Jun 24 minA lot goes into a pitchThursday 6/2/22 Often in these pages I'll casually mention that I pitched something on some subject. Below is an example of one of those...
Jun 11 minStatus updateWednesday 6/1/22 Less of a regular entry and more of a documentation of status. I've been pretty sick since last week and that has...
May 232 minOp-ed excerpt: "Of thrown knives and ran stairs"Monday 5/23/22 Recently I was doing what I do every morning of my life, running 5000 stairs outside of Boston’s City Hall, when a college...
May 213 minBoomSaturday 5/21/22 Went through "Swoony and Moony" again. I've worked so hard on this story. I made about a half dozen small changes that...
May 2115 minAnother edition of The Week GameSaturday 5/21/22 New week starts, so let's play another edition of The Week Game and look at what was done in the week that just...
May 195 minExcerpt from Buster Keaton featureThursday 5/19/22 Giving the General Some A new book treats Buster Keaton—and his art—as Buster Keaton deserves to be treated. Few skills...
May 194 minNot going to go the way you want it to goThursday 5/19/22 Here's an example of not a good way to go. As I wrote the other day, there are people who want to take me on. They have...
May 182 minCrankingWednesday 5/18/22 I'm cranking masterpieces. Wrote a big piece for the Library of Congress on Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers' "Jesus...
May 184 minExcerpt from Library of Congress piece on Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers' "Jesus Gave Me Water"Wednesday 5/18/22 Sam Cooke and the Soul Stirrers: “Jesus Gave Me Water” (1951) The record-buying world was largely introduced to the...
May 175 min"Turns out the light on the ass voice party, as it were."Tuesday 5/17/22 Sometimes, in a clout-y way, someone desperate to be right and notch some "score" against me and finally get up on the...
May 172 minFiction, Dracula, op-ed, no takingTuesday 5/17/22 2300 words into a new story I started that is powerful. It'll take some time as part of the process of getting it right....
May 162 minChopped, ran, givenSunday 5/15/22 Yesterday was that day of the year when I go from long hair to virtually no hair. Before: After: Walked three miles both...
May 1417 minDominate in all three zonesSaturday 5/14/22 I was not productive last week. I need to be, because a larger piece has fallen off the refrigerator and that's going to...
May 133 minFisherman's FriendThursday 5/12/22 The Celtics blew a 14-point fourth quarter lead last night and the Capitals a 3-0 lead. The lesson we can take from...
May 126 minThingnessThursday 5/12/22 Started two new stories. I don't know what they'll be yet. I am rereading "The Spot," though I said it was fully done. I...
May 106 minCreating, going Tuesday 5/10/22 There will be a decent amount happening today, which I'll try to document on here. I have three lengthy entries that I...
May 103 minExcerpt from piece on the Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice"Tuesday 5/10/22 Released in mid-May 1972, the Rolling Stones’ Exile on Main Street was one of those works of art that, in its time, was...
May 106 minI hate this kind of thing.Tuesday 5/10/22 I won't put this person's name up, because she's by no means a bad person, but this is typical of how people interact...
May 102 min"Bitches," short story excerptTuesday 5/10/22 I said to a buddy of mine once that he has to make sure to tell his two girls not to try heroin. If you do heroin once—if...
May 104 min"This is what you do?"; a dating site anecdote as commentary on modern timesTuesday 5/10/22 This kind of thing is frustrating to me. Rarely on a dating site--say, maybe once a month--will you encounter anyone who...