After I threw all her clothes down the garbage incinerator I went off to play poker at the Mayfair Club across the street. It was an accident. They were supposed to go…
After I threw all her clothes down the garbage incinerator I went off to play poker at the Mayfair Club across the street. It was an accident. They were supposed to go to the laundry guy downstairs. But they were in a garbage bag. So you make the decision. Then I went to play poker, […]
I was brought into the office of the head of the company and he said, “Your contract is up and we won’t be needing you anymore.” I asked. “Can I stay a…
I was brought into the office of the head of the company and he said, “Your contract is up and we won’t be needing you anymore.” I asked. “Can I stay a few days more to just finish what I was working on?” And he said, “No. You need to leave today.” He had thick […]
Its dangerous to hitchhike and I’ll never do it again after my initial experiences. I was employee #8 at a company called FORE Systems. I was the worst employee there. They thought…
Its dangerous to hitchhike and I’ll never do it again after my initial experiences. I was employee #8 at a company called FORE Systems. I was the worst employee there. They thought I could write the instruction manuals for their fiber-optic products. I was miserable at this. The founder of the company, Robert Sansom, once […]
The moment before their famous walk across Abbey Road, Paul had to adjust something on Ringo’s collar. At that moment they were human. In the famous walk, which we’ve seen everywhere, they…
The moment before their famous walk across Abbey Road, Paul had to adjust something on Ringo’s collar. At that moment they were human. In the famous walk, which we’ve seen everywhere, they aren’t human anymore. They’ve become gods. Between the time I was separated from my ex-wife and the time I met my current wife […]
I hate every animated movie made in the past twenty years. Computer graphics have done nothing to improve storytelling. And despite how I feel about Steve Jobs, I don’t like any Pixar…
I hate every animated movie made in the past twenty years. Computer graphics have done nothing to improve storytelling. And despite how I feel about Steve Jobs, I don’t like any Pixar movie that I’ve ever seen. So when my youngest asked me this morning, “Daddy, why do you like that ugly painting? It’s the […]
I asked Mike Parker: if an alien landed from outer space and said, ‘we can take you up right now in our UFO, you would live for 5000 years, and all the…
I asked Mike Parker: if an alien landed from outer space and said, ‘we can take you up right now in our UFO, you would live for 5000 years, and all the women on our planet want to meet you,’ would you go? We were in 7th grade, it was lunchtime and we were sitting […]
Back in college, Sanket and I would hang out in bars and try to talk to women but I was horrible at it. Nobody would talk to me for more than thirty…
Back in college, Sanket and I would hang out in bars and try to talk to women but I was horrible at it. Nobody would talk to me for more than thirty seconds and every woman would laugh at all his jokes for what seemed like hours. Even decades later I think they are still […]
