Archives for: February 2010

Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part VI

By Andrew on Feb 25, 2010 | In Books, Writing | 2 feedbacks »

My dad is very much alive.  But I dreamt that he hung, dead, from our coat rack many times.  His body held no surprises; it always hung in the same spot, impotent, unable to touch me.  One night, the nightmare just stopped, but that visual often haunts m… more »

Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part V

By Andrew on Feb 19, 2010 | In Books, Writing | Send feedback »

My wife and I attempted to find sleep, listening to the wind blow against the house.  Melanie lay to my left, on her stomach, comforter drawn up tight around her neck.  Our single-paned windows shook violently back and forth in the frames.  Car headlight… more »

Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part IV

By Andrew on Feb 19, 2010 | In Writing | Send feedback »

The corpses all hang headless and limp Bodies with no surprises. 3 I'm at the doorway to the basement stairs.  I slowly turn the knob until the latch pulls free of the recess in the wall that holds it shut.  I open the door, and darkness fills the… more »

Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part III

By Andrew on Feb 18, 2010 | In Writing | Send feedback »

One night, near the end of my sophomore year of high school, I camped out in the forest with Brian Miller and Cameron Anderson.  We actually camped in Brian's backyard, but the vast yard included a forested area.  Brian's house lay on a side street off M… more »

Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part II

By Andrew on Feb 17, 2010 | In Books, Writing | Send feedback »

All encompassing defeat awaits the day, I choose to plunge and embrace this nightmare. 2I watch myself, as through the lens of a camera, glide smoothly through the front door.  My eyes absorb the empty living room.  Paintings of deer used to adorn… more »

Good Night, Sleep Tight - Part I

By Andrew on Feb 16, 2010 | In Books, Writing | Send feedback »

I'll take you to a place where chimes are ringing, To a place with a chill where souls are singing,I'll bring you to a state of nightmares clinging, Where your innocence dies with lies I'm bringing. I'll take you to a place lying six feet bel… more »

Illinois politics is never dull

By Andrew on Feb 11, 2010 | In General | Send feedback »

So we have former governor Ryan in prison, ex-governor Blagojevich probably heading there, a Senator (Burris) who probably bought the seat, a candidate who wins the lieutenant governor primary for the Democrats (but needs to quit the race after troubling… more »

Slowly Recovering

By Andrew on Feb 10, 2010 | In General, Work | Send feedback »

On January 25th, at about quarter to nine in the morning, while driving to work, I was hit by a car that careened out of control.  I was heading south, she was heading north, and she lost control of her car and it veered across the lanes at an intersecti… more »

No blog post yesterday

By Andrew on Feb 10, 2010 | In Books, Writing | Send feedback »

So I had joined a 28 Day Blogging Challenge that was started on Twitter, by Scott Bishop.  He made a resolution to blog everday in the month of February.  I joined the challenge a few days ago, and already failed by my 7th day. My biggest reason for ac… more »

A non-fiction kind of mood

By Andrew on Feb 8, 2010 | In Music, Books | Send feedback »

I don't know why, but the majority of books I have been reading lately are non-fiction. I think it started with Joe Bonomo's Sweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band, a great account of the titular band.  Then came John Grisham's An In… more »

Another reading post

By Andrew on Feb 7, 2010 | In Books, Family | Send feedback »

Just a quick one.  Last night, Aidan read to us again.  this time, Grandma Judy was visiting, so he got to show off his reading chops.  He read from Detective Dinosaur, which has three short stories, all of which feature Detective Dinosaur in need of sol… more »

My kind of feel-good movies

By Andrew on Feb 6, 2010 | In Film | 1 feedback »

I like falling asleep with the TV on.  I don't know why, but if I am having trouble sleeping, sometimes all it takes is turning on the TV.  But I usually put on one of a handful of movies that I watch over and over again. These are the movies I like to… more »

Storytime with the kids

By Andrew on Feb 5, 2010 | In Books, Family | Send feedback »

One of my favorite parts of the day is reading a story to the kids before bed.  Last summer we read James and the Giant Peach.  We check out loads of books from the library (usually dino-related) for story time.  For Christmas, we got the kids a boxed se… more »

My rock n roll / folk / country compilation

By Andrew on Feb 4, 2010 | In Music, Friends | Send feedback »

I just made a mix CD for a friend of mine.  His taste leans toward country, and mine toward rock n roll and punk rock.  I love how so many punk bands and rock n roll bands take their cues from early blues and country. Listen to the Gun Club's first alb… more »

Wow, my blog still exists

By Andrew on Feb 3, 2010 | In General | 2 feedbacks »

I can't believe Brendoman is still hosting this thing.  I have neglected it for oh-so-long.   Life has been so busy in the last couple of years that blogging couldn't have been further from my mind. I previously mentioned here that in June of 2007, Cit… more »