Another one of my cool friends

First, please pay attention and respond to the two posts below this. (i don't want to end those threads)

Second, besides all of you, I have another cool friend, perhaps familiar because I have posted about his art. But he's got a new blog it seems and boy, is it funny. Please join him and me in hating McCain. www.housekeysformccain.blogspot.com

Keyhole Magazine

"The Picture Window" is up today. I somehow have to teach tomorrow.

The Birds and the Bees

This reminded me of Amelia's story about the vultures.

And I just have to share these random videos.

Query

does anyone find themselves drinking too much or way too often and at normaly considered inappropriate times of the morning, I mean day?

I need more stuff

Can anybody suggest:

1. short stories by American authors that are mini-quests - ike Araby, maybe, or A&P, or On the Rainy River. Except not those.

2. short stories by American authors that are not pulpy sci-fi, but depict a dystopian American future

Roadrunners

I took four classes at UNM for the fall, so I'll be sticking around ABQ a few more months. The campus is flat, so is the architecture, and I will teach in a building near a pretty duck pond. Part of my required orientation next week is to learn how to use the copy machine. There is also an ice breaker. I hate ice breakers. In my experience ice has never broken; it melts. And ice breakers harden my heart.

Other, more interesting news:

Rebecca's story is now up on Agni's site. It's good and makes me jealous. Although it inspired me to submit again yesterday to three new places.

Happy birthday to Jack and Amelia. I think they both have birthdays this weekend.

You can now pre-order Cool Thing, the anthology that promises to make me gay famous.

The other day I read about a German priest who has people lie in open graves as a form of therapy. (I'm not sure if that's the correct use of lie, but I like it.)

The 5 Things Show Comes to Austin

I mentioned a few posts back that I'm thinking of starting a reading series, and now things are starting to actually happen. I found a great venue in the form of the fabulous do512 offices on South Lamar. I've got the date: second Friday of every month, starting September 12.

And now, I have the concept: I buy/find 5 things fitting in a theme and distribute them to five funny people. Fiction writers, poets, standup comedians, improv types, musicians--a good mix for each show. Their goal, in turn, is to create a funny, short (5 minute-ish) piece inspired by their object, which they bring to share. Part show-and-tell, part art. One dollar admission buys the band their beer.

The goal is to have a fun show that brings fun artists together. Because I miss having writers around, and I miss you guys. If you're in town, I hope you can read for me. I have a few spots left for the first show...

Ronald Sukenick ABR Innovative Fiction Prize

Heads up folks, if you're interested:
Now announcing that the Ronald Sukenick American Book Review Innovative Fiction Prize is about to commence.

Applications open on August 15th and run through November 1st.

Application Fee $25
Prize $1,000 and publication by FC2
Manuscripts need to be bound with a spring clip or rubber band, no stapples or binding please.

For more of the necessary info go to www.fc2.org

I should also reassure everyone too--I'm not asking you to submit to this contest, because I'm going to pick my friends as the winners and runner-ups. I have nothing to do with this FC2 contest besides receiving the manuscripts and then mailing them to people in Utah. So this is totally legit.

We still haven't got the website completely updated with the recent move of FC2 from Florida to Victoria, TX so if you notice that, don't become alarmed. Contest rules and info are correct as well as the address to which you send the manuscript.

Meeting Your Daily Laugh Quotient One Site at a Time

Please do yourself a favor and go to the website www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com

You Whities!
(lest that be taken as white person agression, I should add that I am so white it's shameful and embarrassing.)