2001-08-20»
Tue Aug 21 00:14:00 2001»
On a small copper plaque on the El Camino Real freeway:
Battle of Santa Clara
On January 2, 1847, somewhere hereabouts was fought the last northern battle of the Mexican war. The official casualty report: “dead none, wounded none, missing but one on the American side and he came up shortly afterwards stating that he had been searching for his ramrod which in the excitement he had forgotten to draw from his gun and fired at the enemy”
Dedicated October 14 1978
Mountain Charlie Chapter No 1850
e clampus vitus
“right wrongs nobody”
Comments Off on Tue Aug 21 00:14:00 2001
Mon Aug 20 20:37:00 2001»
I’m attempting to return to the point where I enjoy writing. This may involve some work. But then writing for me has always involved a lot of work, ever since – well, ever since I started getting paid for it. You wouldn’t believe how much I struggle over even a few sentences, and often for very little obvious improvement. I truly envy people like Avedon Carol and Richard Kadrey who can write beautifully coherent arguments online at terrifying speed, before logging off and doing their real, paid, writing work.
I’m presuming a little. Maybe they fret as much. Prose appears fully formed, ex nihilo, with no clear idea of how it forms. Except in IRC. I remember being very disturbed when I watched over the shoulder of somebody I knew on IRC, regularly spilling out complete sentences into a channel at a speed I can’t even think at, let alone write.
Comments Off on Mon Aug 20 20:37:00 2001
On a small copper plaque on the El Camino Real freeway: