March 2011
3 posts
Charlie Sheen is Not a Dancing Bear. He’s a Hunger... →
And I Made Up My Own Little Sign →
An Open Letter to Media Writers Crapping on Franco →
February 2011
10 posts
Wherein I Didn’t Watch the Oscars →
Some Political Sequiturs: Your Extreme Pocket... →
Novel Progress: 3000 Words In Three Days →
Sad 90s Music Roundup or “Whatever Happened To... →
Read More Books →
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Blog →
Walking to the Library is Still the Most... →
Jay Trucker: Axl Rose, Marketing Genius →
Saying Goodbye to America’s Showplace →
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Tumblr Updates for February
I’m not sure why the feed from ChrisCocca.com hasn’t been working here on tumblr lately. In addition to links from the main Daily Cocca site, I’ll put occasional tumblr-only content up here. I also added a “submit” link in the sidebar, so send me stuff to share!
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best,
Chris
January 2011
11 posts
Who Wants to Do a Comic Book? →
I was going through some old files a few days ago and found practice scripts I’d written for the first two issues of what I imagined might be a six-issue comic book miniseries. I’m a lifelong comics…
The Story Behind “The Politics of LOST” Posters... →
When I hunkered down with fiction last year, I took many, many old posts off-line as a way of resetting my own internal narrative and focusing on a very different way of writing. I’ve talked about…
Sundry Appeals to the Aficionado Within, Part 2 →
Saturday’s entree to this topic talked about Nickelodeon and the Power Rangers. One of my favorite comments came via Facebook: “I saw the commercials myself. [My son] even looked at me and said…
You’ll Find the Best of Everything at Hess’s,... →
Insert a Boss lyric here.
My wife and I were watching the Hess’s documentary on PBS 39 last night. Even though I wasn’t alive for Hess’s (and Allentown’s) mid-century glory, I…
Sundry Appeals to the Aficionado Within, Part 1 →
Nickelodeon.
The channel’s migration up our 80′s and 90′s line up is fixed in my memory: 27, 29 (later the Family Channel), 32, 34 (later Telemundo), 36 (or, as my sister called it,…
The Radical Welcome →
New piece of mine up at Huffington today. Do check it out!
Gloria! In te domine! →
Today is the 12th Day of Christmas and tonight is 12th Night, the end of Christmastide. Tomorrow is the first day ofEpiphany, a liturgical season during which the Christian tradition has,…
In Homage to the Space Race: Suggested Names for... →
If you know me personally, you might know that my sister recently got engaged to a handsome young lad called Thomas Rockett. If things don’t go my way (that is, if he doesn’t take her name, You,…
Four Years and A Lot of Thanks →
It occurred to me yesterday that this month marks the fourth birthday of this blog. It’s been through many iterations since 2007, and, well, so have I.
ChristopherCocca.wordpress.com started as a…
Goodbye, Kodachrome. →
The 20th century just keeps falling away, doesn’t it?
Google’s New Social Layer, and Why I’ll Use It →
Last year around this time I was really pulling for GoogleWave. We all know how that turned out, but there was an still is a huge potential for the kinds of things Google was trying to do with that…
December 2010
10 posts
New Piece about Google and God up at Huffington →
Remember two weeks ago when I stumbled upon Google’s most ambition search plan ever? More of my thoughts about that are up today on the Huffington Post. Click the image below for the piece. Thanks…
Thank You, Fiction →
My output this evening would suggest that for me, personally, there’s no better fiction-writing prompt than failing to write some decent nonfiction. Thank you, fiction, for always being there. And…
Twitter Responds to Philly’s Big Move →
I’m thinking that “Lee” isn’t trending because it’s too short a term? Welcome back, Cliff Lee. You are my favorite Phil.
Over the last few seasons, the Phillies really have emerged as a…
Christmas Time →
My wife and son made these out of applesauce and cinnamon. Our tree smells awesome.
