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Suddenly, I realized that I’d been standing in the frozen foods aisle for nearly an hour. It was just after nine o’clock. I was at D’Agostino on Tenth Avenue. My basket was half-full: two empire apples, four Axelrod yogurts, a bag of Happy Herbert Pretzals. But I hadn’t scored my dinner. I wanted pizza. But…

I’m not sure what used to constitute a moment of zen even just a few years ago, but nowadays, it’s sitting on a park bench. Lately, Abbi and I have been beating Chris, Jen, Ethan and Edward to the playground. Imagine the scene: happy little yuppy dads in camouflage cargo shorts and backwards Kangol caps.…

It occurred to me as I tossed and turned in bed in the small hours of Friday morning that I had fallen out of love with Los Angeles. And so, when the only light on Hollywood Boulevard was the flashing neon of The El Capitan, I hatched a plan. Exactly ten years ago, in May…

I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time in hermetically-sealed, sunlight-deprived hotel rooms this week. It hasn’t been all bad. For starters, the freebie shampoo’s pretty good. Real nice, simple branding on the outside. Minty, fresh-smelling stuff in the inside. Kinda’ makes my scalp tingle. I have two beds. That’s kinda’ fun. Yunno: one for eating…

As interesting as the two keynote, three panels, and nineteen CEO product presentations that I’ve seen in the last eight hours have been, I gotta say: I feel kind of depressed. There have been all kinds of interesting ideas positted here on the second day of OnHollywood. Ariana Huffington talked about the blogosphere as court…

The last conference I attended was the 1987 Pennsylvania Association of Student Council Conference in Altoona. I gave a presentation on managing the social pressures that come with student leaderhsip. That’s a long way from talking Web 2.0 across the street from Mann’s Chinese Theater. I flew into Los Angeles this afternoon for the Always…