Today was a day of big ideas and great rewards. Awoke at 8:00am for the first time since my days opening at the golf range in New Jersey. So, I guess it’s…

Smurf Party ’08 Woke up. Felt slightly chirpy until I realized that I’m [redacted], tarnished egotist and blog-o-sphere superstar. Not only that, my sister was still in town visiting, and I realized…

My sister is visiting Los Angeles this week. She flew in from New Jersey this morning. I feel it’s worth keeping a journal while she is in town because it’s sure to…

‘Twas the afternoon on Christmas, when all through Phoebe’s parents house Creatures were stirring, hipsters and Jew louses! Yesterday afternoon, Alex, Ilya, Sari and I piled into Phoebe’s car and drove west…

I have this condition. I’ve written about it at length in my own personal archives, and even penned a song or two about it, but it has never been mentioned on this…

Today Fawn enlisted me as an aide to help her bring seven of her former students to Target in Gardena to buy Christmas presents for their families. Somehow she raised enough money…

This is a magic hour in a magic town, where extraordinary events arise like words rolling off a fevered tongue. The playground is filled to capacity, the sun is framed by skyscrapers,…

Hey, did you know that on this date in history, the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, which repealed prohibition, was ratified? If that’s not cause enough to celebrate I don’t know what…

Splitting wood like hairs. Thrown into the fire. It’s hard to make a change. Alabaster eyes and sunken cheeks. Abyss approaches ahead. Hold tight or risk losing your footing. Such smells fill…

Ilya, Phoebe and I took Ken and Katie up to Joshua Tree yesterday; a sort of coup de grâce to complete their week-long visit to Los Angeles. As we departed from Echo…