Though I am currently freelancing as a web site designer cum web site coder, and yes I deliberately used ‘cum’ just then whether or not it was appropriate, for six or seven years of my professional life I was a…

I moved to San Francisco at the tail-end of a migration of like-minded individuals who wanted to get sucked into the giant vortex of online creativity taking place here at the turn of the millenium. It was the year Y2K…

In the meantime, and I don’t know if you noticed it, but Web Design died. It didn’t just roll over and die, it was killed by some very large guns wielded by very large hunters.

Hey there, guys and dolls! Sorry for the long silence, and hope you’re all ready for me to come back and start mouthing off again soon. In the meantime, a couple of projects that I had on my work path…

I’m doing some stuff over here for the time being. You know, playing with the new toys, stuff like that. Check it out, if you so desire….

On April 14, 1996, glassdog.com opened up its virtual doors to the world at large — or at least that part of the world with Internet access, the Netscape browser and some unaccountable need to read what I had to say about this, that and the other thing.

I expected that since I quit my job in December, I would have ample time to update this and other sites more frequently and entertain/abash you, my treasured and ever-shrinking audience, with more amusing anecdotes and/or ways in which you…

Hey, there, dudes and dudettes. I just won two tickets to Thursday night’s outstandingly kitchy double-feature at San Francisco’s renowned and historic Castro Theatre and I have no one who wants to go with me. So I’ve decided to throw…

Hey, everybody! Here’s a movie I helped put together for some friends of mine who enjoy wearing dresses and huge wigs! Just in time for Halloween, it’s the story of drag legend Dearly Beloved, in which yours truly makes a…

It’s the holiday season and it’s time once again to think about the things others want more than you do. And since I count myself as someone who is not you, I thought I’d share my own list of “Most Wanted” in case you were sitting there by your lonesome trying to figure out the perfect gift for Lance.

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1. You Have Compassion. Compassion is in serious danger of becoming the next “liberal.” Conservatives turned the word “liberal” into something bad simply by lying about what it means and by attaching unfounded fears to those of us who consider…

1. You Wear Hawaiian Shirts Without Irony, But Do Not Live in Hawaii Full disclosure: I won a Hawaiian shirt. It’s sky blue and white with koi on it. It’s 100% silk and blows leisurely about in any soft wind….

NEW! Cover designs by Heather Champ and Jason Kottke now available! Just in time for your holiday orgy of gift-giving and -getting, I am proud to present my first (and only) book, filled with retreaded material you’ve probably already read,…