In early 2006, writer Richard Daub was a full-time journalist looking for a way to publish his non-journalistic work without having to deal with "the freelance shuffle, writing and painstakingly revising something so that every word was precisely placed and then spending time and money finding a home for it in print only to have it shredded beyond recognition by hack editors who were only concerned with making it fit into their little blank spaces." Thus the "
r-daub-a-blog experiment" began, and for the next couple of years Mr. Daub took advantage of the freedom and power of being able to publish his work unfiltered to the world by posting a wide range of content that was all over the map, "from Dig Dug to 9/11, from naked ladies singing in the shower to total civil disorder, from Syd Barrett to the Byrds to the Beatles to Bruce Springsteen to Anjani Thomas-and many random points in-between". While admittedly lacking the fundamental understanding that successful blogs usually stick to a particular topic, Mr. Daub left behind a fascinating collection of writing that covers historical and personal events, as well as "many points of randomness between the major things where so much of life resides and should be appreciated as well". The
r-daub-a-blog Reader includes the entire collection of posts made on the site from April 2006 through the final post in February 2008.
Included Works:
Pilot Post Ramble
The Melancholy of Denny's
Moving to Taneytown
Tales of a Pending Father's Childhood
Loungin' at the Lube
Land of the Lost
Clark Kent Returns
Living Ghost No More... Syd Barrett (1946-2006)
To Expectant First-Time Fathers...
How I Lost 50 lbs. in Six Months
Parting Vignettes
It is a Beautiful Autumn Morning in Midtown Manhattan
Available Now: Pork Chops and Subway Cars
Remote Signal
In a Box
The Golden Gate: It's Still Gold, It's Still Great
Good-bye, Tracy
Dig Dug's 25 Year Family Drama
Eight Miles High
Abbey Road
A Moment of Sunlight
Good-Bye, The House That Makes Us Wait
Manhattanville, USA
So It Goes, Mr. Vonnegut
Throw Your Weapons Down
A Cold Morning in the Pool
Haiku Written in the Presence of Dead Writers
Tear Gas Really Works
Fourteen States in an Eastbound U-Haul
Subway Series
The 59th Street Bridge Essay (Feelin' Not So Groovy)
To: Sean Lane
Rainbow Lane
Falling Into Theory and Cracking Your Head on Social Cement
Standing on a Cliff Overlooking the Sea
The River
