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America, We’ve Been Punk’d
“After two Chopin Martinis, six blue cheese stuffed olives and forty-five minutes of listening to me list the indignities perpetrated by the Trump administration this week, he turned to me and with a wicked grin said in mildly slurred speech, ‘What if this is a very elaborate episode of Punk’d.’ Imagine this…” Continue reading
Posted in culture, Humor / satire, Politics and Society, Trump Opposition
Tagged comedy, fiction, humor, life, writing
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Making Airport Lines Great Again
After 3.3 million miles, airports once meant escape and possibility. Now they feel like a monument to Trump’s ego—longer TSA lines, performative fixes, and policy driven less by competence than by the refusal to ever admit being wrong. The magic didn’t fade. It was suffocated. Continue reading
Posted in opinion, Politics and Society, Trump cuts, Trump Opposition
Tagged federal policy, government policy, Homeland Security, ICE, life, political commentary, travel, travel-tips, trump, tsa, US politics, writing
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The Butterfly and The Bloviator
Trump made a Pearl Harbor joke to the Japanese PM’s face. Hegseth declared war on religious extremism while sporting a Crusades battle-cry tattoo. Bondi’s DOJ dropped the Breonna Taylor charges. And my friend Morgan told me karma would sort it all out. This week’s post is part political autopsy, part philosophy, and ends — improbably — with a butterfly. Continue reading
How Many Donald Trumps Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?
Fear demands attention. It always has. Some express it in tears, some in anger, some in power. But laughter is the one response fear cannot survive, because it refuses to grant fear authority over the moment Continue reading
Posted in Fake News, Trump Opposition, personal essay, Politics and Society, Humor / satire
Tagged politics, life, family, love, trump, writing, mental-health
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How Many Donald Trump’s Does It Take To Change A Light Bulb?
A routine medical visit becomes a reflection on public life: fear, noise, and why humor may be the only response that refuses to play the same game as power. Continue reading
Posted in Trump Opposition, personal essay, Politics and Society, culture, opinion, Humor / satire
Tagged life, family, love, fiction, writing
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There is Something to Be Said for Hanging Out on a Sunny Summer Friday Morning In Montclair with Your Sister
There is something to be said for spending a sunny summer Friday morning in Montclair with your sister. First, per a long-standing and ironclad agreement with said sister, I must note that she is much, much younger than me. Exactly … Continue reading
On Playground Politics, Bullies, and the Immigrant Experience
When I was ten years old, I immigrated to Summit, New Jersey from Berkeley Heights. It wasn’t far—just over five miles—but for me, it felt like crossing an ocean. I was leaving behind a pack of kids (a “gang” before … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-trump, bullies, fantasy, fiction, life, mental-health, writing
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The Green Flash
“Don’t you see that is your legacy to me. That when you find joy in life seize it and scream with delight until you cannot scream any more. Enjoy the ride while you can because you don’t know how many more runs you are going to get. “ Continue reading
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Tagged banyan Tree, book-review, cancer, Lahaina, life, love, sword-catcher
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The Green Flash
“I needed to find peace in the thought that with love comes loss. If you love or allow yourself to be loved, there will come a time where you be devastated by the loss of that love. It is the price of admission.” Continue reading
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Tagged covid, divorce, life, love, Love Lost, marriage, relationships
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Blame it on Rio 
The Absolut Worst
This week I had lunch with the guy who literally wrote the book on Absolut advertising. And it got me thinking: what if I pitched Absolut today?
So I did. With a little help from AI.
The results are… something. 🍸 Continue reading →