Category: 2001-2007

I’ve lived in this room for the past six weeks. Not once has it felt like home. Most times when I move somewhere new, the walls and sheets start to take on a certain...

Things get so crazy here. I met a guy the other night who claimed to be the former bodyguard of the late Benny Binion, one-time Vegas casino owner and the man who hosted the...

Pauly always seems to catch my mood, my mindset, my soul when he snaps a picture of me. Last week, when I was at my worst, Pauly caught me in the sea of humanity...

Though some people might protest, and though I might protest too much, I am not an alcoholic. That said, I am fully familiar with what the afflicted call a “moment of clarity.” We don’t...

After writing consistently here for the last six months, I haven’t even bothered to log on in the past two weeks. For the past 13 days, I have been in Las Vegas covering the...

I’ve given up trying to predict what is going to happen over the next six weeks. The outsourced reservation agents at Delta are currently running a pool on the exact time I will call...

After spending four days in a state of “100% Not Sure,” I am now only about 10% Not Sure. The 90% that is now settled in my aware-brain and stewing like meat on Captain...

About six months ago, I was in one of those shopping mall chain stores that are made to look like they are a big city boutique, beach-front shop, or small-town general store. It was...

I’m glad I wasn’t 32 years old when I was in sixth grade. Back then, my classmates and I would be beginning our summer vacation. It would be a blissfull enternity of summer bike...

So, we had a lot of change sitting around the house. And by a lot, I mean, it was spilling off our bathroom counter and various pieces of furniture around the house. When the...