Some years back my wife, Maura, and I were hit by lightning. Yes, at the same time. We do many things together. I'm writing about this...

...You will fail. You will fail a thousand times. Some of these failures will be astonishingly acute. You'll watch your colleagues...

Once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away... ...I was a photographer. I carried a Canon AE1 and spare rolls of film everywhere. Wanted...

Was reminded of this yesterday: A number of years ago I was delivering a folder of background reportage to the apartment home of a...

We live in troubled times. But as Sean Connery once opined, “The empire ish alwaysh in shome kind of peril,” a statement some folks may...

The world is a much less bright and wonderful place today. My dear friend Camilla Schade, the very embodiment of loveliness and joy, left...

When it comes right down to it, it might just be nothing more complicated than age mixed with organic, unadulterated crankiness, a trait...

Nike guilty of sweatshop employment practices for years, paying ~20 cents a day to workers working 60-70 hours a week to produce high-end...

With I heard these words on my answering machine* I knew I was pipik-deep in serious shit. For those of you unacquainted with the legend...

Odd memory to surface: I was 14, parents were trying to get my father divorced from his estranged wife (1973, remember). I'm sitting in...

The great miraculous bell of translucent ice is suspended in mid-air; It rings to announce endings and beginnings. And it rings because...

So I'm in my tavern of choice, shooting a few games of pool with an acquaintance. There's a huge crowd filling the rest of the place, and...

David Bowie died a few days ago. Didn't know him personally, and (major regret) never saw him in concert. Loved a lot of his music. Lou...

Okay, at the very first my reaction was “Really? What the hell is the point of asking, anyway?” Then I ruminated on it, cuddling the idea...

A year or so ago someone tipped over a coffee cup, soaking my 2009 MacBook Pro. I cleaned it up, but eventually the logic board fried. I...

Stuff gets left behind as you move through life. You can’t prevent it; the stuff you collect sometimes gets put aside, stored, relegated...

I'm sure we could easily escalate this into something philosophically astronomic about the nature of capitalism and listen to the...

Okay, so maybe it’s not so new, but Stupid has been trendy-chic for, in this current mini-age, as I estimate, at least since Forrest Gump...

It's confession time: I'm shitty with names. I am. I apologize for it; I don't know why this is. Faces I'm great with; I can remember a...

I hear that every so often. I also hear: “Mr. Crankypants”; or, “Well, fine, but *I* liked it.” And my favorite: “Someone needs a nap.”...