Off to La-La land.

02Dec08

Very early yesterday morning, I boarded a plane to Los Angeles. I’ll be out here for 5 days while shooting some tv commercials (I am an advertising writer). I’m staying at a very nice hotel, eating out most nights, living on an expense account, working long hours. It’s the sort of situation that just sets […]

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Forgive us our trespasses.

01Dec08

I’ve got two that I’ll cop to right now. #1: I lied. Not only did I not throw away that pack of cigarettes I’d been smoking in NYC, I smoked them all (about one per night) and then bought another pack. Look, I was desperate. And if you’d passed me on the road just after […]

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