well, you know, she still laughs with me but she waits just a second too long – John Prine Thought I’d pen a brief follow-up to my below post, as the Oscars have come and gone and it gives me the chance to wax philosophic, somewhat at my pal’s expense. Neither my friend Tom Myers […]
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A Vote For Myers And The Mick
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Academy Awards are coming up in less than two weeks and I’d be remiss in not acknowledging my buddy and ex Monaco Labs Print Department Manager Tom Myers, who’s up for an Oscar for Sound Mixing. No offense to Tom, but you didn’t have to be the Amazing Kreskin to see this one coming. […]
Splish-Splash, I Was Taking a Boff
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
I was twenty the first time I met Danny Szeto. I’d just dropped out of USC after a two year stint, gotten fat, and started working for my family’s company driving the delivery truck. It wasn’t where I wanted to be. Danny had already been at the company for a year, having migrated from his […]
New York City
Sunday, January 25, 2009
In keeping with recent themes, I present the above. It’s difficult to describe what comes to define different cities for different people. I snapped this digital photograph (top) somewhere south of 14th Street in 2005. I can’t even be sure about that date – but the somewhat vague location is accurate. There wasn’t much thought […]
Jordan At The Buzzer
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I watched the inaugural yesterday. It was a decent show, and I’m waiting to find out exactly what “childish things” we’re going to be asked to put aside. I’m there for the new president, but if it means parting with my 1968 Nolan Ryan/Jerry Koosman rookie card he may have to go it alone. He […]
Sully?
Friday, January 16, 2009
There’s a big plane sitting in the water off Battery Park. It took off from La Guardia yesterday, blew out both engines hitting a flock of geese, and made an emergency landing in the Hudson River. And, oh yeah, all one hundred and fifty-five people on board survived. This is, of course, already old news. […]
Killer Views
Friday, January 9, 2009
I got my dad the eight DVD set of Ric Burns’ history of New York for Christmas. I watched the entire series two summers ago shortly after moving in to my apartment in Brooklyn. The first few episodes concentrate on the city’s origins, much of which take place in the areas that are now Brooklyn, […]
A Few Nights Before Christmas
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
It’s about eleven when I drop my buddy off at his apartment on Bush and Fillmore. There’s a light rain falling and I’m not really tired yet, so I decide to take a short spin. Gas is under two dollars a gallon now, its price having halved since I visited California in September. I don’t […]
Home Furnishings
Friday, November 28, 2008
When I was first kicking around New York back in 2003, I lived in a lot of sublets. There were five of them in a period of one year, and more to come after. It was an odd existence, but no more than some that had come before, or since. It felt like the thing […]
Talking Turkey
Friday, November 21, 2008
I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving this year. I have no obligations and am largely guilt-free as I’ll be returning home some weeks later for Christmas, New Year, and my dad’s birthday. It’s rare that one gets such a pass in life – the opportunity to skip out on a burdensome holiday requirement without feeling the […]