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How Quickly Things Turn

I ran this morning. I drank a health shake for breakfast, then took two One-A-Days, two zinc, two B-12, and two Advil with my Starbucks. Over the course of my meeting-strewn day, I ate two apples, two bananas, and a salad (low-fat balsamic vinaigrette). All sounds healthy, right? Still, I have two doctor’s appointments in…
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Try Smiling (It Works)

I was talking with a guy I know last night. He said he feels like crying all the time. He’s not sure he can hide his sadness from his coworkers much longer. I said, “Sometimes, when I’m alone in the elevator or whatever, I practice smiling.” Which is true. I do. For four reasons: 1)…
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I Want A TV Embrace

Here’s the problem with being a musician: you’re always wanting to make new records. Thing is, unless your at least Ryan Adams, a) you don’t have the budget and b) your audience doesn’t have the interest. Or perhaps you’d like to single-handedly finance my next record? See, I’m back on the iPod kick, and have…
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Superhero Hype

I was dreaming about making a movie about superheroes and was surrounded by actual superheroes and I knew I was dreaming in the middle of the dream. It’s difficult to explain. It felt so real that, when I woke up, I thought I could walk to Blockbuster to rent the movie, my movie. But I…
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Whole Lotta’ Hibernation Going On

I want to tell you something provocative, substantive, revealing — anything really. But the truth is, there’s just a whole lotta’ hibernation going on here. Yes, there’s a heat wave this morning. It’s 22 degrees (out of the wind). Didi I go running? No way. I got coffee, a coupla’ thank you notes at the…
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Faraway (So Close)

Sometimes, something is so close, you can’t see anything at all. Like the arrow between the E and the X in Fed Ex. See it now? I’m not entirely sure how that applies to this post, but it seems to make sense. Like, how, sometimes everything’s fine, really good even, but the Big Drama overtakes…
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