ME AND THE GOV
At the Governor’s Mansion in Albany, February 1, 2016. “Glad to have you aboard,” he said. Glad to be aboard.
JANUARY 2015: “I COULD STAND IN THE MIDDLE OF FIFTH AVENUE”
1.29 Brunch with Greg and Susan 1.26 Abe Vigoda dies 1.24 Donald Trump: ““I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.” 1.22 First day in the Executive Bureau. The Governor discusses brine with me. 1.19 Lou Michaels dies 1.18 We see The Revenant at the Saw …
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THE BEST OF 2015
A Totally Idiosyncratic, Justifiable to No One But Myself List of the Best Stuff of the Year Gone By 1. Travelling Bolstered by nearly 20 stops on the great Push the Cush Tour (including Annapolis MD, Philadelphia PA, Washington DC, Newport RI, Austin TX, and many places in New York and New Jersey), and highlighted …
PARTY OF THE YEAR!
Once, sorta, in Time, thrice in Playboy, now hopefully we settle in for a long run at Vanity Fair.
DRIBBLE, DRIBBLE
My buddy Paul Lindstrom and I took off yesterday and visited the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield MA. A nicely scaled faxility–I recommend it.
KILLING O’REILLY
I have known guys like Bill O’Reilly all my life, and they have all annoyed me. He’s Cathoic working class, just like me, just like a lot of guys I went to school with. He’s smart, but bombastic, smug, pugnacious, anti-intellectual, and on top of that, cynical. He always wants to pick an argument, and …
THE SPECTRE OF. . . SOMETHING ELSE?
I saw Spectre. I was prepared to love it. I only liked it. This places me squarely in the company of such reviewers as Rene Rodriguez of the Miami Herald (“The opening is exciting, outrageous and a cheeky showcase of cinematic craftsmanship. So why is the rest of the movie so dull? Spectre. . . …