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Yesterday the wife and I went to Trapeze School here in NYC, and let me tell you something about the flying trapeze: (a) it's high, (b) it's scary, and (c) it hurts. Don't get me wrong -- I felt like a courageous man up there flying to and fro, upside-down and rightside-middle. But the rough material they put on the trapeze bar to prevent losers (me) from slipping off and falling 9 billion miles to their death was HELL on the handskin, turning my entire palm into a raw, red blister covered in ... read more

Let me preface this by saying that I changed my "computer's thinking" cursor to a little red horsey and it may be the greatest thing I've ever done. Now whenever I have to wait five hours for a web page to come up, instead of a prickish yin-yang or stupid little clock going "Look at me! I'm thinking, like an asshole!," I get to watch the little red horsey gallop across the screen, free like the wind. I've named him Scarlet, and we're going to share many adventures.
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Worst album title and photo booklet EVER. Sounds like a compilation, and looks like 40 grotesque photos of Alice's wrinkled, frazzled old face with no makeup except the Love It To Death-era tarantula eyes, for some reason. Actually, it's probably NOT just "for some reason." As the little sticker attached to the CD case announces, this is "A bold step forward, with a nod to his past." Theoretically, this would mean that he has assembled a crack band of sick, amazing musicians ... read more

DragonTown. An entire town populated by dragons. The stuff of fairy tales -- or something more? Let's look at the history of our natural arts and examine the links and clues with a bit more vigilance than necessary: Our first clue is Peter, Paul And Mary's 1961 hit "Puff The Magic DragonTown." This piece of folk-rock fancy put an early shade in the plate of discovery, which was only further monogrammed (spiritually) by Billy Joel's incredible steelmill ballad "Well, we're living ... read more