Using John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck died in 1968, four years before the landmark Furman v. Georgia capital punishment decision by the United States Supreme Court. It was the first moratorium on the death penalty in the U.S....
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A friend and his pen
Six or seven years ago, I stumbled into the circle of a guy named Pauly. You’ve seen me write a lot about him here. We’ve never lived in the same city, but over the...
Why I didn’t pre-order the iPad
Unlike a lot of you who might have bounded out of bed this morning to pre-order the iPad, I slept comfortably until 8 am and then began my workday without so much as a...
Meme dump
I’ve been getting hit with a massive meme dump on Facebook. Despite how masturbatory it is (or perhaps because of…), I always end up completing the damned things. I think I do it, in...
Adventures in customer service (Part 2) — Delta Airlines
If you missed it, here’s Part 1 Do not pass Go, do not collect $200 If you had sat through Lakeview Terrance on a 10-hour flight, you would’ve probably been a little absentminded, too....
Now with an ascot!
Saturday night, I grabbed my iPod and set about chopping up onions and jalapenos while listening to a friend tell me stories. He told me one take about an evil Eastern European woman who...
Free book!
It’s been a while since I gave away a book. Seems like now is as good a time as any. Back in December 2007, I sat in the D-terminal at McCarran International eating a...
Sharing Books winner
Well, when I offered to re-gift my copy of “Another Roadside Attraction,” I knew I was going to have a tough decision on who finally ended up with the book. I’m happy to announce...
Sharing books
Several months ago, my buddy Pauly sent me a copy of “Another Roadside Attraction.” It was a book that, much to my surprise, I had never read. Pauly enclosed a note indicating that he...