I suspect that if you mentioned my name to anyone I worked with in 2000, their dominant memory of me would probably be that I was obsessed by the first season of the reality TV show Survivor. Completely hooked. I hosted a finale party at my house. Nine people showed up, none of which had […]
I have been a student of JD Salinger for a long time. I love his commitment to perfection. His word-squeezing. His ruthless refusal to bend his art to appease critics. His unrepentant belief in the existence of the precocious child; the reincarnated old soul. Admittedly, some hero worship can be taken too far. Mohandas Gandhi […]
On the old blog, Thursday was Hot Chick Thursday: Celebrity crushes. Page Six girls. Photoplays of the flavor-of-the-week in a bikini. Hot Chick Thursday blogs wrote themselves. Alas. Half of Selfie is the story of Neal, a young man who is trying to be a better man. He’s trying to move past his obsession with […]
