I am suddenly compelled to tell people the truth. Last night into this morning I’ve been blurting out honest things about myself and the world, sometimes related to the conversation, sometimes not. I think it’s because there’s so much lying going on. It’s also Friday. John McCain said yesterday he was suspending his campaign, going…

Three things that made me happy this week: 1. Black Mountain at the Williamsburg Music Hall ($16) 2. Ninjasonik at Lit ($6) 3. Thanks to the Brooklyn Bike Slug, this sweet new ride:

  Saturday September 20: Subject: Eightfold path part 1: Right View, Right Intention   This Saturday in Hardcore Dharma we discussed the “wisdom trainings” of the Noble Eightfold Path, the aforementioned Right View and Right Path.   As mother might sing, “Alfie, what’s it all about?” Well Ma, I’m actually not really quite sure.  I’m…

Spies hold a privileged space in the popular imagination – they are keepers of the kind of terrible secrets that are necessary to sheild our peace of mind (or so we assume), and they take on the characteristics of the inscrutable, unreachable American hero – part cowboy, part ninja, part wraith. But there’s something else,…

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