Congratulations to Jenny Williams for winning storySouth’s Million Writers Award with her story “The Fisherman’s Wife” (LitNImage). Runner-up is “Fuckbuddy” by Roderic Crooks (Eyeshot). Honorable mention (third place): “No Bullets in the House” by Geronimo Madrid (Drunken Boat). Complete results here.
Cool poster by José León Cerrillo for sale in support of Triple Canopy
McSweeney’s Internet Tendency is running a contest in efforts to find semi-regular columnists.
Possibly Obnoxious Half-Figurative Question(s) #1: Can a person be a glutton for information? What is the healthy amount to subsume?
Today I lost 3 followers after tweeting: sink or swim applies to art too, it is not a welfare state | “please bail out my dog house so that my dog will have a place to sleep”
Hey, howsabout a joke?
One writer says to another writer: So, what are you working on?
Other writer says: Oh, I’ve been writing a novel.
First writer says: Yeah, me neither.
Got another? Let’s hear it.
Something else: a quick note of thanks to all those who donated to or simply wished me the best on my Race for the Cure run on Sunday, June 7. I managed to meet and exceed my $400 goal. I also managed to run the 5k without stopping at the top of any of the hills to catch my breath, and crossed the finish line in 24 or so minutes. Not bad for a fat guy. Anyone still itching to help out might consider donating a little to HTML Giant regular reader David Heath. He’s walking farther than I ran, and collecting a lot more. Every little bit helps.
Last time I linked to a Twitter feed, it was Fake Steve Buscemi. Brought up all sorts of questions of identity and all that. This is different. I’m not sure if it’s possible at this moment to confirm the identity of this person—and certainly don’t think I have the ability to do so—but regardless, for the next couple of days, YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS PERSON’S UPDATES.
Congratulations to the Giant of all Giants, our own Gene Morgan, on the birth of his new daughter, Pearl, weighing in in this corner at 7 lbs. 12 oz. We could never have too many little Genes in this world.