Colon Cancer Challenge

What compels a man to run 15K (9.3 miles) in the 32-degree starkness of a March Sunday morning? Is it the search for self? The spirit of competition? Love for his colon and others (and their colons too)? Likely...

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Semicolons and Colons (events)

photo courtesy of Benjamin Schmidt TOMORROW!!! I will be reading at Cornelia Street Cafe along with a few other talented folks including Susan Orlean, staff writer for The New Yorker and author of several books including The Orchid Thief,...

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For You New Yorkers...

Come hear me read on Friday! And contact me for more details should you need them......

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Turkey Trot.

I don't even know what a "Turkey Trot" is, I am leery of things that are one species/synonym away from "Goose Step", but I will be embarking on a 10K journey in Houston, Texas on Thanksgiving morning in the...

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Can You Tell The Playoffs Are Coming?

We're going retro, almost twenty-six full hours back, to when you could comment on TFR without inciting a spam riot. If you keep digging back, you'll find Hakeem was once Akeem and the world was still right. Akeem The Dream...

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Pre-Passover Goodness

First things first...if your Saturday evening plans are in lack, I'd like to shamelessly plug the Festival of Chametz happening at the Knitting Factory. It's this Saturday night, and thus, your last chance to drink burr before Passover begins. That's...

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