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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 1Y ago

Sweating before the judge to become who I am, Conclusion

[ Start with part 1 here ]Once I found the Chase branch, things went pretty smoothly, so the rest of this story will be pretty fast.  The Chase people were easily able to print out my statement, and they were kind enough to xerox my driver's license.  I packed everything into my soggy manila envelop
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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 1Y ago

Sweating before the judge to become who I am, Part 2

[ Read part 1 here ]"Ok, the clerk said. Here's what you do: you can go home and get those documents, but you'll have to be back here before 2PM."It was 12:58.  Not going to happen."Or?" I said."Do you have a bank account?  Well, then, find the nearest branch and ask them to print out your last sta
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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 1Y ago

Sweating before the judge to become who I am

Patrick is not my real name.  I actually have an incredibly ethnic name, in the style of Annunziato or Ermenegildo. (But neither of those. But just as bad.)  And I've always hated it.  I mean no disrespect to the grandfather for whom I was named, it's just that in the 1970s where I grew up, having
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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 2Y ago

How The Seasons Work

Yet another computer animation I made in the 1990s
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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 2Y ago

Inky the Android in Android Love

An example of my early computer animation skills.
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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 2Y ago

Collected Thoughts of the Day

06:05 I generally sleep 5.5 to 6 hours per night. Fell asleep at 10:30. Naturally, I'm up at 5:30. Top o' th' mornin' to ye. # 07:50 It is snowing in Brooklyn. I repeat, it is snowing in Brooklyn. # 11:24 Some thoughts on the Russian and their asteroid quest: murmursofearth.blogspot.com/2009/12
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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 2Y ago

That Was The Year That Was, 2009

1. What did you do in 2009 that you'd never done before?Spoke before a paying, adult audience. Been a carless adult.  Pitched two television shows. Made bagels.  Had lunch with an editor. Was a gues on NPR's "On The Media"2. Did you keep your New Year's resolutions, and will you make more for next y
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A tale told by an idiot, full of · 2Y ago

Collected Thoughts of the Day

10:09 Realization -- I didn't set foot on the mainland of North America between December 26 2008 and April 12, 2009 #
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