Mom is lining up peanuts for the squirrels on the front porch, her grand-nephew smiling on as she does so. I look up at her while following my cousin Chris to the side door.
“What’s that deranged look for, Alex?” asks Mom jokingly.
“Well, I wasn’t going to say anything,” says Chris, and I laugh.

See that little vignette? I’m not just a blogger. I’m a writer.

Done laughing? Good, because I have some news. I’ll be adding some half-assed recurring posts to the site. As you can see, I haven’t been keeping up that well with the posting schedule, so I’m adding the following quick-n-easy ‘categories’ so that I can post at least one a day, even if it just a little blurb and a picture.

Don’t Quote Me on That: A post with a quote and a picture. That’s it.
Portfolio: A collection of five or so images, taken by myself, culled from around the web, or scanned from books, magazines, or other printed sources.
Adlets: An ad from a magazine or comic book that I’ve found and scanned, then critiqued in classic Squid fashion.
Vignette: Little stories like the one above, accompanied by a picture and maybe some music.
Better Together: Two works of art—whether a book, a poem, a song, or whatever—that were meant to be together.

Well, there’s my news post for the day. But, really, HOW LAME IS THIS SITE?

Mp3: “F.M. Dial” by Mathhead
Next album review: Curtain Call and Shopping for Images by Midaircondo; The Dreaming by Kate Bush

Watch this: French and Saunders meet Star Wars (YT)
Read this: “The Mirror” by Louise Glück (Scribd)
Cool beans: How to make snazzy blockquotes (via Intervisual's Flickr)