Everything’s amazing, nobody’s happy
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus] “We live in an amazing, amazing world, and it’s wasted on the crappiest generation of spoiled idiots that don’t care.” [1:30] I’ve never seen Louis CK in action before, but my favorite humor is the insightful observational kind and this clip is hilarious, primarily because it’s all so true. I say burn it all
When in doubt, follow Frank’s lead
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl95eDA_uR4] …and do it YOUR way. ETA: Okay, I hate posts of videos with no real content, especially on a day Seth Godin challenges everyone to blog something interesting. I woke up this morning with Sinatra’s “My Way” stuck in my head on repeat and it was a good thing. A timely reminder to clearly
Let’s Go Mets! Let’s Go…Knicks?
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QRZnGEjNvQ] I’m thrilled that the Brett Favre fiasco is officially over and I can look forward to being a 100% Jets fan again, but right this minute, I am so ready for Spring and the baseball season to get started! Matthew Cerrone of MetsBlog.com has been whetting my appetite the past few days with his
Spindle: New content for February
I had a productive day off from the 9-to-5 yesterday, and in between DVDs of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives and Throwdown with Bobby Flay (along with a shark jumping new episode of iCarly), I posted another round of great content to the site yesterday, including poetry and fiction by Aaron Bair, Lawrence Clayton, Jessica Colley,
Garden Photography, Writing and Planthropology
I went to the Frelinghuysen Arboretum a few weeks ago to check out Ken Druse give a presentation of his amazing new book, Planthropology: The Myths, Mysteries, and Miracles of My Garden Favorites, and took my wife’s fancy new camera with me to take pictures. After the presentation, I wandered the snow-covered grounds of the Arboretum and
Submissions: Know Your Market… and Medium
The most basic advice usually given to writers looking to submit their work to magazines or literary journals is to know the market, aka read the guidelines and pick up a few issues before wasting your time and the editors’ by sending something that’s totally inappropriate for a publication. With the increasing popularity of online-only
Free Chapbook: Crazy White Devil
It’s been years since I created a chapbook. Six, to be exact. I released Selected Squares of Concrete — a de facto “best of” poetry collection of new, revised, never-before-released and old favorites — back in March of 2003, smack in the middle of the razor-thin slice of time between my return to the NYC
Plants Are People, Too
Ken Druse, author of Planthropology, declares that “plants get no respect”, but that recognizing them as individual beings brings them to life…and proves it!
Random Reviews: Inkheart, Wanted, Chalk
We’ve been having a lot of Blockbuster nights since we bought the house last summer, while managing to catch whatever kid-friendly movies worth seeing in theaters whenever possible, and I’ve been reviewing a lot of them on Flixster but wanted to round up the most recent batch and post them here, including expanded commentary on
Spindle Update: We’re Back!
Can you believe Spindle “officially” launched just over a year ago? Or that it has been 9 long months since we had a full update?!? Of course you do because you’ve been anxiously refreshing the home page ever since, or triple-checking your favorite RSS reader in a desperate attempt to make some fresh new NYC-flavored