Someone stole my purse.  I saw him sitting by it.  I watched him move my sweater. I watched him carefully fold it as to not sit on it.  I thought he was being polite, despite the d[...]

When people asked which concert I was attending, I usually answered, “It’s a band called Interpol.” I could never just say, “Interpol.” That was usually followed by, “What kind of [...]

This week, a break from all that pesky reading. ***[...]

You buy two for the 3:55 show. You hand your tickets to a vacant teenager. You stare at the Free Publications rack while your girlfriend goes to the bathroom. You mount the escalat[...]

I’d never listened to Arcade Fire. I’d heard all the great things: They’re the new [insert great band name here]. They’re the best group in rock today. They won a Grammy. They sang[...]

My first date was to go see Scream at the Bridgewater Mall in lovely central New Jersey.  I was fourteen years old and knew little to nothing about anything, let alone girls, date [...]

I remember watching LeBron James a couple of years ago and wondering how in the world he could be stopped.  He was like a created player on NBA Live.  Since my original LeBron hypo[...]

The definition of evil incarnate has changed. In recent weeks, Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been granted the informal title of Despot du Jour. While justified*, Gadhafi’s ne[...]

I want to come see you…is that terribly silly? I was an emotional masochist.  I did things I knew would only end up hurting me, but I felt compelled to do them anyway.  Something t[...]

I’m taking the broken ends of mounted bull horns off my desk and pondering what the hell to do with them. They were given to me by my late, dear, crazy friend Cyril Vienna when he [...]