The car started to skid and swerve and we couldn’t stop. It was all my fault. I had sped up while going into a sharp curve. I was just fooling around. The…
The car started to skid and swerve and we couldn’t stop. It was all my fault. I had sped up while going into a sharp curve. I was just fooling around. The entire road was ice. My 12 year old kid was sitting next to me. Why did I do that? I don’t know. Because […]
The other day I went out at night and fell asleep on a park bench near the beach in Miami. When I opened my eyes I pretended I had just landed on…
The other day I went out at night and fell asleep on a park bench near the beach in Miami. When I opened my eyes I pretended I had just landed on the world. I knew nothing. Now I had to learn everything. That’s the way I should’ve been when I was younger. Maybe I […]
I had a tape recorder and I was trying to tape a phone conversation with US Senator Bill Bradley by having one phone off the hook in another room and having an…
I had a tape recorder and I was trying to tape a phone conversation with US Senator Bill Bradley by having one phone off the hook in another room and having an old-fashioned tape recorder right next to it. I faked being sick that day. (“I threw up in my throat but swallowed it back […]
Sometimes things are just simply horrible. There’s no question – some days and moments are the worst. People say “be positive”. That means nothing. Positive got you here. But you only get…
Sometimes things are just simply horrible. There’s no question – some days and moments are the worst. People say “be positive”. That means nothing. Positive got you here. But you only get to know yourself when you see how you act in those moments. This is not a fancy post. Nothing funny really. No stories […]
“You interrupt too much,” people email me. “Let your guests finish talking.” But I can’t help it. I get curious. I want to know! Now! Over the past year I interviewed about…
“You interrupt too much,” people email me. “Let your guests finish talking.” But I can’t help it. I get curious. I want to know! Now! Over the past year I interviewed about 80 guests for my podcast. My only criteria: I was fascinated by some aspect of each person.I didn’t limit myself by saying each […]
I was out of ideas when I googled “how to kill myself”. I was sure that three things were going to happen: I’d go broke (and then my 3 year old would…
I was out of ideas when I googled “how to kill myself”. I was sure that three things were going to happen: I’d go broke (and then my 3 year old would starve to death), nobody would kiss me ever again, and I would die because of course self worth = net worth (duh!). I […]
