There was total silence. I’m not sure if anyone laughed at a single joke. First, I prepared to be bombed. I spoke with the comedian Jim Norton. I said, “I’m afraid it…
There was total silence. I’m not sure if anyone laughed at a single joke. First, I prepared to be bombed. I spoke with the comedian Jim Norton. I said, “I’m afraid it will be a disaster.” He said, “The fear goes away when you realize that bombing is survivable.” I spoke to the MC of […]
Is Da Vinci a plagiarist? Is Andy Warhol? Is Steve Jobs? How do you take “the greatest story ever told” – a story around thousands of years and has been painted 100s…
Is Da Vinci a plagiarist? Is Andy Warhol? Is Steve Jobs? How do you take “the greatest story ever told” – a story around thousands of years and has been painted 100s of times, and make it your own? Answer: Idea sex! The most famous rendition is Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper. ” Da Vinci […]
(rules, “non-rules”, and bibliography and a “tl;dr” for each section) I wanted to get better at poker. I showed up at the local underground club and within ten minutes I was out…
(rules, “non-rules”, and bibliography and a “tl;dr” for each section) I wanted to get better at poker. I showed up at the local underground club and within ten minutes I was out $1000 and I went home. My wife said, “Did they scam you?” My sister said, “Was it mafia?” No. I sucked. I went […]
The robots are now delivering pizza, stealing the jobs from acne-cratered 19 year olds in every college town. Dominos just announced that self-driving robots will deliver pizzas. This is the new world.…
The robots are now delivering pizza, stealing the jobs from acne-cratered 19 year olds in every college town. Dominos just announced that self-driving robots will deliver pizzas. This is the new world. So, as the last generation to physically have a delivery job I feel it’s my responsibility to share the life lessons I learned […]
This is what I wish: that my daughters don’t go to school. I offered my oldest the very prestigious “Altucher Fellowship”. Never awarded before. Only awarded to her. Basically it says: do…
This is what I wish: that my daughters don’t go to school. I offered my oldest the very prestigious “Altucher Fellowship”. Never awarded before. Only awarded to her. Basically it says: do exactly what I tell you to do for a year and don’t go to college. I’m not sure she’s going to take it. […]
I was going to give the worst talk of my life. I was in Kaiserslautern, Germany for a big conference that had accepted a research paper of mine. Prakash, my professor, asked…
I was going to give the worst talk of my life. I was in Kaiserslautern, Germany for a big conference that had accepted a research paper of mine. Prakash, my professor, asked to see my slides. “This is horrible!” he said when he saw them. We found a magic marker and he started redrawing all […]
Anne’s job was to make sure I wasn’t breaking the law. I, of course, was trying to try break the law as much as possible. I was working on my 3am website…
Anne’s job was to make sure I wasn’t breaking the law. I, of course, was trying to try break the law as much as possible. I was working on my 3am website in 1996 for HBO. Like, if a girl was a 15 year old runaway why should her face be blurred out? Or if […]
