coffeehammerman and the voice at the other end of the line

hello

here it all could be, then. the setting up part was shockingly simple. three small steps, choose some names and agree to some -i don't have time to read these terms and conditions- and ding ding we're back in print.

except this time the print is pixilated and the back and forth will be faster.

several years ago i made a small magazine called dialtone. i wanted it to speak with many voices and represent what i have always felt: some art should be free. i solicited and typed and edited and flailed about in an old version of pagemaker, then an old version of publisher, took my proof to the copy store in Chapel Hill and spent $200 to make a magazine. sometimes more, sometimes less.

i got no money (very little, i think, there was one benefactor that helped out with cash and the occasional round of drinks at the bar). i produced 13 issues. i have them filed on my hard drive in various forms, i have a few papercopies of each as well, some crap in a box for my son to go through when i'm food for worms.

so what's the point now? the point is i need to write. as i sit at a desk some days now to make a living, as i need the practice keyboarding (calling it typing is too generous), as i think i might go nuts without the occasional distraction...well, let's just say i need to do it. besides, i've heard that folks from all over the frickin planet might read what i've written and might even respond to it. it's like dialing a random phone number, waiting for an answer, when the answer comes you just start talking and the party at the other end doesn't hang up.

at least i'll not know if you hang up.

my friend Lyle Estill has a blog. it is found from within the terrific website: http://www.biofuels.coop/links.shtml
take a spin inside this marvelous storehouse of information and energy. thanks, Lyle, for turning me on to this incredible medium.

i'm rambling right now, waiting for return phone calls. i'll get some threads together, weave some cables, cover some distance.

let's see what happens. remember, you've opened the page, read this far, in a way you've already said "yes".

geo