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The café on route 66 on the corner of Campus and Foothill in Upland CA was called Martinez, not Martinez’s, just [...]
Pardon me while I have a strange interlude
Comedy, for me, is reified in the Animal Crackers scene when madcap Captain Spaulding (Groucho Marx) steps away from staid [...]
Hotels in Kazakhstan in 1995
On January 19, 1995, I set off on a trip to Kazakhstan to help find ways in which American computer technology could help [...]
Beyond Sex
I remember when sex seemed like the border between childhood and becoming an adult, shrouded in mystery and myth, perhaps [...]
The Great Sea Rescue
William Styron put the finishing touches on Sophie's Choice on this very island.
Doing My Civic Duty
Doing My Civic Duty I’ve been called for jury service four or five times over the years, and once was even appointed [...]
Confessions of a Recovering Film Critic
I never asked to be a movie critic. And yet it happened. People don’t believe me when I say this; they assume movie reviewing [...]
They Aren’t All Stoppard
I was taught early on that there is no theater like NYC theater. And also that there is no glitz like NYC glitz, no corned [...]
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