Cliche-O-Matic

January 6, 2009

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Have you ever found yourself at a loss for words? Do you have trouble finding just the right glib quote for the situation? Or do you get tired of always churning out the same tired old cliches as everyone else? ‘Hungry enough to eat a horse’? ‘That’s the way the cookie crumbles’? Puh-lease.
If you’ve been afflicted with any of these problems, then fear not, friends. There’s a new small-talk sheriff in town, and its name is The Cliche-O-Matic â.¢. Use it any time you need a hip new catch phrase. Memorize a few, and set the trend at your next office function or dinner party. Or simply stick it to stodgy old Morris in accounting and his folksy, age-worn bullshit. ‘There’s more than one way to skin a cat’, he says. Boooo-ring.

http://www.wherethehellwasi.com/blog/cliches.html
Here is an example from Situation #15 Disgust (e.g. I need that like I need a hole in my head.
I need that like a need a beaver in my cereal bowl
Situation #20 Hope (e.g. ‘I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
I can see the money shots at the end of the blind date!

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About This Site

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.