He’s Not My Grandpa. He’s My Dad.
It’s incredibly rare that I like a New York Times headline but this one was good enough to let it stand alone. Today’s style section (so fashionable, knocking up much younger brides) article is rife […]
Star Gazing
Whish Upon a Star
What the fuck is Bonnie Root doing in my email?! I don’t fool myself into thinking that anyone reads this website (urgh, still can’t say blog) with any regularity or longevity, but if you have […]
Answer me This
1. "levar burton" asshole This just makes me laugh, plain and simple. Levar Burton played a brief, un-influential role in my recent professional life. I never thought of Geordie LaForge as an asshole but I […]
Best Presidents Day Ever
Ok, it pains me to be upbeat and uncomplaining but everything has gone strangely right for the past few days. We were able to fly out of NYC to Chicago on Thurs. morning with only […]
It All Depends On How You Define Influential
Personally (and hey, this is Project Me) it would’ve made more sense if I’d written the best Latin American food piece in today’s NY Post but for reasons unknown to me I was assigned the […]
HisSpace
Over the years I’ve Googled my fair share of well and lesser knowns but it rarely occurs to me to hit up the MySpaces, Friendsters and Facebooks of the web. But their reach is undeniable […]
Is it Possible to Deep-fry Reese’s Pieces?
I was just thinking how ideal it would be having Fridays off and not starting work until 4:30pm on Mondays, if I had someplace to go away to for the weekend. But seeing as I […]
Top Dogs
It’s not like I have any set mission to champion underdogs (it’s tough when rarely on top, yourself) but I can’t stay away from them, it’s just part of my core being. Wednesday I had […]
Desperation is More Than a Stephen King Movie
I can't bear to watch American Idol, so I was channel flipping and up a couple clicks was Henry freaking Thomas. I'd totally forgotten that I'd seen him ever so briefly in an ad for […]
Heath Lemongrass
Thank you to whoever accidentally ended up on my site by googling Jake Galangal Brokeback Mountain yesterday. The notion of Mr. Gyllenhaal combined with a rhizome was the only thing that made me laugh all […]