The drive home was special
So here’s the tale: We were driving along the interstate at 65 mph, about 100 feet behind a Ford F-150 pickup, when without any warning, one of the huge boxes the guy was hauling in his truck bed was catapulted into the air by the wind. In less than a second, a 3′ by 4′ [...]
Cincinnati, Day 2
Gotta hurry here, fiends, before they shut me down. One more meeting and I’m out. Just had to tell you, though. The best thing about this convention is not the good music or the nice people I met or the tres exciting subject matter we discussed. The best part about the convention is Hyatt’s Web [...]
Cincinnati, Day 1
Yippy, first meeting in 15 minutes. Then I get to meet my good fiend Bando for coffee. Looking forward to that. It’s a swanky hotel. When the Thriller and I arrived at the front desk at about 10:45 last night, the guy said, “You are getting our very last room, and it’s being cleaned right [...]
BTTH IX
Y’ know…I don’t ask for much. Tonight, I’m leaving for Cincinnati to go to a music geek convention. Yesterday, after a particularly difficult day, I called the hotel down there to confirm, and I asked about WiFi. The nice gal said, “Yes, we do have internet access in the rooms — it’s $9.95 per night.” [...]
Memory Lane Cinema
“They took the job I loved most. I just wanted to be a cop, and they took it away from me.” Reading the Times yesterday, I had a “whoa, I remember that movie” moment. Sad story, too. It surprised me to learn that Frank Serpico — a zealous New York cop who blew the whistle [...]