Saturday 1/6/24 My niece Amelia turns four on January 23. I had an idea for what I wanted to get her, but I didn't know if I could find...

Saturday 1/6/24 An issue you have--or I have, or they have, or that exists--is that you have the most real person in the least real...

Saturday 1/6/24 Speaking of Scott Stossel: He called me on the phone once and told me it must be dangerous--dangerous!--for me to write...

Friday 1/5/24 New op-ed just written. Very good. I probably won't be able to move it. This is from it: As a boy, I harbored a belief that...

Friday 1/5/24 Another note about Ibram X. Kendi, genius. Guy who is a racist himself writes a book called How to Be an Antiracist. This...

Friday 1/5/24 There's a mistake that people are inclined to make because they don't want to cost themselves things, when the reality is,...

Friday 1/5/24 Today should be a productive day. Perhaps my Boston Ballet beanie will come, too. Twenty degrees outside now at four in the...

Thursday 1/4/24 L: re that blog about laughing and "Finder of Views." I laugh too but not because something like that is supposed to be...

Thursday 1/4/24 Imbram X. Kendi owes his entire career and fortune to being a racist. That's what he does. He's a professional racist and...

Thursday 1/4/24 Is there a better pure blast of rock and roll than the Strokes' "Reptilia"? I'm inclined to think not. Hungry and real....

Thursday 1/4/24 I'll tell you what I do: Sometimes I just laugh when I read things back because they're so good. Happened this morning...

Wednesday 1/3/24 The Admiral dropped off food that the Captain made. That was very nice of them. My multi-year study has now been...

Wednesday 1/3/24 At the start of each year, you'll see people make a tiny bit more effort with something than usual, but they are going...

Wednesday 1/3/24 Connor McDavid had five points last night. He's going to end up leading the league again, despite his slow start. Ten...

Wednesday 1/3/24 Getting organized and moving systematically--doing what needs to be done, presenting what needs to be presented, and not...

Wednesday 1/3/24 Want to do some more first sentences? I'm going to paste in some first sentences from stories in what are supposed to be...

Wednesday 1/3/24 This is the list of stories I've written--works of fiction--since June 2018. The list had not been updated since spring...

Wednesday 1/3/24 You want to say true things because the truth matters. It's vital. No real good or growth happens without truth, whether...

Tuesday 1/2/24 Let's look at some first sentences of fiction, shall we? A first sentence is a very important thing. There is nothing...

Tuesday 1/2/24 Hockey thing I like in early January: World Juniors tournament. Great atmosphere and the players care a lot. Hockey thing...

Tuesday 1/2/24 What follows is part three of three of a list of "raw" links which together date from now back to 2011. Most of these...

Tuesday 1/2/24 What follows is part two of three of a list of "raw" links which together date from now back to 2011. Most of these links...

Tuesday 1/2/24 What follows is part one of three of a list of "raw" links which together date from now back to 2011. Most of these links...

Monday 1/1/24 I know someone who gets drunk every New Year's Eve and texts me. I have the sound off on the phone. Last night I went to...