April Fools’ Day Origins
IT has become tradition on the first of April to pull jokes of the harmless variety on those near and...
IT has become tradition on the first of April to pull jokes of the harmless variety on those near and...
Grande latte at Starbucks this morning on the corner of King and Weber. I would have liked to go to...
In a blistering report made public Thursday, a presidential panel said that U.S. intelligence agencies were “dead wrong” in almost...
Of all the fears associated with the technological advancements of the computer age — and there are many — the...
In yesterday’s (March 27) Los Angeles Times, media reporter and critic David Shaw demonstrates Oscar Wilde’s maxim that modern journalism...
In 2004 the atrocity of US troops abusing Iraqi POWs exposed the dark side of human rights performance of the...
BTW, I love cats. And dogs. And all other furry animals. Except wombats. I hate those marsupial fuckers. Small World,...
The religious right and the right to die This is the ballad of Doctor Lloyd Thompson, who may or may...
A government official suggested Wednesday that three people who arrived at President Bush’s town hall meeting here last week were...
I take it all back. It’s not a nice day. It’s a beeeutiful day. One of those really neat days...
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.