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Author Archives: Mr. Dan Kelly

Chicago writer interested in many things.

The Spirit Was Willing, BUT THE FLESH WAS WEAK!

In Purgatory, the Indolent Sit on Their Asses at the Foot of a Mountain for the Length of Their Lives

I finished and published a 4,000 word essay last week. and yet I already feel like a lazy slug because I haven’t done it again this week. WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?

Hilaretic: Now Available at Quimby’s

Still available at Lulu.com!

Loveliness

Haunted by Gretchen Dow Simpson, by Chris Ware

What?

Also from the site that stole/mistranslated my article.

It’s Not Stealing if You Translate It Weirdly

A Google search revealed an array of spam sites (I think that’s the term) that grabbed and posted my Gapers Block Portage Theater article to their grubby little domains. I’m annoyed, but short of tracking down each and every instance and e-mailing a nasty letter to the spambot in charge, I’m not sure what I […]

If I Unzip the Googlefly, I Fear What May Pop Out

Question: How does Googlefly eat?

WHO Is Listening to Krautrock?

It is I. I am listening to Krautrock. I have nothing worthwhile to say, apparently. Say, what did you think of my Portage Theater article? Thanks to Whet Moser of Chicago Magazine and Kate Dries of WBEZ for pointing it out on their blogs.

Dod Damned Nobocaine!

Just had a filling.

Save the Portage Theater!

My Gapers Block article about the Portage Theater is now up. Read it, and please attend the zoning board meeting today at 9 a.m.!