i'm seruiosly comtemplating ditching the hit counter...hit counters, site meters and such...they are the achilles heel of blogging...why do i care how many peole are clicking me...i'm goin to write anyway...i've been writng in one form or another for 18 years...blogging is just one more way of doing it...i never gave a damn if anyoner read my shit previously, why is is so almighty important today?...it's a measurement of trafic...not quality...nor sincerity...that's it...i'm convinced...the counters die today...kill yours too...your blog just might get better

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another fine colorado evening...contemplatiing music...specifically..jazz...that woord means a loyt of different things...to some it's light innocuous music that plays in the background of your life...for others its showtunes...and covers of pop songs...it is tyhose things...yet i thionk jazz is at it's bewst when it does tywo things...going back and moving forward...jazz began as dance music...it was whhat peole listened to when they got they groove on...tooday there are some jazz musicxians who still understandf that...especially on the latin flavor...and in that interesting place where hiphopmeetsjazzmeetselectronic...going back...the other thing tht jazz does really well is get intelectual on it...challenging and changing conventional musical thinking...ts monk knew...in the fifties people though he was playing space music...now they sell cars with it...moving forward...

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this morning's lesson from the school of duh...strong and determined beats lazy and afraid...everytime.

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freedom looms...

Johnny Cash Loves You!

random notes from the Getting Published panel at the ol alma mater...why am i here...one self help writer...a 2 time novelist choking on his third...a shorts writer with one book on the shelves and onother in the printer...would you have a drink with any of these people...lay yourself at the feet of the muse...saliient points...do the work...evryday...nothing else...revise, revise, revise...networking wins...shop agents...put your work in front of people who are looking for something to sell...find honest readers...there's no money in writing...um, no shit...all these poeple are here as advertisments for the programs they teach at...consequently...all recommend workshopping and masters level programs...drink anyone???

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so, b,s,b has been up since xxx, and it's gotton acouple thousand hits...works for me, i'm not here to be popular, I'm here to be a great fucking writer...waddya think? (carriage return) the dominant reading trend is thhursady nights between 8 and 9 pm

Thursday nights between 8 & 9 pm

i throw on my antisocial unifrom(Taxi Driver fiield jacket splattered with what looks to be...blood...and the orange baseball cap with thte Dick name patch...pulled low over my eyes) and walk down to my favorite liquor house to process this information...it's packed with pretty people...i love this place, but it's purgatory on the weekends...

Thurs 8-9 pm

What does that mean? does it mean anything?...who's trolling blogs thursdays from 8 to 9 at niight...am i a distraction from mind numbing tv tripe...does my work serve as some kind of warm up for the weekend...are my stories fodder for the all important mid week wank (i'm convinced this is part of the attraction)...

THURSDAYS 8:00PM-9:00PM!!!!

who gives a fuck...i'm a writer...i'm not here to disectmy demographics...pour me another drink.

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i want to take a moment to talk about timmie...you know timmie...timmie tells you when he's going to the bathroom...timmie uses the word kewl...timmie also uses words like hegemony and tetosterone poisoned...timmie uses finger quotes...timmie doesn't like the word fuck...timmie doesn't like the word cock...timmie especially doesn't like the words bitch or cunt...and timmie would never use them in front of a woman...timmie likes women (mostly) but can never look them in the eye...timmie thinks words like nigger, wasp, kike, dyke, breeder, wop, mick, chink, or limey are denigrating to humanity...timmie doesn't know that words only have power if you allow them to...timmie will tell you sinatra beat mia...timmie will tell you cash was a pill freak...timmie will tell you MJ is a victim...timmie has no secrets, he's an open book...you can read all about timmie on his blog...timmie can always be reached on his home phone, office phone, fax, cell phone, pager, email, and IM...timmie leaves long, detailed messages...timmie likes to explain himself...timmie has never thrown a punch in his life...timmie has never had his ass kicked either (he needs it)...the only hats timmie owns are baseball caps...timmie used to wear a trucker cap, but that's not kewl anymore...timmie misses the days you could wear chuck taylors at work...timmie misses his old job at poorbusinessmodel.com...now timmie has to be a grown up and put on a tie...just like his father...timmie is what's left of manhood after centuries of being whittled at and worn down...are you timmie?...my man tony knows...he can help you...don't be timmie

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