the rustler

Oh my yes. The folkses was out in force tonight, yes they were. The Y was a little off, due to the fact that it’s been raining for 24 hours, it’s one of the superdark days of the year, and we’re fearing winter, as if it just started to sink in. I watched a row of people on the treadmill ...

if i had a dolla

Hola. This morning I did an interview with a radio station in Toronto that’s about four years slow in discovering 404lab. I had to brush up quick on my 404 facts because it’s been so very long; I worried that my knowledge had become outdated. After about 2.5 seconds of intense preparation, I came to the conclusion that not much ...

smart and beautiful

Hello world. (Sorry, geek joke.) When I met Scotty back in the early days of aught-four, one of the things he told me was that he made a point of telling his daughter every day that she was smart and beautiful. That struck me as one of the most incredible things I’d ever heard. A lot of people I know ...

to the lil rig.

Dear Chico, I miss you. Please come home. The last few days with Captain America have opened my eyes. Despite his name, he is no kinda superhero. He has manual door locks and windows. When I look up, I see not blue sky, but grey flannel. His side panels rattle when I crank the bass on the radio. When I ...