http://macabreink.com The Virtual Voice of David Niall Wilson Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:42:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en moar funny pictures http://macabreink.com/in-honor-of-monday-i-bring-u-new-lolz Let me preface this by saying that I absolutely loathe commercial radio.  It's unfathomable to me how it even exists in this day of Ipods, MP3 players, and Sirius Satellite, but there it is.  I very seldom turn it on, but the day conspired against me. It started the night before. ... http://macabreink.com/diamonds-and-rust-the-acoustic-storm-sunday-night I try not to do this very often.  There are enough "pundits" in the world, and it's not one of my aspirations to become another.  In fact, the ones I heard right after the debate, furiously spinning things to find a positive take on the debate for Sarah Palin, sickened ... http://macabreink.com/say-it-aint-so-joe-or-this-mascara-dont-run-palin-biden I've been waiting a while to be able to announce this.  Camelot Books - one of the finest independent genre bookstores online or anywhere - bought a series of three stories written by myself and my buddy and collaborator, Brian A. Hopkins - stories we wrote about a character named ... http://macabreink.com/one-eyed-jack-chapette-series-by-camelot-books My monthly essay is up over at Storytellers Unplugged When You Are Engulfed in Flames: I’m currently listening to the audio book of a short story collection by an author named David Sedaris.  The collection is entitled When You are Engulfed in Flames, and it’s basically a series of stories based ... http://macabreink.com/storytellers-unplugged-and-chizine-my-essay-my-column-are-new A short while ago, a package arrived at my door. I get a lot of books, some that I buy, some that I get the privilege of seeing ahead of time and reviewing, some that people want me to consider for awards. As much as I love books, the ... http://macabreink.com/bram-stokers-notes-for-dracula-robert-eighteen-bisang-elizabeth-miller I usually don't do these things, but one time won't kill me... 1) I have a tattoo on my back of a wizard with a Hebrew word tattooed on HIS forehead. It was supposed to say Yahweh, but I was drunk. No one knows what it says. Closest I've ... http://macabreink.com/ive-been-tagged-6-things-no-one-knows-about-me I have a column due at CHIZINE and an essay due at STORYTELLERS UNPLUGGED so instead of a longer post, I present the group - and the song - that caught my attention during last night's episode of LIFE - which I find fairly fascinating.  They make very good use ... http://macabreink.com/deadlines-looming-i-present-gram-rabbit-in-the-interim We watched all of our Netflix movies this weekend because, frankly, it's the only shot we had with all the good television that's been playing. Even with a whole weekend we had to push it, because there was football, and Cold Case premiering last night (it was good). This weekend's ... http://macabreink.com/weekend-recap-the-forbidden-kingdom-hell-house-mr-woodcock I got an e-mail this morning forwarding me something called Birk's Economic Plan, where a guy with a good heart, but very bad mathematical skills, figured out that they could split up the bailout and give everyone 18 and over a check for (after taxes) about 379,000 instead of bailing ... http://macabreink.com/a-thought-on-the-mortgage-crisis-thanks-to-birks-law-which-was-wrong