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Something’s wrong with the sky. It’s blue when it should be black. It’s light when it should be dark. It’s empty when it should be full of stars. Oh, it’s dawn. Where am I? Flatbush and Fourth, ok. What time is it? 5:30. Oh Jesus. I need a cab. Walk towards the clock tower. That…

My optometrist, a sage old character named Dr. Ultrecht, tells me that my contact lenses are starving my eyes of oxygen, and crowding my capillaries. This is little surprise, really, as I have a tendency to wear them for weeks at a time. And so I’m wearing my six-year-old wire-framed glasses. In the rare instance…

Saturday morning’s New York City Marathon training run threw off my entire weekend. It was an absolutely perfect morning. The air was cool and dry. The sky was piercing blue, filled with billowing white clouds. I was underslept, and underprepared, and spent nearly three hours in my head, which was way too much time. Three…

I gather all the news I need on the weather report. It’s an unusual pleasure when what it feels like is what it actually is. It usually feels much different than it actually is. And there is usually very little evidence or scientific data to weigh what it feels like against what it is. You…

Got home from work at 8:30, called dad, and unpacked some baggage… From Duane Reade: one bottle (150) daily multivitamins, one bottle (50) generic ibuprofin. From D’Agastino’s: one (1) Mama Celeste Personal Pizza, one (1) 20 oz. Samuel Adams Ale, 1.5 quart Breyer’s All Natural Vanilla, one (1) bag Happy Herbert Oat Bran Pretzels, 8.3…

Dude, I got it. We’ll play a rock show, drink a bunch of PBR, take a wicked long cab ride home from Brooklyn at three in the morning and then — check this out, this is where it gets good — we’ll go to the dentist at 8:00 a.m.!!! F’in’ genius, Wagner. I’m in! Note…