Archive for October, 2008
Kinky Business
I used to be addicted to the literary genre of the celebrity memoir. I can’t explain my subtle fascination with star biography, but it’s safe to say I used to devour them with alarming speed. Maybe it is a cheap trick to achieve a false friend. It is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Misspent Youth
I feel as if I’m always on a journey of self discovery. I’ve become introspective in my “old age”. As my period of experimentation comes to a close, I’ve adopted a persona that finally feels authentic. But this destination was only possible through the trials and tribulations of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )The main thing about money is that it makes you do things you don’t want to do.
“Meanwhile, their lives suck. Appointments back to back, booked solid for the next 3 months, they look forward to their two week vacation in January during which they will likely be glued to their Blackberries or other such devices. What is the point? I do not understand the legacy thing. Nearly [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What was wrong with Tiny Tim?
I have been known to brag about my superior immune system. Not for nothing, but I don’t believe in wasting my time lounging sick in bed. And history supports this theory because I rarely call in sick. So it always comes as a shock when I go down [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Only Living Boy In New York
In 2002, Jonathan Franzen published his essay collection How To Be Alone. It attempted to address the problem of preserving individuality and complexity in a noisy and distracting mass culture. But flying solo was never much of a problem for me. It is other people and their maddening [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Way the World Works
Sarah Williams: I don’t want to watch you turn into a cog in their machine.
Fielding Pierce: Sometimes cogs can make machines run a little but better.
Sarah Williams: Sometimes yes. Mostly they turn in circles and wear out. Then they get replaced.
In the 00’s, I decided that the only way to re-distribute the wealth in [...]
Sharing is sexy!
“We continue to confuse each other into more complicated, less easy truer understandings.” Christoper Bram
I have to admit I was skeptical at first. When Lindsay Lohan initially started to run around town with her lady love, it seemed like another publicity stunt. Like Drew Barrymore in the 90’s or [...]
