Insomnia Strikes

Newspaper Columns

Warren Zevon once sang, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” Those are wise words from the late signer songwriter. However, he was speaking metaphorically. I REALLY can’t sleep. In fact I haven’t gotten more than a few consecutive hours in weeks. This kind of deprivation takes a toll. I’m cracking up. It’s 2 a.m. and here […]

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Travel Songs

The Copy Biz

Here’s a quick link to my travel songs post at Traveling Well. This one sparked a lot of interest. Plus I’ve got a new “Deep Cuts” post going up. I haven’t made a mix tape in a more than a decade but I can feel one brewing.

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The Best Fringe Reviews

The Copy Biz

I’ve been helping to edit reviews at Pop Syndicate for a while now. If you are tired of boring reviews you’ve got to try this site. Fringe is my favorite show on television right now and Pop Syndicate’s Fringe review’s are the best. Same goes for Smallville and LOST. Thanks to the staff of writers […]

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Hunter Thompson and the Truth of the Situation

Journalism

originally titled Gonzo To The End… but that’s all wrong. In his author’s note to 1977’s The Great Shark Hunt, (a book of his collected works) Hunter S. Thompson wrote, “I have already lived the life I planned to live.” He was 40 at the time. Little did Thompson know that he’d have 25 plus […]

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A Report From The Road

Newspaper Columns

The weather has gone bad in Baltimore. It’s late at night and I’m staring at myself in a hotel mirror. The family and I are returning from a trip to Disney World. Fifteen hours ago we left Orlando in a vain attempt to outrun the storm that put us here. Florida was everything you’d expect […]

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David Wellington: Monster of the Internet Novel

Features

“The hunger swelled inside Dick, turned inside him, threatened to consume him. It was bigger than he was and he lacked any kind of willpower or ego to fight against it.” That’s just a taste of David Wellington. I dig zombies, especially in movies like Night of the Living Dead, and 28 Days Later.The walking […]

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Chasing the Dream

Features

Zimma: MyFriendz, CD Release Party If you listen hard enough you can hear the backbeat coming from a dark basement on a nondescript street in North Attleboro. Local musician Mark Zimmerman pounds away on his drum kit, rehearsing for his next show. Mark, better known to friends and fans as Zimma, will soon release his […]

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A Rare Individual

Newspaper Columns

I’m going to miss my friend Bob. This summer he decided it was time for a big change. He’s moving (probably on the road right now) to Nashville. It’s not like me. I don’t miss people, especially ones I work with. Think about it. If you work a 40 hour week, that’s around 2000 hours […]

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Mark Twain’s Guide to Better Writing

The Copy Biz

I notice that you use plain, simple language, short words and brief sentences. That is the way to write English – it is the modern way and the best way. Stick to it; don’t let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in. – Mark Twain, March 20, 1880

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The power of grassroots

Features

Dora is a survivor, one of the lucky few. She was 20 years old and living in Nazi-occupied Paris when her mother, father, and brother were arrested. While returning from work she was warned not to go back to her home in the historic Jewish section of the city. She was saved by a gentile […]

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