June 30, 2008
“I still find the fact that Ron Hogan has a video camera that sees into the future PRETTY AMAZING.”: John Hodgman
June 24, 2008
I brought my camera to Brenda Janowitz’s book party.
I brought my camera to Brenda Janowitz’s book party.
April 18, 2008
This is Stan Lee, wondering how the hell he ended up standing next to some fanboy who needs a haircut.
This is Stan Lee, wondering how the hell he ended up standing next to some fanboy who needs a haircut.
April 10, 2008
Finally, a more awkward musical performance from a member of the original Star Trek cast than Leonard Nimoy’s “Proud Mary.” Although George Takei at least seems to be up there just for the sheer fun of it—and who wouldn’t want to, in essence, get paid for playing at karaoke?
April 6, 2008
Charlton Heston: no longer with us, but already memorialized twenty-some years ago by the Irish band Stump. This was almost their biggest (in the loose sense of the term) hit in the States, except for the other single off the album, “Buffalo.”
February 11, 2008
Flanked by Sam Zalutsky and Piper Kernan at the launch party for Not Quite What I Was Planning, the “six-word memoir” collection.
Flanked by Sam Zalutsky and Piper Kernan at the launch party for Not Quite What I Was Planning, the “six-word memoir” collection.
January 26, 2008
I finally got to meet Jennifer Finney Boylan at a book party last week. I’ve been a fan since, well, before she was Jennifer.
I finally got to meet Jennifer Finney Boylan at a book party last week. I’ve been a fan since, well, before she was Jennifer.
January 23, 2008
Preparing to introduce novelist Adam Langer to an audience at the Strand, one of New York’s most famous bookstores. Photo by Lynne Scanlon.
Preparing to introduce novelist Adam Langer to an audience at the Strand, one of New York’s most famous bookstores. Photo by Lynne Scanlon.
January 22, 2008
I met up with Paulina Porizkova at a book festival in East Texas over the weekend.
I met up with Paulina Porizkova at a book festival in East Texas over the weekend.
December 30, 2007
Clotilde and I study up on Twyla Tharp’s creativity advice.
Clotilde and I study up on Twyla Tharp’s creativity advice.