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The Blood That Bonds is Live
It was a lot of work, but I’ve finally launched TheBloodThatBonds.com. The site is dedicated to promoting my novel, which I’ve released as a free eBook in a variety of formats (with more coming). Please check it out and forward … Continue reading
Books – Hubert Selby Jr.’s “Last Exit to Brooklyn”
Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really didn’t expect that it’d be so easy to find a book that’s even more depressing, startling, and at times outright uncomfortable than Requiem for … Continue reading
Books – Hubert Selby Jr.’s “Requiem for a Dream”
Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. My review rating: 4 of 5 stars Hubert Selbey Jr.’s Requiem for a Dream is a hard book to read … not due so much to its sensitive subject matter, which is … Continue reading
Books – Eugene Mirman’s “The Will to Whatevs”
The Will to Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life by Eugene Mirman My review rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve seen Eugene do stand-up several times, and he’s pretty funny, though not my favorite comic of all time. His style … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, brooklyn, comedy, eugene mirman, humor, non-fiction, review
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A Cactus Grows in Brooklyn
More photography today — I’m still learning the new digital camera. I’m a fan of pictures with a really tight depth of field, meaning one thing in focus and most of the rest of the stuff blurred out. It was … Continue reading
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Tagged aperture, brooklyn, cactus, camera, nikon d60, Photography, photos, plant
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25 Random Things About Me
My wife and friends are all doing this on facebook, and I’ll be posting it there as well, but what the heck … might as well post it to ye olde blog too. — Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, charlotte, chris, facebook, lame, meme, random, survey
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New Camera Coming – Nikon D60
Charlotte and I have decided to go to Hawaii for our honeymoon at the beginning of March. I’ve been holding off buying a new digital camera after stupidly losing mine, but we both agreed that it was crazy not to … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, D60, Filters, Lenses, Nikon, Photography, pictures, Tripod
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I’m Addicted to HGTV.
Between the post about not having played Portal (which I’ve since rectified) and this post, I’m beginning to think that I should have a “shameful secrets” section on this blog. I mean, let’s be honest here … this is a … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, charlotte, hgtv, marriage, real estate, shameful secrets, television
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Books – Randy Kennedy’s “Subwayland”
Subwayland: Adventures in the World Beneath New York by Randy Kennedy My review rating: 4 of 5 stars If you live in New York City, which I do, the subway is probably a substantial part of your life. Even if … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, brooklyn, essays, manhattan, new york, non-fiction, review, subway
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Brooklyn Brothels and the Real Estate Market
I’d like to preface this update by saying it’s not a “woe is me” post but more of a random musing. New York City and its economic dynamics fascinate me because they don’t seem to behave in a way that … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn, brothel, brownstone, condo, mortgage, new york, real estate
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