Archive for January 2008
Keepin’ My Flavor Fresh, Part II
Mike Brady warned, caveat emptor. Still, sometimes, it works out just fine. On New Year’s Day, just as Abbi and I were skulking out from beneath a minor hangover, we grabbed a pizza and a six from the locals Dag’s. Back home, though, we were shocked by the quantity of toppings. So I dashed off…
Read MoreWondering Where The Story’s Gone
When it’s sixty degrees at six o’clock in the morning in January, you go running whether you want to or not. These are interesting times. It’s the beginning, I think, of what basketball teams call “a rebuilding year.” There’s a lot of new: a new marriage, a new home, a new job. And so I…
Read More(The Angels Want To Wear My) Red Shoes
A colleague with whom I’ve been corresponding a fair amount of late has an oddly thought provoking email signature. Email signatures are odd little birds in their own right. In the age of digital aesthetic homogeny (I mean, let’s be honest: all we really have to distinguish ourselves within email is fontography), the signature is…
Read MoreLeisure Rules
My promotion was announced today. “MTV News Digital, which began as a single website, has blossomed into nearly a dozen destinations and products, including News’ user-generated You R Here vertical, Movies site, the video game and talent blogs, mobile news and podcasts. As recently-promoted Vice President, MTV News, Benjamin Wagner is charged with leading and…
Read MoreShattered Nerves, Itchy Skin & Dirty Words
Sometimes a single moment can summarize a entire day. Stepping out for lunch this afternoon, I was slammed in the face by a bone-rattling blast of Arctic air. Times Square was choked with tourists, all racing face-down and oblivious towards their no doubt warmer destination. The Christmas tree in the lobby has been dismatled. The…
Read MoreThe Rhythm Of The Night
I had a crib sheet of song titles and IDs saved on my Blackberry well before the first guests arrived. Our pals Chris and Meg Abad put together New Year’s Eve festivities at iBop, a BYOB karaoke joint just off Herald Square. We helped them lug about eighty-seven pounds of chips, dip and booze through…
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