August 2007

Boss of Gloss

August 23, 2007

FL2, otherwise known as Fine Life Magazine, Issue No. 2, hits newsstands today. Being the editor of a wine county lifestyle rag has its perks – namely the ocean of wine that arrives at the office by the case – or two – thanks to the fine lands at Council Tree. Correspondingly, the theme of [...]

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Nostrildamus Nose All

August 22, 2007

Unlike some of my pals, I don’t need to walk into the local pub to get my nose whacked. I mastered the art of the self-inflicted nasal wound using that ubiquitous instrument of the Nomaville experience – the wine glass. How I transformed this delicate and otherwise benign vessel into an instrument of blunt trauma [...]

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Space Invaders

August 19, 2007

Winding down the Californian coast this weekend piqued a peculiar anxiety in me, the genesis of which I could not immediately place. The usual culprits (craggy coastal cliffs, the great, gaping maw of the midnight sea), were not the source, nor was the Contessa’s drowsy helming of the wheel. When she made me aware that [...]

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Atomic Teenager

August 15, 2007

This week in Nomaville, I return to one of my perenial obsessions — the bomb — by way of another obsession — Dr. Strangelove. Both notions culminated into something of a personal nuclear meltdown my freshman year in high school during an ill-fated stage adaptation of Kubrick’s masterpiece. Dr. Strangelove vs. Madame Wadsworth recounts how [...]

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