The blog I was going to write today –- well, actually I did write it; I just decided not to publish it –– was, quite frankly, entirely reactionary. It’s not worth going into the details but basically while watching Saturday Night Live, I stumbled on something bizarre about myself on the interwebs, somethin...

Although I’m currently working on a new book and associate producing a completed feature film, it may seem to casual readers that all I do is play Transformation (basically a board game best described as spiritualized Monopoly). Well,  last week I had my first go at Transformation since New Year’s Eve and ...

Those of you who’ve worn contacts will know exactly what I’m talking about. The rest of you will have to imagine it. After watching the Golden Globes at a tavern with friends, I returned home to work virtually with my web designer in Manila –– he is completely nocturnal so that dovetails perfectly with NYC...

And today, when we were totally unable to find a cab (at rush hour) (in the rain) (from the UWS) Belle took her first subway ride. She was, of course, perfection –– and she has flown across country 7 times in the last two years so in some ways it was No Big Deal. Still, it was her first introduction to sub...

I remember when we were shooting the 1st indie film I wrote and directed, Tony Winner John Glover said to me at one point (with agreement and irony), “My mother taught me that two things are important in life:  Winning Prizes and Being Popular.” More and more, I realize Mrs. Glover was probably...

I mean SERIOUSLY. I was thrown out of whack (aka ALIGNMENT, thank you Abraham-Hicks) yesterday with a well-meant but silly email which described in part that someone was Sooooooo (and I counted, there were literally SEVEN zeros in the word “so”) busy that she couldn’t do a 30 second task ...

It really is a Numbers Game in the world of the Interwebs, since all kinds of algorithms kick in re: Amazon etc. and w/all aspects of online promotion. But I’ve also found it’s true in everything, particularly wherever and whenever I have to reach out into the world of STRANGERS to promote and ...

“Everyone has a plan … until they get punched in the face,” according to Mike Tyson. Somehow that encapsulated the weirdness of my day, which was largely devoted to learning about real estate issues since I want to buy something in the Fall. I enrolled in a once-a-month workshop, but the ...

Today, after teaching one private, I found myself unbelievably exhausted. So since last night I decided to start ONCE UPON A TIME and (even though it reminds me so much of the first script I wrote and had optioned for a TV series), I can’t stop and have watched five episodes. I love that The Huntsman...