My trip back east ended not with a bang, but a whimper. I began my day with a 3-mile run, then fixed myself a rather large breakfast (two-egg omelet with the yummy habanero Vermont cheddar, a half a plain bagel and a whole wheat bagel). I was slow to shower and dress myself, but once [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 10 (The Last Day)
Odd-y-ssey: Day 9
Thursday. The trip is drawing to a close. An early morning appointment forced me out of bed before I would have liked, but a neurotic piece of shit like me would gladly surrender an hour or two of sleep for a relatively clean bill of health. I had a bagel for breakfast. That makes, like, [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 8
Wegmans. I finally go to Wegmans today. I rose from slumber relatively early, went for a run at the gym in my mother’s condo development, and then she and I drove through the rain to Woodbridge for some sweet, sweet Wegmans. I had the 7″ buffalo chicken finger sandwich combo, and she got some other [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 7
Today was a lazy day. I had a bagel and watched about six hours of television before my mother and sister bothered to check-in on me. I had two hilarious conversations — with Z and Ken — where they filled in my blank spots in timeline of what happened last night.At some point, after a [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 6
Oof. Last night. Wow. I’m definitely not feeling it today. Who would have thought an otherwise boring day (lunch with sister, a trip to the mall with mom) would turn out so completely insane.My sister suggested we go to a sports bar for Monday Night Football. I invited along Ken, Katie and Z. Elissa invited [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 5
No sleep. It was so fucking cold on Ian’s couch. I think at 6am I had to turn his air conditioner up from 60 to 66 degrees. At 7 or 8am I had to turn it up from 66 degrees to 70 degrees. At 9, when Ian woke up to take his dog for a [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 4
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Rare records and apple juice — a man in heaven. I woke up on time this morning! 8:30am, for chrissake. My commitment to this job-away-from-work is amazing! I showered, ate a fiber-enriched health breakfast treat my mom thought I would like, then left for the record fair. I picked up Ian and Jon outside of their [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 3
My alarm did not sound as it was supposed to this morning. I woke up 30 minutes before I was supposed to be in the city to meet my boss and some of his record dealer friends. Somehow, I showered, dressed and got there in 45 minutes. I was kind of amazed. Load-in was slightly [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 2
If you’ve come here from the WFMU blog seeking more photographs of the foliage in New Jersey, I suggest you go back and take a closer look at the pictures I posted over there. Surely you caught all the sasquatch, right? RIGHT? Oh my God. You’re going to sit there and tell me you didn’t [...]
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Odd-y-ssey: Day 1
Like Odysseus before me, the first day began early. Really early. We didn’t retire to bed until after 1am (Nicci is being caught up on FlashForward), and I was up an hour before the alarm was scheduled to awaken us. As it turned out, I was at the airport entirely too early. I was the [...]
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So Long, Los Angeles!
Tomorrow I make my triumphant return to the East Coast. I’ll be visiting family and friends, and working at the WFMU Record Fair. To say that this vacation is much needed would be quite an understatement; I feel very worn down and am in need of a stress-free environment. I suppose that might sound a [...]
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 163
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When I left work this evening, it was for the last time…well, at least for the next two weeks. Nicci returns from Alabama tomorrow, so I’ve taken the day off, and Tuesday off, before I leave for New York on Wednesday. It kind of sucks that she couldn’t get the theater company to fly her [...]
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The Top Ten Things To Do While Stuck In LA Traffic
I'm feeling a little bit better today. In case you're not my friend on Facebook or you don't follow me on Twitter, I became ill yesterday morning and spent the next several hours in bed. I vomited for the first time since 1999! Then I went to the gym and ran three miles, just to [...]
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On Text Messages And Dating
Have you heard? People are dating! The economy must be improving, because boys and girls are getting together and trying insertion games with one another. So says CNN (via Judy McGuire at The Frisky). The news website ran a syndicated column this weekend about what different text messages mean when you’re dating. Personally, I had [...]
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Preparation Of Joy
Crackle. Hiss. Drone. Languish over your chance to change. Face each moment as it passes by as a cloud or a speeding car. Are you practiced in the art of forged response? We await you patient like a still-life as it is drawn. Now you’re longing for your card to be pulled. All heavy, hot [...]
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Sunday Mix Tape Number 162
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Work was not fun today. Not even “Subway Sunday” could brighten my mood. Oh well, it happens, I guess. I have a busy week ahead of me. I think. Right now I’m looking forward to my days off. I’m very tired. Of course, I have to take my car to be serviced early Wednesday morning, [...]
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The Distinguished Gourmand: Golden State
The Beer Float at Golden State, juxtaposed to Andy's hand. Dorothea Lange, I am not. One can only read and hear about an infamous beer float for so long before the desire to taste the ungodly concoction becomes overwhelming. Such is the case with the beverage crafted at Golden State (426 N. Fairfax). I first read [...]
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The Top Ten Halloween Costume Ideas For 2009
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Every year I present my readers with a list of ten new and exciting Halloween costume ideas. I don’t know why I construct these lists — I’m not really into Halloween. I’ll dress up if I have to, but I’d rather be the guy at the party who is too cool to wear a costume. [...]
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Vodka Soap – Un Chand Pyramidelier
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Album:Un Chand Pyramidelier
I guess if this website can copy/distribute my live photography of Vodka Soap, I can copy its description of Un Chand Pyramidelier:For the past week or so I’ve been falling to sleep to the sounds of James Ferraro and Spencer Clarke, most well known from a band called The Skaters. Vodka Soap is a side [...]
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