Walking the Hemingway
Posted on February 17, 2009 - Filed Under Books, Everything and Nothing, Writing | Leave a Comment
I could write an entire post about how good a novella The Old Man and the Sea is, but the Pulitzer Prize committee has conveniently done that for me. Suffice to say that reading Hemingway is like living a lucid dream, as ideas leap off the page into your head. And they stay there, like ribs [...]
Read More..>>Movies: Coraline
Posted on February 12, 2009 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Movies, Writing | Leave a Comment
If you roam the streets of the East Village, you might not even think there’s a recession gripping the country. It was only the middle of the week,but the restaurants were filled, people walked around Union Square Park with steaming cups of Starbucks, and there was a nice-sized line in the theater to see Coraline, [...]
Read More..>>…In Which our Hero Discusses his Tinkering Origins…
Posted on February 8, 2009 - Filed Under Books, Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
What can I say? I had a fantastic run – from late October to mid January, my sugar momma Barclays Capital so generously funded my unplanned journey of self-discovery. There were thoughtful moments, there were tears, and of course, plenty of lulz. But now, with severance a thing of the past and the economic Crysis [...]
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