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Today began on Continental flight #369, seat 14B (the middle seat, a.k.a. “riding bitch”), arriving Newark, New Jersey, from Las Vegas, Nevada. I fell asleep just moments after takeoff (23:00 PT), and slept soundly until just seconds before landing (7:00 ET). I staggered off the jetway, stumbled zombie-like to Starbucks, grabbed my bag, got my…

I went running early this morning in Red Rock Canyon in the mountains west of Las Vegas. It was, in short, as beautiful, peaceful, and awe-inspiring a place that I’ve been to in months. It was stark contrast to the faux-opulance I’ve been taking in here in Vegas, but the entire experience helped me better…

I’m on hold with the Wayne Newton Theater. It’s Sunday night. In less than an hour, I will bow before Mr. Las Vegas, Mr. Excitement, himself. I’m in The Venitian Hotel, 33 floors above the famed Las Vegas Strip. Everyhere I go in this town, every set piece and gold-plating I take in I think,…

I just happened across today’s issue of USA Today, my first since the war started, and man, I gotta’ say, if America’s reading USA Today, drinking Bud Light, and eating Big Macs, no wonder everyone’s so God damned gung-ho! Man, how fucking optimistic can you get! Sure, there are photos of shit on fire, but…

Last night I watched Truffaut’s “The 400 Blows.” Tonight I watched Johnny Knoxville’s “Jackass.” I’m finally starting to laugh again, after what feels like weeks of gloom and doom over this war with Iraq. Which doesn’t make me less anxious, entirely, or less concerned that The Project for a New American Century’s ‘Pax Americana’ isn’t…

My father emailed me this morning and said “I’d like to see a little more optimism on your web page… I don’t think it’s the end of the world!” I appreciated the sentiment, but discounted it just a little bit given the global condition. But then my buddy Matt in L.A. emailed me this afternoon…