A SECONDARY PASTIME

I’ve always taken pride in my sense of humility. I was cocky once – freshman year of high school. Thought I was athletic enough and good enough at sports and class to brag about shit. My friend called me out on it and I toned it down. Significantly. But we’re going to forget all that and I’m going to resort my 2006 15 year old cocky ass ways. Because I was right about something. Something important. I wrote about it in 2013 and 13 years later, jurors were nearly unanimous in

I departed 23rd street and 7th Avenue at approximately 10:32pm on a Thursday night. Thursday nights in New York can be busy. Over the summer, interns patrol the streets like it’s their job, hugging sidewalks shoulder to shoulder, smile to smile. This Thursday night was much quieter. The cold had something to do with it. The fact that it was January 29th did also. I told myself to walk fast and focused – it’s a 15-minute walk if you trot, a 20 minute walk if you don’t. As I he

Ever since I drove from LA to Phoenix after a long workday in 2015, I’ve been tepid of night driving. But when attending FAU Tulane on a spontaneous Wednesday with a buddy, night driving was part of the equation. I had taken pictures of three radio stations I had “saved over” (you know, hold the station down for three seconds) during my time cruising around in the Infinity. The Infinity was being sold later that week – it could handle the two miles to First Watch or Panda Pav

For years, on big Saturday nights, about two drinks in, I have turned to a friend, and gone "S A T U R D A Y Night!" I think one friend of the hundreds I've done it for knew I was talking and quoting a Bay City Rollers song from 1976. On this Saturday night, December 20th, I went airplane mode at 7pm. I texted two friends at 6:52: "Going airplane mode tonight to enjoy without being bothered by packer or general texts" "Meet section 111 at half" "Barfly meet up at half" "Great