSVP now and to join the great apes.
I think I’m in this.