Food Blog 1: Vegetable Humus Pita Pizza →
Pita, Humus (base), Green Peppers, Vine Tomatoes, Feta, Balsamic Vinegar, EVOO, Kosher Salt. Bake until warm and pita is slightly crunchy. Or eat raw. So good. Everything but the feta, vinegar,…
Glastonbury's Holy Thorn Tree →
Sometimes people suck.
Google Creates The Most Advanced Search Algorithm... →
I didn’t make this up:
Bing that.
Random Acts of Eschaton →
In a way, Handel’s Messiah is a very big part of what I understand about Christmas. I’d seen and heard it long before being a person of faith was something I had to think about and wrestle with,…
A Short, Good Read about First Person Narration →
Kyle Minor posted “I Like It When Thom Jones’s First Person Narrators Break Into Essay in the Middle of a Short Story” yesterday at HTML Giant. He makes a great point about where we can really go…
In Generate Issue 2 →
I have a story published in the new issue of Generate Magazine, out now. When my copy comes, I’ll post a picture. The piece is called “Fisher Kings”. It’s very short, and I’m very pleased that it’s…
April 2010
7 posts
Conan O’Brien’s Golden Rule →
Congratulations on the TBS deal, Conan O’Brien and staff!
My related new Huffington Post post, here.
Six Things More Mainstream Than Professional... →
1. College Football
2. College Basketball
3. MMA
4. MLS
5. Poker
6. Professional Wrestling (in terms of celebrity)
Not to mention, of course, the remaining Big Three professional sports….
Play Ball. →
Finally!
I Love You, William Faulkner →
“A snake crawled out from under the house. Jason said he wasn’t afraid of snakes and Caddy said he was but she wasn’t and Versh said they both were and Caddy said to be quiet, like Father said.” – The Sound and The Fury
My Good Friday Feature at Killing The Buddha →
I’m grateful for the opportunity I was given to write today’s Good Friday feature at Killing the Buddha. If you’re not familiar with the story from which this magazine’s name derives, click on…
Not With Easter Lilies →
I wrote this last year for Easter. Today is Maundy Thursday. Maundy comes from the Latin for “mandate” or “commandment.” Enjoy.
Not With Easter Lilies | Christopher Cocca
Lent, from the German…
Kumin, Plumly, Hirsch, Muldoon, Pinksy at The New... →
Maxine Kumin, Stanley Plumly, Edward Hirsch, Paul Muldoon, and Robert Pinsky read together at The New School last night in celebration of long-time New School poetry teacher Pearl London….
March 2010
25 posts
Where are our Jetpacks? Where are our Flying Cars? →
I probably say this a few times a year, but don’t you ever wonder why the technological future people predicted when the space age started hasn’t happened yet? I know, I know…we have computers and…
Your Moment of 80’s Zen →
Brought to you today by Shawn Rosler. Hey hey hey HEY!
Your Moment of 90’s Zen →
You’re welcome.
How I Spent Palm Sunday (10:30 – 12) →
For the first time maybe ever, I didn’t go to church on Palm Sunday. I stayed home with my family and, between 10:30 and noon, prime church time, I rewrote/revised an essay I hope to have…
An Open Letter to the Writers of “The Office” →
Dear “The Office”,
Remember at the end of last season when Michael stuck it to David Wallace and got his entire Michael Scott Paper Co. team rehired? What a great moment. Finally, some growth.
…
Nestor Carbonell →
I finally saw this week’s LOST.
Nestor Carbonell LIT IT UP for an hour. Get this man some serious movie work. He was amazing. Wow.
As for what the freak is going on with the show, I don’t know….
I’m A Marvel. I’m a DC. →
Spanbauer, Palahniuk, Hempel, and My Dog →
Tom Spanbauer calls cliched words and imagery received text. I know this because of a great essay Chuck Palahniuk wrote about Amy Hempel and minimalism. I try to by hyperaware of…
Ada Lovelace Day →
I just found out that yesterday was Ada Lovelace Day:
Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging (videologging, podcasting, comic drawing etc.!) to draw attention to the achievements…