Previous Update (June, 2011):
Included the full-length novel "The Return to Aztlán," which portrays the end of the Mesoamerican Fifth Sun. This is how the calendar ends! Also: "Thus Much Fire", a video about the revolutions in the Middle East.
Previous Update (April, 2011):
"Cartoon-girl" escapes from the television world into the human world to create a hilarious ethical problem with worldwide repercussions. Also: The prologue to the full-length novel "The Return to Aztlán."
Previous Update (December, 2010):
You'd think after a couple of thousand years someone as old and wise as the ocean would learn the limits of Christmastime felicity. Well, you can witness the sea's belated awakening to these limits in "Yule Tide."
Also: Christmas toys come alive to fight with each other while reciting Shakespeare to chip tunes in the video "The Real Lord Talbot".
Previous Update (August, 2010):
A more concise and exact distillation of John's noncomformist lifestyle can be read in the pieces "Some Advice for the Rich from the Poor," "The Philosophy of John Dishwasher in 136 words," and "An honest-to-god resume of 20 part-time jobs in sixteen years."
Previous Update (April, 2010):
What happens when the last of those remaining barriers between the health care people and the lawsuit people becomes a turnstile? We might be able to laugh about it in a short play like this, but you still gotta feel bad for Mr. Elias Pratt and his maimed neighbor. Ouch! Reach for a syringe and your stenograph and experience:
"Turnstile, a super modern fugue in three dimensions." Also: A hypnotic blend of centuries, forms and cultures in the video "Soliloquy, the remix."
Previous Update (November, 2009):
Included twelve short scenes that add up to the sexy, philosophical and dark romance
"The Ophidia, Part Two." This update also included the haunting tale "The Dragon and the Dolphin."
Previous Update (August, 2009):
Phase Two of the website begins with the addition of short fictions, poems and essays.
Previous Update (August, 2006):
John Dishwasher is born with the publication of "The Gods of Our Fathers"
Domain name purchased (March, 2006). Website conceived (September, 2005).
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