Category creative-writing
all of humandom is a tangled mane all burrs and matted intractable. any single knot would pick right out if we could find the ends and hold on but we...
Three short stories about a poem fairy
O’Malley pleased me with ancient tremblors
stirred cream in secret crevices
depapered my wall
Category tech
A little toy project: the colors on my website now change every day according to the amount of exercise and meditation I got the day before. Here’s a tutorial.
shazizzle — like shazam but useful. badly hum the only two bars you can remember from the song stuck in your head, and it tells you what song it is....
Category apps
shazizzle — like shazam but useful. badly hum the only two bars you can remember from the song stuck in your head, and it tells you what song it is....
Category essays
Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing
Turns out the same thing that broke my back broke my head
A medium length discussion of how I healed my back myself, after 7 years of failure, and what that implies.
Second in a multi part series about how to misuse your kitchen
First in a multi part series about how to cook and bake without getting sweaty
The conclusion of my series of writings about cheesiness and communication
Part 3 in an essay series about art
Part 2 in an essay series about art
Part 1 in an essay series about art
The introduction to a new series of writings about cheesiness and communication
A short essay on pain and its causes, through the lens of a new tattoo.
Wherein I, Eli, humbly beg you, the reader, to start a meditation practice.
The only real problem with hitchcock’s rear window is that the villain looks so… villainous.
a quick comedic essay about doing dishes under a communal living system. I wrote it for a magazine that then never used it as far as I know.
The following is a very personal account of what it was like living in 3.5 different communes over the last 6 years in Chicago. It’s meant to be a companion...
ethos, philosophy, principle, plan, structure, organization.
in which i compare the american bar scene to the war on terror
I’ve always said that a lack of patience is my biggest character flaw. Well, that and a certain tendency towards bossiness. But today I want to talk about patience. There...
Category advice
Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing
Turns out the same thing that broke my back broke my head
A medium length discussion of how I healed my back myself, after 7 years of failure, and what that implies.
First in a multi part series about how to cook and bake without getting sweaty
A short essay on pain and its causes, through the lens of a new tattoo.
Wherein I, Eli, humbly beg you, the reader, to start a meditation practice.
in which i compare the american bar scene to the war on terror
Category poetry
O’Malley pleased me with ancient tremblors
stirred cream in secret crevices
depapered my wall
I am unsleeped, beautious birdsong, belong to be long.
Category travel
info I wish I would have found on some website somewhere else
Category children
Notes on an interesting book about child-rearing
