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I like the way that my recounting of a harrowing incident of a neighbor’s mental breakdown can seem like it might be voyeur/incest porn, with terms like “window”, “screaming”, “fucking”, and “mom”.

By the way, I ran into Rob the other night on my street; he thought maybe I was Japanese and asked if I could translate something for him. He seems more or less well-adjusted now. There’s a pretty harsh scar on his arm, though.

When I decided to auction the Unauthorized iPod U2 vs. Negativland Special Edition on my own web site, one of my concerns was how I was going to take bids from strangers and ensure that those strangers wouldn’t back out if they won. After all, you don’t want to muddy up your 15 minutes of fame just ‘cause some high school kid feels like playing around. On the other hand, you also don’t want a system that’s so cumbersome that potential bidders give up out of exasperation. So here, for posterity’s sake, are my thoughts about running an auction on your own website. …