A Call From The Mountains Reminds Me That My Life is Four Fifths Island.

A friend of mine called me last night from Colorado. I missed the call and he left a voicemail. He was feeling lonely at his remote cabin in the mountains over Aspen. This sounds like the complaints of the wealthy, but my friend is a school teacher and this is no personal ski lodge. Anyway, [...]

Blackouts, Break-ups, and Blending in.

I am very much a New Yorker now. But before I could make a place for myself here, I first had to learn that I didn’t have one.

The day I learned that I did not belong in New York was the day of the black out in 2003. It was a week after [...]

Calling out Jon Vorwald and The New York Times.

He was totally hanging at that bar at the South Pole before you were, Poser.

I generally find nostalgia to be the most pathetic and sad of all emotions. Certainly, everyone experiences it, but it should be treated as a moral weakness not to be given in to, like the urge to commit infidelity or [...]

I’m Batman. But then so are lots of folks.

For some people, the only way they survive is by irritating you in the line at the bank.

Sing For God And Country!

Example – We were on the subway recently, my wife and I, and one of those people who don’t understand the point of headphones got on. If you live in a dense urban [...]

How I Learned is a Great Show.

This will make sense by the end of the post. Kinda.

A couple of weeks back I did a reading at Blaise Allysen Kearsley’s fantastic series “How I Learned.” This was a fun show and I found myself in great company. Blaise is an excellent host and she puts together a great program. The theme [...]