Midsummer Rant on Journalism

A two-week old issue of New York magazine was sprawled on my couch. I’ve spent the past three weeks working long hours at a web start-up, so my entire life is an unapologetic mess. I spent the morning cleaning, when

Hot and Cold

I think most, if not all New Yorkers would agree, that winter in the city is a frosted version of hell. Whether it be the snow piled high enough to drown a teenager, or the cutting wind that chaps the

George W. Bush or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bottle

About a month ago, I saw this video of Bush and the Prime Minister of the Philippines.  For some reason, our ever-tactful President decided that the best way to compliment an entire nation and its leader was to mention how

I vant to succkk your blooooddddd

rabbit Originally uploaded by angelatiara I’m seriously making the most grossed-out face of all time. Vampires are all the rage right now, and no, it’s not 1994 and I’m not reviewing Interview with a Vampire although it would go something

Bird Formation

Awesome Bird Formation I’ve never actually seen birds dance like they do in this video. Even in the beautiful documentary Winged Migration there was never something so complex as this.

Top Ten Wedding Party Dos

I just went to a fantastic wedding. The pic is of the happy couple, my cousin and her man. I will not bore you with details, but I had about as much fun as you can have in 24 hours.

Couch Art

The other night CB and I began drawing on his couch. CB has this idea that he’s going to get everyone to draw and sign it. I think he’s onto something here. So if you’re in the lower east side,

Second Skin’s Story (PART 1)

It was the last days of the Apprentice 3. I had met the Donald enough times that I had declined to ride in a limo with him. Which seems silly in retrospect. Either way I knew I didn’t want to

The Ultimate Break Up Mix

I’m not a vengeful guy, and I’ve never been in a relationship where I’ve had use for a malicious “Welcome to Dumpsville, Population: You” mix. But as a Hornsby-esque music obsessive, who has spent half of his adult life creating

Uplink Underground: Some Thoughts on The Running Man

The tagline for the 1944 film To Have and Have Not is “Humphrey Bogart… with his kind of woman in a powerful adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s most daring man-woman story!” The tagline for the 1987 film The Running Man is