Monday 2/10/25 I have to admit to disliking anyone who says, "Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk" at the bottom of one of their social...

Monday 2/10/25 Went to the market Saturday and there was a mountain of bags of chips on account of the Super Bowl. Mount Chips. Says...

Saturday 2/8/25 I'm trying to write/have finished at least eight pieces this weekend. Three film pieces, three short stories, two music...

Friday 2/7/25 Anyone who ever addresses others as "my followers" is a bad human being and should always be avoided. They are trash and...

Friday 2/7/25 Josh Allen won the NFL MVP yesterday--that's fine, but he's over-hyped--and I saw complaints that he received third place...

Thursday 2/6/25 The fire alarm went off in the building last night. I was lying in the darkness thinking through a new story. Had to get...

Tuesday 2/4/25 I'm catching a lot of friendly fire lately and am dealing in betrayals. I trust no one. With reason. I know exactly what I...

Tuesday 2/4/25 I was checking out at the Golden Goose, wearing a BC sweatshirt (and shorts; someone earlier had inquired if I could feel...

Tuesday 2/4/25 So much writing. About to finish what this comes from. Very good. Pleased with it. Speaking of the heart: What about when...

Tuesday 2/4/25 Something a writer has to ask themselves--which none of the writers of the publishing system ever do--is "Who is this...

Monday 2/3/25 More shooting fish in a thimble--back to Diane Williams and her junk this time. These people pretend to love Diane...

Saturday 2/1/25 As one has probably noticed, lately I've been making a point of showing how fraudulent awards like the Pulitzer Prize and...

Wednesday 1/29/25 This one will be enjoyable. We got a beat down coming. If anything, Junot Diaz is every bit as decorated thanks to...

Tuesday 1/28/25 David Sedaris is one of New Yorker editor in chief David Remnick's guys. In that sense he's like Jeffrey Toobin--a...

Sunday 1/26/25 I should start this one by saying you're going to perhaps think I've screwed up here with the excerpt from the losing side...

Sunday 1/26/25 Conference championships games today in the NFL. I expect the Eagles to handle the Commanders and my feelings regarding...

Saturday 1/25/25 "There is a person. One. It does not matter if the person is a man or a woman because nearly everyone is this person so...

Thursday 1/23/25 A truly great work of fiction is for a greater good. It's an act of public service. Otherwise it's just writing. And...

Thursday 1/23/25 Oh no, what will become of me? I'm putting up something from a story of mine against a story from Harper's , and if...

Wednesday 1/22/25 People do far too much complaining about the cold. You'd think they'd been stripped of their clothing in Antarctica and...

Sunday 1/19/25 I have to admit that I wasn't displeased to wake up and see that the Lions were drilled yesterday by the Commanders. I go...

Saturday 1/18/25 Not a remarkable day for fitness, but sufficient I suppose. Walked five miles and did 150 push-ups and five circuits of...

Saturday 1/18/25 Everything is a muscle. Your mind, your ability to process, to recognize, your memory, your emotions, the ability to...

Friday 1/17/25 It wouldn't surprise me if Bill Belichick were to bolt to the NFL, leaving North Carolina in the lurch, were he to receive...