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What To Do When You Lose $9 Million In A Day

I lost $9 million while I was on the set of the pilot of “Billions” season one, long before it became the huge hit it would be. It was fascinating watching the…

I lost $9 million while I was on the set of the pilot of “Billions” season one, long before it became the huge hit it would be. It was fascinating watching the shoot. I asked the director a ton of questions, the actors, the writers, etc. I love to learn. And I love to see […]

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What Would You Bid For This Moment?

The only thing I know is that he froze to death. In 2014 his electricity was turned off and he never had it turned on again. Nobody knows why. He died from…

The only thing I know is that he froze to death. In 2014 his electricity was turned off and he never had it turned on again. Nobody knows why. He died from freezing to death in his $10 million home on the Upper East Side in January of 2018. His parents were the rich founders […]

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Don’t Forget About Satchel Paige

Nobody would ever pick me for the baseball team. And when I played, I batted last and played left field. The worst. So I hated baseball. But Jackie Robinson, whose 100th birthday…

Nobody would ever pick me for the baseball team. And when I played, I batted last and played left field. The worst. So I hated baseball. But Jackie Robinson, whose 100th birthday would be today, is a hero to me. The first person to go into the Major Leagues after a career in the American […]

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8 Ways to be Constantly Improving

One day I decided to do stand-up comedy in the Subway. I was scared. We got on the subway. I told the person videotaping it to forget it. No way! “But,” I…

One day I decided to do stand-up comedy in the Subway. I was scared. We got on the subway. I told the person videotaping it to forget it. No way! “But,” I said, “Turn on the camera anyway”. She did and I started doing the worst standup. And everyone hated me. Except a few. (“Is […]

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My Second Book Challenge: “20 for 2020: The Race for President”

The fastest book I ever wrote took me two days. It was a 30-page novel (maybe I’m exaggerating), titled: “The Autobiography of Prince George Alexander Louis Windsor” by George Alexander Louis Windsor,…

The fastest book I ever wrote took me two days. It was a 30-page novel (maybe I’m exaggerating), titled: “The Autobiography of Prince George Alexander Louis Windsor” by George Alexander Louis Windsor, with help from John Kenneth Rowling. It’s the “autobiography” of the three day old child of Prince William and Kate Middleton shortly after […]

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Ride the Trend

“I was very sick for a while. I would get piercing headaches all the time. But when the headaches finally stopped I realized I was psychic and could tell the future. I…

“I was very sick for a while. I would get piercing headaches all the time. But when the headaches finally stopped I realized I was psychic and could tell the future. I don’t want this ability. It’s too much of a burden and I can’t shut it down.” I posted that to Craigslist over a […]

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Optimism Vs. Pessimism

My mom is the most pessimistic person I ever met. My dad was the most optimistic person I ever met. My mother had polio when she was two. When she was four…

My mom is the most pessimistic person I ever met. My dad was the most optimistic person I ever met. My mother had polio when she was two. When she was four years old she had to have a “birthday party” at the hospital where she was alone behind a glass wall and the other […]

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