So you thought you’d go away for the summer to try and avoid New York’s heat. I don’t blame you. It can be quite unbearable sometimes with that humidity which would have you believe you’re walking in the rainforest. Personally, I stayed in Manhattan and survived that crazy weeklong heatwave
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I hate acronyms(1). Of course I understand the need for LASER instead of Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation and I guess SPECTRE(2) is a clever way to remember who the bad guy is. But I believe most of them are just a lazy and confusing way of writing
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A few weeks ago, on January 5, I celebrated the 34th anniversary of the death of Charles Mingus. The American composer, who over the years has become my favorite musician, was an unusual man and something unusual happened on the day he died. After he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s
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Every morning I get off the A train at Columbus Circle and walk north to catch the crosstown bus at the corner of 65th street and Central Park West. That’s six blocks, easily covered in less than five minutes. To arrive at work between 8:00 and 8:10 am, I need
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