I was genuinely surprised yesterday to hear, courtesy of my friend Bryan, that my dorky little side business, FakeBandShirts.com, had been mentioned by the ridiculously awesome pop-culture blogger Whitney Matheson at USA Today (“Real Shirts, Fake Bands“). Thanks, Whitney, for the shout-out. Thanks, Bryan, for calling it to my attention. Thanks, Justin, for coming up…

I’ll admit to being the slightest bit obsessive-compulsive when it comes to a few (just a few) things in life. One of them is the arrangement of books. Book lovers — and most writers — tend to have extensive collections of books and obsess over their arrangement. My living room has a big set of…

Some of you may know that I’m a member of and occasional blogger for the Junky Car Club, which is a politely rebellious organization against consumerism and the American habit of assigning (or seeking) status based on what kind of car you drive. We Junky Car Club members believe cars should be practical tools that…

This is what happens when a few of you say irresponsible things like “More video blogging!” and “Great writing advice!” and “You have a surprisingly sexy presence on screen.” My response to those kind words is to give the people what they want: another video blog post. But that’s where the “what you want” part…

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