Tuesday, February 24, 2009
One Day at a Time I count myself lucky because I’ve worked pretty steadily since I first started writing for a living in 2005. All that time I’ve been able to avoid Cubicle Hell, where I worked before and aim to never see from the inside again. The last year was my best year yet, [...]
Last night I waited thirteen and a half minutes for an elevator to take me down to the Rio’s casino floor, where Rod and Jen were waiting for me so we could go eat at the Palms. It was long enough to make me wonder if the down button just lit up to mock me [...]
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I slept for 17 1/2 hours when I returned home from Las Vegas. That’s about 3 hours more than my last four nights of sleep combined before I left Sin City. Funny thing is, I’m still exhausted. Having to be on my A-game for two straight months has left me bereft of energy. Good thing [...]
Zodiac Zodiac is really, really good. We saw it yesterday afternoon in Nashville. It’s on the long side, but it takes a long time to tell the tale of the Zodiac killer and Robert Graysmith’s obsession with finding him. Mark Ruffalo gives a pretty incredible performance, and the rest of the cast is great to [...]
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Monday, February 26, 2007
Party Over There My trip to the West Coast was a good one. Got to hang out with Change100 and Pauly on Monday, when we went to the Farmer’s Market in LA and had some kickass Cajun food. Then I reported on one of the more interesting tournaments I’ve seen in a while; almost everyone [...]
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