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Writing this while babysitting Jonah (age eight) after a stirring game of THERE’S A MOOSE IN MY HOUSE. I’d never played before but it was incredibly fun –– although slightly confusing at first –– and I’m very proud to say at the end, I had two fewer moose and trium...

I’m an 8. With a 7 wing. So says the enneagram test now (at first I defied the institute’s testing with a five way tie;  they more or less shrugged and said “maybe try again later.”) Unfortunately, all the worst people in history are my type –– I’m not kidding –- mostly dictat...

Well, almost. Yesterday afternoon, I got a message saying that the Simone Dinnerstein concert was postponed because of illness.  Unfortunately, it’s now happening when Susan is teaching in Hawaii so everything must be re-conceived. And all day long I have been re-conceiving the novel as screenpl...

Yesterday I read and posted a review on amazon for Christina Lewis Halpern’s LONELY AT THE TOP, a Kindle single (which means it’s an excellent short read for $1.99). Christina is a friend of mine and she’s the sister of LLS, my creative collaborator, muse, fellow crackpot adventurer, and ...

Yesterday, right after mailing the 60 DVDs off to the Cruise line, I returned home and encountered Susan and Yofi and after a brief parking conference, went inside for ten minutes to change for Chip Conley’s book signing. Somehow –– between the mailbox store and the signing, my sunglasses vanished. T...

I do love Instant Netflix but sometimes their logic is fascinating. Because I liked the Comedy Central Charlie Sheen Roast, here was their latest (hilarious) suggestion for me: HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS:  “an enlightening tour of our current cosmic knowledge in this miniseries that starts with the Big B...

That’s what Dan asked when I told him how great my phone conversation was with my Producer today, a phone call she interrupted only briefly to handle a negotiation regarding the third film in a series that’s thus far grossed 1.2 BILLION dollars (I looked it up). I didn’t mention the Scotc...

Sometimes it is hard to tell them apart. But Voltaire wrote, “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.” (“The better is the enemy of the good.”) While Jim Collins said, “Good is the enemy of great.” I thought of both today during my last “on the schedule” Lotus class....

Went swimming for the first time since mid-summer and it was fantastic. I have been feeling a bit jealous of Belle’s swimming career, although I am not quite brave enough to venture into the Bay to join her. An extraordinary Yelp offer ($55 for a massage and one month of a gym membership) yielded an ...