In other news, I’m having a nice, relaxing time here. Been using SPF 30 sunscreen, so I’ve been okay thus far. Except that I seem to have sunburned the top of my head, which is pretty irritating (in more ways than one). Can’t really douse one’s hair with sunscreen, so it looks like I’m going [...]
Drug Deal
Apr 28, ’03
3:40 PM
I’m on a press trip in Puerto Rico this week, as mentioned earlier, and it’s been sorta tough to get any blogging done. The perfect sunlight tends to, um, make too much glare on the laptop’s screen. Yeah, that’s it. Anyway, this morning, before heading out to the beach from my most excellent hotel, I [...]
The Here and Now of the Immensity
Apr 21, ’03
8:59 PM
Spoke to Paul West earlier (and, for a brief moment, his lovely wife, Diane Ackerman), to make sure we were on the same page regarding his new novel, The Immensity of the Here and Now. At present, I’m wrapping up the process of selecting a printer. This is the first time Voyant has put out [...]
Spring Fling
Apr 20, ’03
9:48 PM
[There used to be a slideshow that accompanied this post, but my old ISP went down and took all my files with it. Stupidly, I never backed that stuff up. Oh, well. Them's the virtual memories. . .] Sitting on the PATH train into NYC from Hoboken, I look into my overnight bag and see [...]
This doesn’t auger well
Apr 13, ’03
12:44 PM
Been battling a blocked toilet pipe all weekend. Not that you all needed to know that, but the headline pun was too good to pass up. Sorry.
If I’d known we were gonna cast our feelin’s into words, I’d have memorized the Song of Solomon
Apr 11, ’03
10:12 PM
My favorite flick of all time, soon to be released on DVD!
Will These Goddamn Books Never Leave Me Alone?
Apr 6, ’03
12:03 AM
I have to surrender. Recent visits to the Strand (plus that outlet mall from the Hugo Boss entry) has added way too many titles to my “to read” pile under the hall table. New titles: Max Perkins: Editor of Genius – Scott BergDelirious New York – Rem KoolhaasEssays of EB WhiteLet Us Now Praise Famous [...]
