The bar last night was alright, I guess. I started with an Oatmeal Stout, moved on to a Goose Island Honker (Belgian Ale) and a Paulaner. I’m slowly working my way through…

When it’s thirty-degrees and the sun begins to disappear in the middle of the afternoon, you can pretty much guarantee it’s not going to be a busy work day. In my stuffy…

This neighborhood where I work is not the safest. For years I was only allowed to work day shifts because of the clientele and local riff-raff that likes to hang out in…

For those of you who are unaware, this house is across the street from a mall. What is now a Mecca of consumerism did not exist in 1976 when this house was…

Here I sit, soaking in Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue and watching the rush hour traffic form outside my window. When the leaves fall and the trees are but skeletons, I can…

With a title like that, I’m sure you know what’s coming around the bend… There are people who exist on the periphery of our lives. This happens with everyone, it’s not exclusive…

Good day, wayfarers and troubadours. At this precise moment, I am putting the finishing touches on today’s NY Post crossword puzzle, and will continue on to the su doku puzzles next. As…

I am sitting at work, I’ve been here since about 1pm behind my chest-high, faux-green-marble-topped desk, with an old Dell computer whose monitor is so accustomed to running the cash register program…

Woke up. Felt slightly chirpy until I realized that I’m [redacted], indie-writing superstar and voice of an entire generation. Got a bagel and some coffee with Ian and headed for Princeton. It…

I don’t usually choose to update each of the eight days in a standard working-week (fourteen days on a non-standard or “irregular week”), but I’m very bored this afternoon and despite the…