Archive for June, 2005

Blottered!

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

The Little Gray Books show went fine, thanks for asking. I’m hoping to get an mp3 of the former-partners-in-crime love song duet that happened posted soon. There was some lovely schtick with a teddy bear stuffed with diamonds in the middle, long story. For those who like a good read and some photos to go [...]

Congratulations Babydolls

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

Lili pointed out a terrible oversight on my part, which is that I failed to offer babydoll t-shirts in my collection of Jonathan Coulton themed merchandise. All you sexy downtown girls who were holding out because you didn’t want to look all frumpy in a regular woman’s shirt may now proceed to get it on, [...]

Little Gray Books Podcast

Tuesday, June 14th, 2005

We have promised to provide content Every Once In A While, and again we have kept that promise. A new Little Gray Books Podcast has been posted, and there will be another one tomorrow. They are both meant to lead up to a new Little Gray Books show which is happening Thursday June 16 at [...]

Merch!

Thursday, June 9th, 2005

Many of you have asked me for a way to quickly and easily move money out of your wallets and into the hands of companies who make T-shirts. I hear and obey: you may now purchase Jonathan Coulton themed merchandise from my online store at cafepress.com. At the moment, we have mostly T-shirts, but there [...]

Bully Punches You in the Mouth

Thursday, June 2nd, 2005

Here’s a site that offers some techniques for communicating effectively during tense conversations - Quick Verbal Tactics. My favorite example of the technique in action is Scenario #7 The Bully.
Bully: Shoves you and mumbles, “Jerk.”
You: “Why did you say that?” (respect question)
Bully: Shoving you again, he says “Because you’re a jerk.”
You: “I can’t allow [...]