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Another weekend at the beach, this one, much more painful… We began loaded our bikes into the truck Friday night just as the monumental thunderstorm that had been threatening the City all day exploded on Midtown. Soaked, rain still falling, we headed out of the Lincoln Tunnel only to find the Turnpike closed. After detouring…

A turkey burger deluxe with swiss and a fruit salad was just delivered from Olympic Flame diner, so I’ll be brief. After work, I went down to Tribeca to drop “Crash Site” master tapes with Duke. He’s converting the tracks to .aif files so that Kevin can remix “Summer’s Gone” in ProTools. So the remix…

I’m sitting here watching “Dark Blue World” (subtitled Czech WWII drama) when my cell phone rings. Caller ID says “Jennifer Cell,” which is odd; she hasn’t called in months. I say “Hello,” and hear only Dave Matthews, live, breaking into chorus… “The space between what’s wrong and right / Is where you’ll find me waiting…

I just got in from a “Sum of All Fear” screening. If you haven’t noticed, I’m a film junkie. John Wayne’s “Sands of Iwo Jima” is in my DVD player. And as you’ll recall, I just screened the better part of the Kubrick box set last weekend.  I love big dumb blockbusters just as much…

I was in Stone Harbor, New Jersey, all weekend with my brother and his wife, though I mostly kept to myself, reading, writing, running, riding… sleeping. Friday night, the moon was almost full over the waves, Wildwood’s ferris wheel glowed to the south. I spent hours and hours sitting on the beach staring out at…

I’m a little out of breath, a little sweaty, just in from a late-night ride along the river. And what a ride! Man, every time I’m out in this city, I fall deeper in love with it. The moon cast diamonds on the Hudson, a beautiful brine smell rising heavy on the cool wind, the…