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I added more photos of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold to the photos page of my Columbine Guide. I also made the scans much larger on the Colu

I sure was a happy little toddler. I'm gushing in most of the pix, and my mom confirms I really was. For what it's worth, that's my sense...

Right before the big snowstorm last Thursday, it was a gorgeous spring-like day in NYC, so I hopped on a citibike and rode to three...

The second-coolest thing about growing an amaryllis, is that it takes all year. For a guy not known for patience, it's pretty damn cool...

I vividly recall the hardcover book's release last February. I watched her 20/20 Interview with Diane Sawyer intently, and stayed up unt

Today I uploaded Eric Harris' kind of shocking ' Hitmen For Hire' school assignment to The Columbine Guide . It's dated four months before the Columbine massacre. It accompanies the video of the same name that Eric made with Dylan Klebold, their most notorious production, in retrospect. At the time, it was easily written off as an absurdist spoof. This assignment is Eric's business plan for "Hitmen For Hire," including an overview of the "product," business organization, pl

I totally overhauled my Columbine Guide site the past few weeks. It's got a new look, new org, and I fixed 17 years' worth of broken...

Sue Klebold just posted a TED talk.* I haven't watched it yet. Bracing. (Update on that below.) I posted on FB, and already getting great...

I just loaded up The Columbine Guide with Eric's sketches , and his school essay on "Nazi Culture" --which was very revealing in retrospect. That's a napalm tank on Eric's back, which was one of his many grandiose ideas. He laughed about creating human matchsticks running around, but of course he couldn't invent the flame-throwers he envisioned. He couldn't even get the Napalm recipe to work, thank God. The Nazi essay is revealing in very different ways. Read in retrospect

I made good book progress today, so I took a 2-hour composting break. Just home, very tired. It's supposed to be last warm day for...