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“So we have this girl on the trapeze,” he was telling me, “and she’s beautiful. Every guy in the audience is falling in love with her. Beautiful face, great chest,  long flowing dress, and she’s doing these amazing acrobatic tricks on the trapeze while smiling at the audience.” We’re sitting in the Paramount Hotel while […]

Etgar Keret’s house is only 4 feet wide but that’s all he needs. He’s also one of my favorite short story writers. I just finished his collection, Suddenly a Knock at  the Door. I can’t tell if he’s insane, a magic realist, someone who is constantly beaten by life and bad relationships, or simply a […]

I’ve been burnt again. And then tied up and dragged through the streets. What’s the purpose of an opinion? To prove  I’m right? You’re wrong. I’m sorry if I did that. I’m trying to eliminate things. Not just extra material belongings that I no longer need or that I never really needed. But all the […]

Everything started when I personally saved the entire global economy in March, 2009. I was living on Wall Street. Directly across the street from the New York Stock Exchange. Everytime I walked out of my building  I’d see the enormous flag of the New York Stock Exchange, then I would see hundreds of tourists taking […]

I’ve been shy about promoting this despite advice from two very smart people. In 2006, CNBC kept calling me to go on TV. I was afraid to go on TV. I don’t know why. When you go on TV you sit in a dark room, a camera is facing you, and you argue with people. […]

YOU’VE BEEN SCAMMED!  Ben Delphia ‏@BenDelphia: I just got scammed out of about $10K. What should I do? How to move forward? Answer:   “WTF!”  That’s what you do. Once. Just say it out loud once. “WHAT THE!” See how it feels like. Notice the feeling so you can notice it later. Say hello  to […]

I was lonely and I wanted money. I was living in a one bedroom apartment in Astoria, Queens, NYC in 1995. I knew nobody in the area. I would write my phone number on two dollar bills and tip waitresses with them. Nobody called me. Everyone in Astoria is Greek. And they pretty much stick […]