Get A Little Face on Your Paint

This is my idea of heaven: (Manhattan apartment, sun shining in, windows open, sweet breeze, 50 degrees in February, paints, canvas, inspiration and some tunes.) With Mother Nature on my side, today I finished my first painting since high school.  The painting bug hit again after a trip to the New Museum a few months back where I caught the [...]

Apparently it Does Suck to be You

For those who need a little mood enhancement -  and I’m pretty sure today I qualify - this site collects stories from people more miserable than you: http://www.fmylife.com/ It’s only a matter of time before they get a big corporate sponsor and turn your shit excuse for a life into their seven imported luxury cars, mansion in South Hampton, and trophy [...]

Ode to Excedrin

Besides the SATs, there is no good reason to be up and about on a Saturday before 8 a.m.   So clearly something bad happened.  But before something bad happened, I, as usual, woke up with a headache.   Whether I’m out partying till 5 a.m. and drinking up a Redbull Vodka storm, or falling asleep in [...]

Obama, He Just Keeps Getting Better

Headline straight from CNN.com- “Obama: ‘I screwed up’ on Daschle appointment“ Uh, come again? He takes “full responsibility” for the Daschle mess? Hold on, I need a minute. Sorry, I haven’t heard those words in nearly eight years.  It’s going to take a minute for the shock to subside and my libido to go in [...]

Girl You Looks Good, Won’t You Back That RAM Up?

In honor of my favorite client ever, I’m going to use this space to offer up the best advice you will probably ever get in your life.  I’m not overblowing this.  THE…BEST…ADVICE…EVER!! Back up your data. You think I’m kidding?  OK, maybe I could have told you how to outrun an alligator or ”How to Lose friends [...]

Afrin and Strip Clubs and Jeff Buckley, Oh My!

  I had planned to unveil my artistic endeavors in this next post, but as they often do when you spend too much time with diseased Brooklyn riff-raff, plans have changed. You see, the reason I was rather incommunacado last month overall is because I spent nearly half of it being sick with what my doctor calls, “a really bad [...]