April 9, 2009 FaceBook, Twitter have the same fatal flaw Like a lot of people, I’m on FaceBook. I’m on Twitter. I’m fascinated and creeped out at the same time. And I finally figured…
June 11, 2008 The Benchleys of Nantucket The “first” Robert Benchley was the one I thought I sort of knew, as much as you can know someone who died 11 years…
April 23, 2008 An Unusual Resume I’ve always had sort of a roguish curriculum vitae, I guess. Why “roguish?” I’m certain most employers would (or have) describe/d it differently and…
February 4, 2008 My So-Called Life, in Six Words Yep. There I am on page 127 of “Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure.” Smith Magazine got…
January 28, 2008 the writing thing … I haven’t written much about writing and I don’t think I will. Every once in a while, though, I get a glimmer of insight…
January 9, 2008 The New York Times said 'fuck' … once I’m doing research for my next book, which I’m not ready to write about yet though I have been contemplating that I might sort…
