Because I've been on a Mountain Goats and Aesop Rock kick for the last few nights.

Seriously: “Lovecraft in Brooklyn" would be an awesome short film.

If only to give kids the excuse to run around with paper machete squid masks and stencils. It could benefit you if you were an art teacher at a public school, since it’d be a fun and easy task. And you could lie to the kids too! Tell them it’s for Squid Day.

And when they ask, “When is Squid Day?"

Laugh manically, take out a knife and bellow, “Today is the day! The return of Lord C’thulu! Cthulhu fhtagn! Cthulhu fhtagn!"

Person: How would you define a browser?
Me: Uh…a web browser?
Person: Yes.
Me: In what way?
Person: Imagine someone doesn’t know what a browser is. How would you explain it to them?
Me: …no offense, but I think a web browser speaks for itself. I’m not sure how I’d need to explain what it does.
Person: Mm. Yes. Mmm.

Quiz! Is this the lede to a story on a porn star or start of a very poor short story?

SHE IS YOUNG, 21, smokes Parliament Lights, and inhales deep with every drag before blowing out, visibly young — her pale skin soft, real, not manipulated. Her features are unmarked. No makeup that you can identify. No tattoos. Holes from ear piercings, but they’re unfilled. She beams with energy at every exchange and inquest, with every word. You wonder. You ask question upon question. You want to know more. And she tells you. Without hesitation. Everything on her mind. Forcefully. Streaming. Louder than you expect. More dynamic. Inflected. Strong. Kinetic.
(click here to see if you’re right.)

Polish Manhattan

Me:...and that's why I won't ever go to Los Angeles. I like the dark and cold.
Person:But--you just said 'dark and cold' again! Why do you like it so much?
Me:I grew up in D.C. That's one of the most depressing places in the world.
Person:But you still live there.
Me:No, I live in Brooklyn now.
Person:Where in Brooklyn?
Me:Greenpoint.
Person:So, that's near Manhattan?
Me:Yes, it is Polish Manhattan.
Person:Oh. But if you like film, you should move to Los Angeles.
Me:It's depressing, but not cold out there. I'd hate it.