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Chris called at 4:26. He was out of breath. “Sorry, man. I’m on my bike.” “Jen just called. I think she just had the baby.” Gasp. “Alone. With Ethan. Be on standby. And find mom.” Click. I called my mother, left a message, then did the digital equivalent of pacing around the office. By five…

“If you think you’re in the top ten percent of swimmers,” the race director said, “Start in the first wave.” I didn’t. But I did. The swim start was brutal: bodies on bodies, limbs flyin’, knees to the back of the head. The pack thinned slowly, as the fluorescent buoys inched closer, leaving me in…

I’m a bit of a trailer junkie. I tend to spend a minute or two every day checking Yahoo, Apple, Ain’t It Cool — the usual suspects — for new movie trailers. Yesterday I saw the trailer for Russell Crowe’s next film, “A Good Year.” Crowe plays Max Skinner, a ruthless, heartless Master of The…

I don’t usually buy into these memes, but I like the guy who “tagged” me with it. And what the heck; it was kinda fun. Five Things I Want To Do Before I Die 1. Get married 2. Have kids 3. Premiere a film 4. Publish a memoir 5. Make a difference Five Beverages In…

Late July is a strange time for me. The Video Music Awards loom large on the horizon. A restful week in Nantucket is still six (difficult) weeks away. And the New York City Marathon is much closer than it seems. After two years in Miami, the VMAs are back in New York this year. Which…

Halfway through swim portion of the New York Island Foundation’s Freedom Tower Aquathon, I thought to myself, ‘I could win this thing!’ I did my first triathlon in Philadelphia in 1996. I’ve done roughly twenty since then, including New York City, Montauk, Stone Harbor, Malibu, and Nantucket. I’m into sprint (400m/20k/5k) and olympic distances (1.5k/30k/10k).…