The Thin White Duke Hits 60
Bowie, circa 1980s Dear David Bowie, Happy 60th! Today marks a real milestone for you, you space oddity you! Have some cake on me. Or, put some cake on me and then have me. I know some will say it's sacrelige to post you here in your Serious Moonlight garb, but as a child of…
Read MoreAh the swing o’ things
The Pre-Show Crowd So I sent the above photo from the cell phone during a lull before the New York Film Critics Assn. got started with its awards dinner. Except it wasn't a dinner, it was a crowded room of appetizers and drinks and then there was this big ballroom (at the Supper Club) where…
Read MoreWriting conundrums, part 37b
Future pencil source I don't comment on it much, but I'm in the middle of writing. (Writing something other than this blog entry, that is.) I'm about 3/4 of the way through a draft on The Book, and I know where things are going, it's just more of a matter of how they're getting there.…
Read MoreReal-life hero makes good
The Subway Hero So, an update to the post below: You have about 5 minutes to get your television on and watch the hero — whose name is Wesley Autrey — on David Letterman. He's gotten more than just a TV appearance, too: He got that medal. According to this story from the AP: Autrey,…
Read MoreHeroism, New York style
NY-Subway Who says there aren't real heroes? And who says they aren't in New York City? From the New York Times: Mr. Autrey was waiting for the downtown local at 137th Street and Broadway in Manhattan around 12:45 p.m. He was taking his two daughters, Syshe, 4, and Shuqui, 6, home before work. Nearby, a…
Read MoreSplash!
Officially ready to freeze my butt off Not sure quite what came over me, except an interest in doing something different and challenging to kick off the New Year. The annual Coney Island Polar Bear Swim seemed to fit the bill. If you got there early enough — like 9am, and donated to the charity…
Read MoreWork!
The cubicle A photo of my cubicle at work, taken with the cell, emailed by the cell. All to test things out, mind you. I could get used to this modern technology, you know?
Read MoreWhat she said
Advice Goddess Amy Alkon recently tried to hire an assistant. She got a recent journalism school graduate. As a journalism graduate myself, she has my sympathies. Amy wrote: So…the girl was a journalism student, and her clips were okay, but I learned (when it was too late) that she apparently studied only journalism in college…
Read MoreMerry Christmas, y’all
Ciara and the bounty of the day Merry Christmas — or just merry day off! — to you and yours! Now, where's my mimosa?
Read MoreThat’s a dragon, not a chicken
Adventure Okay, so this brings back memories. It's Atari's little "Adventure" game, recreated as a Flash file you can play in your browser. I think it probably even has the Easter Eggs, though the only time I tried to find one my browser quit. (Firefox 2.0 is not impressing me these days.) What I do…
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