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It took John Stewart, Paul Giamatti, two Harps and a chocolate chip cookie to even begin to feel human again. It was really was as a pretty good day — at first. I was beginning to hit my stride at the office. I had a couple of good meetings. I worked out a couple of…

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I keep forgetting to mention Buckeye! You know my buddy Chris Abad, right? Excellent singer/songwriter. Has a new record called “The Starting Point.” Plays on my records sometimes. Stand-up guy. You know who I mean, right? We talk a lot. We hang out. We do stuff. So I’m back in the office, like, fifteen minutes…

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On our flight from San Juan to New York on Saturday, I predicted that the luster of a week off in the Caribbean would fade away by Wednesday. From 33,000 feet, Monday held the promise of the first day of school. Everything would be fresh again. Everyone would be asking about the trip. Tuesday would…

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Next time I vacation in the Caribbean, remind me to pack just two things: swim trunks and beer money. Ok, here’s the 101 for those of you who have no idea what or where Bonaire is. Bonaire is an island in the Netherlands Antilles. It’s right above Venezuela, less than 100 miles east of Aruba.…

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In just twenty-four hours, Abbi and I will be on a plane bound for Bonaire. Oddly, I don’t feel like I deserve a vacation. Historically, I work myself into some sort of frenzied, anxious state, or — worse — make myself deathly ill before it occurs to me to take some time off to regroup.…

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I had a small rooftop gathering last weekend to celebrate the start of summer. My friends Jeff and Kristan made an eleventh hour appearence. When I offered them a drink, Jeff opted for a beer, Kristan opted for water. I got Kristan a fresh glass, tossed in some ice cubes, and poured her some chilled…

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I’m a bit dubious about Independence Day, especially these days. Bo Lozoff described the Bush Administration’s (or, as he calls them, “The Masters of Unsustainability”) careful and deliberate erosion of American (and global) civil liberties (wire tapping, bank records, Guantonimo, etc) with an age-old metaphor. “If you drop a frog into a pot of boiling…

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I began this long holiday break alone thinking of it as a lost weekend. Very, quickly, though, I began to think of it as found. You’ll recall that I was supposed to be scuba diving in Bonaire by now. I’m not complaining. We’re going next week instead. But the sudden scheduling change left me with…

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I received an email from a Canadian pen pal last week. It began with a request that I cover Bob Dylan’s “Tangled Up In Blue” (which I may yet do), and concluded thusly… My Toronto Blue Jays beat your Mets at home today. There’s nothing like just being there as a fan at a ball…

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