is a blog by Brendan
Dear gentle reader: this blog has been operating continuously since I was a teenager. The writing below is at least a decade old. In that time every molecule of my body has been replaced, along with many foolish ideas and flighty beliefs. I want to keep some of those things public out of an honesty and humility I owe the world. I trust you to carry that context with you.
Ha ha ha ha ha! Yaaaay!
“By the energy of the alcohol
the virgin Mary was made man.”
The Nicene Creed, babeljacked. Man, I don’t know whether it’s funny or a million stories waiting to happen. Or maybe just a stupid Dan Brown book.
Also, “babel-” totally needs to be a prefix in the Futurologian Congress. PS Dear Leonard: can the Eater of Meaning maybe do this someday?
“There is nothing outside the text message.”
Lucinda Williams songs slap you and bite you and punch you in the gut and kick your face and then when you come to afterwards they’re like “WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO THAT AGAIN” and you’re like “YES PLEASE LUCINDA WILLIAMS SONG”
After I finish listening to World Without Tears I feel like all the things in my chest have been busted loose, shaken up, clarified and changed.
According to Lie Bot, Teodor dies this coming Thursday. Not that you can ever trust Lie Bot, you know, it’s in his name, but I’ll be disappointed if Mr. Onstad just completely passes it by. Continuity demands a sacrifice!
Beware of all enterprises requiring a new vocabulary.
“Rock and roll” is the most sanitized, neutral concept in Western civilization.
