THE END 21 Mar 2012 | 04:08 pm

This blog is now an archive. My new blog is here . Yours, Sam

BOOK TOUR UPDATES 8 Mar 2012 | 01:39 pm

My book tour dates are below. I posted everything in all caps to show HOW MUCH I FUCKING HATE BLOGSPOT. My new blog is still being built – once that is up, I’ll have everything listed in greater detai...

Problem: problems 29 Jan 2012 | 12:06 pm

0 0 1 197 1123 McPheeters Mailorder 9 2 1318 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE THE ZONE OF UNEASE, Jan 28 – I have a new Vice column out regarding the phenomenon of god damned fucking sh...

Help Needed For Tour 20 Jan 2012 | 07:19 am

OK. Book tour time. In case I haven't promoted myself properly to your demographic, I have a new novel coming out on April 1. It's a really good book. To support this really good book, I'm doing a 7-w...

Difficulties 12 Jan 2012 | 04:33 am

Having some technical issues with this blog. In the meantime, please enjoy my groundbreaking Vice columns on Laundromats and cat hair and freaking out . Frowning face emoticon. 

Missed Opportunities 7 Jan 2012 | 01:30 am

REGRETS DEPT. - These are opportunities that I took pains to miss. PUBLIC ENEMY (1987) I'm not going to belabor this one. The Beastie Boys played my hometown arena, and instead of catching the second ...

Are you e-sperienced? (198?) 5 Jan 2012 | 12:45 am

SIGNIFICANT DOCUMENTS, Jan 6 - This tidbit comes from the last page of issue 24 of Sick Teen , a midwest punk zine from the mid-1980’s. I was an avid reader of Sick Teen in high school and college, bu...

New: Mugger Books 2 Jan 2012 | 11:16 pm

THE INTERNET, Jan 2 - My pal Anthony's new publishing house is now online. He's also got a Mugger Books blog and Twitter account . I am going to nag him to have both be interesting. Also, the Amazon p...

2012 1 Jan 2012 | 11:29 pm

Endings of 2011 1 Jan 2012 | 06:21 am

1. DIAMOND LANE STICKERS It's going to be hard, in the far future, conveying the incredible smugness of Prius ownership in the first decade of this century. For a few years there, the Toyota Prius was...