Skin care gone awry
One of the greatest sources of amusement for me is the amount of product, money and time that women spend on skin care. In an effort to maintain clear skin,…
I don’t have a relationship with my electric toothbrush, but I still use it daily
I recently heard Alice Waters, well known restaurateur, explain to Bill Maher that she does not use a microwave because “I don’t have a relationship with that machine.” And Maher…
Who am I?
I have been invited to join the International Association of Crime Writers. I received the invitation via an email from the North American branch today. One problem: I’m not a…
Trash
I was getting my haircut last week. and the usually bustling salon was relatively empty. Just me, the woman cutting my hair (not my regular stylist) and a customer on…
If the word “common” is in the name…
If it’s so common (and it is) why is it in a zoo? I had just as much chance as seeing one of these birds in the tree beside the…
Dueling with my literary agent
This morning I wrote the last words of CHICKEN SHACK, finishing the book in almost exactly one year. After getting up to pee and grab a cookie, I sat back…
Can’t stand a snob
I learned today that the lack of applause between movements in a classical music performance is a 20th century convention, and it is the result of snobbery. In Beethoven, Mozart,…
Great moments in academia: #1
I had three great academic moments in college. The first: I majored in English while in college, with a concentration in creative writing. My focus was upon fiction, but during…
You are probably not real
According to some researchers, there is at least a twenty percent chance that we are currently living in a computer simulation. In fact, if you accept a pretty reasonable assumption…
Insecurity
I saw this Botero sculpture in the Time Warner Center in New York City earlier this week. “That’s quite a situation he has going on,” I said to my wife…
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