Las Vegas is a drug – a wild one, a staggeringly fun one. But you must use, as the finest fine print always reminds us, responsibly. Because this drug’s ultimate purpose is to melt down your brain and devour the
Maintenance
Trying a new spam-blocker. The volume isn’t large around here – maybe 5-6 a day from my loyal drug-salesmen and knockoff-purse providers. They’re very fond of my review of Coco Before Chanel. Every film critic likes having an audience. It’s
I know that face
A couple weeks ago, Heather and I were at a coffeeshop together and she sketched me while I was brainstorming something. She did a bang-up job capturing my “thinking frown”, in my opinion.
Muscles where you don’t think you have muscles
For most of my adult life I have been horribly averse to salespeople. On a bad day, I dread even the simplest “Can I help you find anything?“, and find myself packing the response (usually something in the “Just browsing”
Aerial Adventure
By the time I got to cash in this reward, I forgot what it was specifically for which I was rewarding myself. A review of my journal tells me that it was more about an extra-good paycheck landing at a
Puttin’ on the Ritz
Ever since I got approved for my high-limit Venture Card, interesting things have been appearing in my mailbox. Invitations to the openings of high-end clothing stores, that sort of thing. Some algorithm out there in the Marketing Matrix has concluded
So what did I do today?
Oh, you know, I went to the gym, had a smoothie, went to the library, got a little writing done, hung out with my girlfriend…oh, and I also FLEW A MOTHERLOVING PLANE! Me at the controls of a Cessna 172
I’ll tell you how I feel when they tell me
I think this old Kids in the Hall sketch does a good job capturing a particular type of absurdity that’s inherent in the professional life of a writer in Hollywood. Until the moment where things become real – which, as