mostly nonfiction and bakersfield news | November 10th, 2009
The Atheist and The Believer
Kip Tobin writes a thought provoking piece on the discussion of belief on TheNervousBreakdown.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
The atheist and the believer walked together on the path that followed the highway, looking for light.
Everything visible was dampened gray, as if some colossal waterlogged blanket was thrown on top of their sky and hung there, [...]
Happy Birthday to Irresponsible Writer Rich Ferguson
Nick Belardes makes a fabulous Bond Girl in this Happy Birthday post to Rich Ferguson on TheNervousBreakdown.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
Rich Ferguson, because it’s your birthday and because you just make being a Bond Girl so insanely cool, we’ve run a little contest in your honor: Who Makes the Best Bond Girl?
As you will [...]
A Multi-Hyphenate’s Guide to Independent Filmmaking, Chapter 1: Pre-Production
Kimberly Wetherell, director of the short comic documentary “Why We Wax”, discusses what it takes to successfully make a film on TheNervousBreakdown.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
The most important thing for any Multi-hyphenate (Writer/Director/Producer) to know before embarking on an independent film project is this: No One Knows Anything.[1]
First and foremost, you must always remember: [...]
The Flying Pedestal
Please enjoy this charming post by Irene Zion on TheNervousBreakdown.com. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
When my family moved to The Free Territory of Trieste, it was a time when people did not fly across the ocean. Flying was prohibitively expensive and rare. No one really believed that airplanes made with all that heavy metal could actually fly [...]
This Is My First Novel
Freshly published Greg Olear offers a word of encouragement on for those of us waiting for that big break on TheNervousBreakdown.com today. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
Today is the official release date of Totally Killer, my first novel.
That’s what my oh-so-brief bio leads you to believe, anyway. “This is his first novel,” it says, as if I’d [...]
On The Persistence Of Jealousy
Dawn Corrigan writes about her grandmother’s dementia in this funny and heartfelt post on TheNervousBreakdown.com.
Four weeks ago my grandmother fell and broke her hip.
She hasn’t been home since. First she was in the hospital, and now she’s in a nursing home to receive physical therapy.
My grandfather visits as often as he can. But because he [...]
Cousin. Nieces.
Uche Ogbuji writes about the worst tragedy he’s ever faced on TheNervousBreakdown.com today. – Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
It was early in the morning. Lori answered the phone and handed it to me. My father’s voice.
“Uche…there’s been a terrible…”
“Uche…you should know…”
A pause as gruesome guesswork played through my mind. I wanted to hear rather than continue [...]
Pictures Of Makis
Don Mitchell commemorates his Bougainvillean friend in this touching post over at TheNervousBreakdown.com. -Erika Rae, Irresponsible Editor
In the white shimmering overexposed one he’s looking through his chrome camera at Niagara Falls in late December. This was before black cameras were the common things they are now, so the only black in the print is Makis’ [...]
How I Became Human
D.R. Haney, author of Banned For Life, talks about childhood discrimination and the event that turned him around on TheNervousBreakdown.com today.
Growing up working-class in a small Southern city, I early acquired a racist vocabulary. This was by no means encouraged by my parents, who were mortified when, at four or so, I referred to a [...]
It’s Square To Be Hip
Justin Benton has a bone to pick with ‘hipsters’ over at TheNervousBreakdown.com.
Hipsters.
Where did they come from? Is their exact point of origin an actual understandable concept? And if so, who’s more to blame—Elvis Costello or Michael Stipe?
How the hell did this happen?
You may be familiar with this website.
