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The Zen of Assholery: Cat-Piss Genji at the Filthy Well

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:49:12 +0000

PEGRITZ(.com)! is proud to present--for the first time in English--the adventures, koans, and meditations of legendary Japanese Zen master Cat-Piss Genji! Read on to enjoy the tale of "Cat-Piss Genji and the Filthy Well" and maybe, just maybe, you'll be enlightened! Or offended. Possibly both.

A More Perfect Union

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:43:16 +0000

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, here's the video and complete text of Barack Obama's historic speech on race in America, given at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA.

Windows 7 Beta: Microsoft’s Back in the Saddle Again

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 07:32:55 +0000

So, the Windows 7 beta is out. And it's clear Microsoft has finally gotten its head on straight again.

Review: Tim Powers, The Stress of Her Regard

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:09:44 +0000

I have several books by fantasy/horror author Tim Powers—On Stranger Tides, Dinner at Deviant’s Palace, and, of course, The Stress of Her Regard—but the only one I’ve ever been able to finish is The Stress of Her Regard. Even though the other novels are substantially shorter and less dense than Stress, and despite the [...]

music.pegritz.com: Free Music to Soil Your Eardrums!

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:44:38 +0000

Music.pegritz.com is now live...meaning you can download all my "solo" electronic works directly from The Man Himself for--get this--no money at all. That's right: everything's free! So have at it.

A New Song: “Fuck You, Melissa”

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 21:25:33 +0000

The easiest way to blow off steam when people really piss you off is to channel that pressure into something creative--like this vicious little jam that is guaranteed to make your speakers cry.

Revisionista

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:44:16 +0000

Hey, guess what? I'm rebuilding PEGRITZ(.com)! Don't get too excited. It'll probably take me seven years to finish it....

Google Chrome: Good.

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:30:34 +0000

Google Chrome is good. Someday it will be great. But there's no reason you shouldn't get in on the ground floor now. You'll dig it.

All Things Pegritzian…and I do mean ALL Things!

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:08:09 +0000

In response to my fans' rabid demands (all none of them), I've set up a Tumblr blog to collate the RSS feeds from all my various sites and blogs. Plus, it's a nice little dumping ground for weird pictures, awesome videos, mp3s, and all the other assorted crap I come across while prowling the dark jungles of the Internet in search of evidence for the return of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs to the material plane.

Good Writin’: Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:04:30 +0000

In this American election year, it's a good idea to read Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself" and take some time to think about what "democracy" really means.