why I can't stop drinking

This blog used to be called "Why I Can't Stop Smoking." Well, I did stop smoking. Now I need to stop drinking. The only thing is, every day there seems to be a reason why I can't just yet. It worked before, so—here goes! Today's reason

4.29.2005

da life

. photograph by Mark Daniels

4.28.2005

sage advice

"Yes, Obi-Wan," my friend said to me, bowing his head. I turned red. I seldom blush anymore since all those orgies, but I was emba...

4.27.2005

vice squad

"You know, smoking's bad for you." "I seem to have heard that somewhere." "You should really quit." "...

4.26.2005

my life in pictures

It's the curse of my career that I never write for writing's sake, but for photography's sake. Photo captions a specialty. Amanu...

addictions without borders

photograph by Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos

4.25.2005

miss hollywood

“Do you want to take in a flick?” “No.” “Say, have you heard about that one with Sean Penn? It’s supposed to be good.” “Yes, I’ve heard of i...

4.24.2005

branding

What is it with the stickers on fruit? Apples, oranges, bananas—wait til you try to get those suckers off grapes or cherries. You either wre...

4.23.2005

tribal memory

Why is this night different than all other nights? On this night, I remember that I am Jewish. These are the four questions: Why, on this ni...

4.22.2005

burn

photograph by Donna Ferrato

4.21.2005

what's for lunch?

A friend of mine says the above phrase is the one I most dread in the English language. She knows me well. Closely followed by, "What...

4.20.2005

spring fever

I just can't seem to get too riled up right now. Maybe it was the flu, or Lyme's, or having too much fun on my spring road trip, wa...

4.14.2005

legislation sucks

They have just passed an open container law in Louisiana—for the first time. Who knows what will happen to the drive-in daiqueri stands that...

4.04.2005

break time

photograph by Chien-Chi Chang/Magnum Photos

4.02.2005

cookie monster

I had this vision whilst abed in Madison, Georgia. It had been a long day, down from Washington D.C., center of all I revile these days, alo...

3.30.2005

smokin

I'm gone, so out of there (the winter, I mean). Headed south. I'm sure I'll get pissed off about something along the way, and I...

3.29.2005

roads not taken

I love maps. All kinds of maps—topgraphical, climate zone, street maps, continental maps. Right now I'm looking at road maps. I'm si...

3.28.2005

reach out and touch

"Mom, can you tell me how to do Jacob's Ladder over the phone? I'm going crazy here." Phone clutched to my shoulder, I tie...

3.26.2005

our crown of thorns

The most pagan of all our holidays is upon us. The fertility festival that, in the northern hemisphere, is the time of planting the seed. He...

3.25.2005

that's cold

Originally uploaded by big head . Eskimo kids smoking, 1918

3.24.2005

my precious life

I've got an idea, let's keep everybody alive as long as we possibly can. Take me, for instance. When the ticker starts to give out,...

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Claudia: The sister of the President of the Garden Club, a former journalist (People, Life) and now vacation rental property manager on an island once known as Claudia's Island, Claudia has honed her bedmaking skills and seldom travels without a truckload of substandard chairs.

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