If you visit here with any regularity, you’d know I don’t go link crazy with other writer’s blogs. Not because I’m an egomaniac (I am, but that’s not involved), but because I’d rather spend my time actually writing than “networking” or “collaborating” with other writers online and seeking their approval. Writers are intolerably self-absorbed creatures and their praise is just a outward recognition of similarity, not always an appraisal of good craftsmanship. Usually.
So in the interest of paradox I’d like to direct your attention to my friend Matt’s new chapbook. I got it in the mail yesterday along with some lovely trading cards. I suggest you consider going to his site, then spending $5 on the book. You’d probably spend that money on something stupid like cigarettes or Top Ramen for a starving child. Matt makes coffee for a living, so it’s like providing sustenance to the needy anyways.
Of less consequence is a new design for my portfolio site. Once again, Internet Explorer 6 causes my eyes to itch and fall into my stomach from having to write hacks for the simplest of code.