Journal
A Celebration of 1979
Who knew that 1979 was the best year ever for music? To find out how I discovered this fact, you’ll need to hear a story first. At the tail end…
posted July 16, 2019
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Nothing Gold Can Stay, Including Presidents with Fake Tans
These days, there is very little I can control. Naturally, I turn my attention to the few things I can, like my teeth. Since December, I have faithfully worn Invisalign…
posted June 10, 2019
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Go Big Or Go Biden
If Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg, Corey Booker or really pretty much any of the 23 current Democratic candidates had been running in the primaries of 1992,…
posted May 31, 2019
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Supposed to be Writing a Song and instead…
I have: some chords, a prompt from Katryna, and the usual conceit that this needs to be the best song I’ve ever written. This is not helpful. Better by far…
posted May 12, 2019
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Goodbye, Mexico
My friend Beth DeSombre posted on my Facebook page this week. She said she dreamed that Katryna and I had released a new album called Goodbye, Mexico, and that it…
posted April 17, 2019
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The Tyranny of Stuff
I recently learned that the word “respect” means, literally, “to see (or look) again.” I am home after a weekend away. As is the case these days, a weekend of…
posted April 12, 2019
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On Purity
This past Ash Wednesday, I felt too sad to give up anything for Lent, feeling as Jimmy Fallon does, that instead, I will just give up. Ha ha. I wanted…
posted March 15, 2019
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To Banish Doubt
I have been waking at 2am, when all the demons are circling their fires, and as soon as they see they have my attention, they proceed to tell me that…
posted February 28, 2019
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How I Was Taken Captive By a FitBit Challenge
For months now, my friend Karen regularly invites all her friends to compete in a Workweek Hustle. The object, of course, is to be the one to get the most…
posted January 11, 2019
