"Better than Cosmo! Others just recite facts, but I like your posts best because of the in-depth analysis."
"Great work! Your stuff is a sight for sore eyes in this wash of dumbed down crap for the masses I see all the time on the internet."
"Greg is a dapper gent, intelligent, and easy to hang with. He made me feel right at home in his film noir-esque lair. We talked at great length about books, influences (we both write), and on a broad range of topics that might cause one to raise an eye brow while pondering. He was great fun to roam the city with. I'm looking forward to another round of pursuing art exhibits and deep dialog over late night coffees the next time we cross paths."
"Greg! Thank you so much! I will not forget this! Your help will make it easier for me to secure a job when I get back home from Switzerland!"
"Dude I hate to write you about this again but those nutrition tips you sent me were a fucking godsend. Anyway, I do appreciate ya... you're a good egg."
"Dear Mr. Greg: You are creative and amusing... two things I find irresistible. If I didn't live so far away, I'd go after you myself! Thanks for all the laughs."
"Hey thanks for all the stuff on girls and relationships. I was up reading last night for like 3 hours. We had an earthquake not too long ago here in California, but man, some of the stuff you wrote shook me more than the quake!"
"I have to say, you provided several hours of entertainment for me just now. It is a great thing to know there are other people with similarly twisted senses of humor and intelligence. Thank you very much Greg Thompson, and good luck with the woman of your dreams. Should you ever feel the need to entertain me again, please feel free to do so, I'll take it any way I can get it."Archive for 'seattle' tag
My Hell of a New Year’s In Seattle
Saturday, January 10th, 2009On Christmas afternoon, 2008, my friend Matt and I jumped on a plane to Seattle, Washington. I hadn’t been there in almost 6 years.
Maybe it should’ve been longer.
What follows are 2 pieces I wrote earlier, describing the “highlights” of our little journey:
[begin part 1, written 2 days after our arrival]
I’m writing now from cold, snowy, [...]
An Open Letter To Starbucks
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008Dear Starbucks,
Hey, is there anywhere to get a decent cup of coffee around here?
Oh, come on. Don’t look so sad. When we’re in the mood for a twenty-four-ounce cup of pumpkin-pie-flavored Cool Whip, a Feist CD covered in mocha fingerprints, a possibly exaggerated memoir by a former child soldier, and some customer “service” that denies [...]
Why It’s Cool To Stop Trying To Be Cool
Saturday, May 10th, 2008What follows is an article from GQ written by a pretty funny guy named Dan Kennedy (no relation to the marketing guru) — it’s an article I liked so much, and hit a nerve very close to me so well, I had the determination to rip its pages from the issue and type the whole thing [...]
