Posts Tagged ‘Love & Marriage’

I just got sidetracked by a flashback to November, 2004. Bush had just stolen another election. Heather had just been published. And I had just released “Love & Other Indoor Games,” moved to 80th Street, and hit rock bottom. I read those words now and shiver. I remember being That Guy. I remember finding myself…

I don’t generally mind signing my name to checks, contracts and the like. I pretend I’m signing an autograph, and let the loops on the B, W, and G (which are the only distinguishable letters in my signature anyway) go wild. The wee hours of this morning, though, found Abbi and I scribbling our names…

She said yes. The question, it could be argued, was a long time coming. The concept, it could be argued, has inspired almost every song, every blog entry, and damn near every conversation prior to this one. For me, it was never a question of whether I’d get married; my parent’s divorce hadn’t sullied the…

My clothes were in a pile at the foot of the bed. My wrist hurt, my stomach burned, and my head ached. And as I began to piece together the night before, I thought to myself, ‘I’ve got to fight back.’ I woke up on the couch. The room was dark. The clock read 5:19.…

“This is about who I am, what I’m worth, and what it all means,” I say. “Oh,” she replies. “Is that all?” I’m looking out the window of the 2, somewhere between Bergen and 79th Streets. Abbi and I have just spent a drizzly afternoon touring Brooklyn neighborhoods with my buddy Ron Lieber. A fifteen…