If I were to go to sleepaway camp today, I’d make a point of including wine into my nights and more sunblock into my days. Louis Armstrong music would be piped in over the loud speaker during shower hour. There’d…
Archive | May, 2008
make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other is cold
May 30, 2008
JOIN ME TONIGHT AT BOOKS & BOOKS IN CORAL GABLES, MIAMI. 8PM. CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF MOOSE! FREE CHOCOLATE, FREE STEPHANIE, AND FREE FRIEND-ON-FRIEND ACTION
I haven’t seen my mother since September, but we’re together now in a hotel room.…
planes, trains and automobiles
May 29, 2008
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At 7pm Tuesday I got the automated phone message from American Airlines that my 6am flight to Dallas had been canceled and they had rescheduled me on the 9:30am. Problem is I was to be on Good Morning Texas at…
horizon lines
May 29, 2008
When I think of adults, I think of the smell of newspaper, of briefcases, and buttondown shirts. They drink strong coffee, own a trenchcoat, and have more than one key. They plan for inclement weather and always have the time.…
fear of contradicting yourself
May 28, 2008
I’ve been doing so many interviews lately my head begins to spin. What if I answered that question differently the last time? Will my answers come across as self-help rather than memoir? Are interviewers trying to pidgeonhole MOOSE as a…
question: very quick answer
May 27, 2008
I have a question. With your frank discussion and "nothing to hide" attitude towards the unhappy times of your past, I wonder:
If your current marriage were to also become unhappy, would you be honest about it in "real-time"? The…
laundry lessons
May 25, 2008
Phil just did my laundry. "Did" is the wrong word. "Ruined" is far more accurate. I know that beggars cannot be choosers, that if I wanted it done right, I’d have at least loaded the washing machine myself. I just…










May 31, 2008
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