Old and Dirty is now available at The Beat Museum in San Francisco
For me, the picture of Old and Dirty at the Beat Museum says it all. I’m not saying I’m anywhere near the level of Kerouac or Bukowski; I just think it’s cool that something I’ve worked on is...
View ArticleFifty thousand words and the Cheeseburger from Hell
Fifty thousand words, I texted Mitch. After all these false starts, I’m finally past the halfway mark and can feel the ending to the first draft and for the first time in a while, I feel good about my...
View ArticleBurning the Fat off our Souls
The day before our first workout together, I tell Raymond that I’m doing this so he doesn’t cry to his therapist when he’s older. “I don’t want to hear you bitching about how you never had a dad,” I...
View ArticleBurning the Fat off our Souls, Part 2
The mat arrives on Saturday, and on Sunday morning, Raymond and I wake up at five in the morning and go for a jog. For one mile, he carries a twenty-five pound disk while I follow behind him and ride...
View ArticleWalking toward the light and finishing the first draft
After all this time neglecting my website and Twitter account I don’t know what to say exactly so I’ll just stream this and see what happens. Going back to a regular life and becoming a productive...
View ArticleMy Final Thoughts on HIMYM
I can’t believe after nine years it’s finally over. And while I’m still trying to process the ending as I sit at my desk when I should be sleeping, I think the beauty of HIMYM is that it always forced...
View ArticleInitial thoughts on Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself
Back when I was out hustling, trying to get Old and Dirty into as many bookstores as I could, I had an interesting conversation with a clerk in a store in Sacramento. We were talking books and asking...
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