2009

Taking the Plunge

My cupcakes — it’s happened. What everyone said would happen, happened. No, I didn’t try to perform a cutting-edge scientific experiment that would teleport me from one side of a room to another, only to have it go horribly wrong and turn me into a human fly. (It’s interesting that so many of you thought …

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Stereotypes

I’m going to write a sitcom pilot called “Hostel Takeover” or “Hostel Territory” or some such punny thing. I envision it being something like Fawlty Towers meets Melrose Place. Basically, lots of miscommunication and lots of vengeful sex meet to make Primetime gold. I’m not exactly a pro hosteller, but I’ve stayed at quite a …

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Preamble to My Walkabout

No, I didn’t fall into a rabbit hole in the space-time continuum — although that would be super cool and totally unexpected. No, it’s just that New Zealand is 16 hours ahead of you knuckleheads in New York. Thus, I am blogging from the future.