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- “The Spectacular Now” and the New Era of Coming-of-Age Movies
- On Sunsets and the Importance of Hanging Around
- The Terrible Burden of Having Stuff
- The Complete Discography of THE PURSUIT OF COOL
- Greatest 80s Music Videos – the Digest: “Rio” Duran Duran
- Greatest 80s Music Videos – the Digest: “Once in A Lifetime” Talking Heads
- Movie Reviews of “The Master” and “Looper”
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- Emoticons: Where They Come From & Why I Use Them
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The Strange Case of David N.: An American Dreamer
Back in the 90’s my wife and I lived in an apartment complex and our neighbor David N. would knock on our door and talk exhaustively at us with a wild, dumbfounded look. Money was the root problem, sole conversational … Continue reading
Mystery Postcard Flashes Back To Woodstock
The universe is one strange mofo. Exactly one week after standing in the rain and hearing Paul McCartney remark that it was the anniversary of Woodstock, this postcard of Southeast Asians on a bicycle arrived in my mailbox. It said: … Continue reading