Pulling out of a flare is a tricky business. You get better on a very slow upward trajectory, with occasional “two-steps-back” days from eating too volatile a mix of ordinary ingredients (oh, BOY, do canned tuna and hard-boiled eggs not mix) or too “advanced” of an item. Yesterday, after weeks of not tasting an uncooked [...]
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Feb 21, 2011
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The good news is the apple kicks your ass
Oct 12, 2009
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Scary monsters!
This past weekend, as I noted in my monthly roundup, I performed at the lovely Jane Edith Wilson’s Lit.Up!, a monthly event where writers and actors craft short, mostly humorous pieces (if this past one was any indication) and then perform them in front of a very lovely crowd to raise money for various charities. [...]
Posted in: The Silly Ones
Nov 28, 2006
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Farewell, Miss Anita
About five or six years ago, I found myself in severely reduced circumstances. The SAG commercial strike and ensuing fallout had eviscerated my bank account; for the first time in a long time, I found myself unable to scrape up the considerable cash required to get my usual cut and color (single-process, nothing fancy) at [...]
Posted in: The Personal Ones
Dec 14, 2004
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How to Make a Happy Accident
I remember how I learned of the word “serendipity”, a very sexy upperclassman who introduced me to many carnal pleasures, including the famed NYC shop‘s frozen hot chocolate, but when called upon to provide a definition, I’ve always drawn a blank. So imagine my surprise when, as I’m looking it up for the, 20th, 30th, [...]
Posted in: The Personal Ones
