I made Chicken Marsala for the first time ever tonight. It came out incredibly. I’ve been cooking for about a year now, after a long layoff. I mean I used to cook, I really did. In fact, when I was a kid, my brother and I would cook for the family once a week.… Continue Reading
It’s 3:18 am on Saturday night, and I should be asleep. I’m planning to visit my father tomorrow, and I want to be rested. But instead of sleeping I’m listening to “Soldier” by Eminem, blasting through my Google Home. The song is from 2002, and it features a young 29-year old Eminem.… Continue Reading
So the big news today is that the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which is an index of 30 of the top companies in America, dropped more than 1100 points,, or more than 4% of its total wealth. This is the largest single day point drop in history, and it comes on the heels of a 666 point drop on Friday, which was 2.5% of total wealth.… Continue Reading
There was an interesting article in Thursday’s New York Times about how Trump’s authoritarian tendencies have given the green light to dictators around the world to clamp down on democratic freedoms in their own countries. And it really made me think.… Continue Reading
It’s a January Sunday around 4PM, and I’m feeling restless. I’ve spent most of the weekend working on my Generation X blog and my social media brand, and I’ve especially been tweeting a lot. Which is a grueling, soulless, thankless task.… Continue Reading
The other day I read an article in the New York Times about a Venezuelan police detective-turned revolutionary who hijacked a helicopter and staged a fake attack on the Venezuelan Supreme Court and Interior Ministry. He escaped capture for seven months and led a small band of armed men around the Venezuelan interior. … Continue Reading
A government shutdown is just hours away. The worldwide Women’s March is set for tomorrow. And President Trump’s one-year inaugural anniversary falls tomorrow. So I think it’s a good time to take stock of where we’re at. As in, how exactly did we get to this cultural moment?… Continue Reading
Dolores O’Riordan died on Monday. She was 46, she was the lead singer of the Cranberries, and she was one of my heroes. The way she belted out her lyrics in that wailing, soulful, Irish Brogue was a thing to behold.… Continue Reading
OK, let’s get something straight right off the bat. Most of the people who are criticizing Trump for calling Haiti and Africa “s***hole” countries have never been to Haiti or Africa, will never go to Haiti or Africa, and wouldn’t be caught dead vacationing, working, or living there.… Continue Reading
I’m 43, and I’m a huge Knicks fan. I grew up watching Patrick dominate the league, and always come up just a little short against Michael, Hakeem and Reggie. But he was our guy, our superstar, and one thing you could absolutely not say about Ewing was that he didn’t give you max effort every time he stepped on the floor.… Continue Reading
