Monday 5/9/22 “I’m not putting myself through the hell that is you,” a wife informed her husband. “Any longer, you mean,” he said, having...

Saturday 5/7/22 Swoony and moony, that’s what my granddaughter Esmra calls the old movies I watch. She snickers when I say something...

Saturday 5/7/22 A major breakthrough on EU, which I have not formally begun, but it's me, so it was begun a long time ago. They are...

Thursday 5/5/22 * Things are not going so well with the Mother's Day op-ed, which is called "My real mom." As I've said in the letter...

Thursday 5/5/22 Six AM nearly. Been working for about three hours. I am so blocked--the pressure in my nose is almost painful. I couldn't...

Wednesday 5/4/22 Or it is to me, anyway, and I could write a novel about this. The stat line belongs to Nate Berkenstock, a right fielder...

Wednesday 5/4/22 It'd be nice to be able to breathe again. Nasal passages are so blocked that when I do the nasal rinse, the water won't...

Tuesday 5/3/22 I am badly in need of a new mattress. There is nowhere to sit in here save at the desk or on the bed, and the old mattress...

Monday 5/2/22 Slept about five hours last night. Must have gotten up to go to the bathroom ten times. I just start chugging liquids. Have...

Sunday 5/1/22 The C-Dawg has started to feel ill. Stuffed up, scratchy throat, significant aches. But, in typical C-Dawg fashion, I have...

Sunday 5/1/22 Why It Was Written: Pain-Free Explorations of Life-Changing Literature Ran 5000 stairs yesterday. Today marks 2128 days, or...

Saturday 4/30/22 16. "I'm So Tired" Fun to imitate. Less fun, maybe, with the knowledge of how much one relates to the voice. "Tired" is...

Saturday 4/30/22 If you say something fair and true to somebody about a negative quality or form of behavior, they will almost always be...

* Mailed a birthday card to my niece. She's turning six! * Finally got off my ass and ran stairs--3000 of them. I have only ran stairs...

Tuesday 4/26/22 * Pitched something on Sonny Clark. I have a lot of strong jazz pitches out there right now: The Penguin Guide to Jazz,...

Monday 4/25/22 People like to underwrite--that is, make an excuse for--their laziness, terror of risk--putting themselves out there at...

Monday 4/25/22 I worked at this hardware store once and there was this other guy who worked there, a Puerto Rican, who called himself...

Monday 4/25/22 I wrote a story last night called "Bitches," which is entirely about guys calling each other bitches. It's actually quite...

Sunday 4/24/22 A pointless day. Began writing an introduction for Glue God: Essays (and Tips) for Repairing a Broken Self, the computer...

Saturday 4/23/22 I believe we're done here. Don't hold me to it. Things happen, occur, develop, but I think I have There Is No Doubt:...