Comments on: The Blinking* Cursor

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:42:32 +0000

I’m trying to come up with a response to your comment, but I’m sorta stuck. I wonder if Panera has a shower in the employee restroom?

[Insert ticking clock cliche here.]

Nope. No shower. But a quick bath in a vat of broccoli cheese soup seems to have done the trick. (Also, it’s delicious.)

Sinatra was such a maverick. Always had to do things “his” way. But I may just have to try that shower approach. Apart from the prohibitive water expense and the fact that it might trigger latent OCD tendencies which then could render me unable to type on a computer keyboard without first putting on surgical gloves, it seems like the perfect solution. Plus, when artisans someday paint my writerly likeness on the cafe wall at Barnes & Noble, I’ll look so much cleaner than Hemingway.

Bonus.

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:18:08 +0000

Me? A mess? Clearly you haven’t been reading between the lines. Oh, right. I forgot. I’m transparent. There is no between. Yup. I’m a mess.

Even though my name isn’t “dammit,” I’ll write something soon. A blog post. Or a short story. Or a few words in my bestselling novel. I just have to finish the ol’ paying work first.

By: Billy Coffey

Billy Coffey — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:25:19 +0000

Showers. That’s my fix for this problem. When I’m stuck, I take a shower. I suppose I could get all metaphysical and say I’m trying to wash the failure off or that there’s some mystical connection with falling water, but I don’t think so. At any rate, I’ve read that Sinatra took seven showers a day. I SO have him beat.

By: katdish

katdish — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 04:01:10 +0000

You’re just a mess, Steve. You know that? No doubt you were born to be writer. Now stop staring at that blinking cursor and write something, dammit! How’s that for a pep talk? You’re welcome.

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:44:59 +0000

Sometimes I make cookies with words, too. You should try one. They taste like cartoons.

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:44:15 +0000

I know. And also, there’s “argh.” Sometimes I put them together and just say aigh. It seems to fit.

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:43:23 +0000

Just call me abacus.

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:42:55 +0000

I feel “too whatever” all the time. I’m just glad I can’t spontaneously teleport or I’d be literally all over the place.

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:40:28 +0000

When you run the washing machine at night, do you actually put laundry in it? Or do you just like the way it sings you to sleep? And if you fall asleep to the sound of the washing machine, do you dream of lost socks?

By: Steve P., ND

Steve P., ND — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:39:28 +0000

Misery loves dinner guests. Or something like that.