About Me

1I am a New York-bred transplanted Californian who is now stuck on Long Island.

I've lived in New York since birth except from 1993-2006 when I lived in California. I should have never left... California, that is.

 

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Monday, 18 August 2008 21:00

Lito Through The Looking Glass

A customer enters the store to make a return. He has, he says, made a purchase of a video-game system but an incorrect one. He wants to exchange one system for another of a different manufacturer. He does not, however, have a receipt. Learn how this relates to politics and the Global War On Terror. [...]

Monday, 11 September 2006 20:32

Shakes On A Plane

“[She was] biting her fingers, rubbing her feet and in a constant state of movement. She appeared very agitated…”

Submitted for your edification, a woman dressed in a Rolling Stone T-shirt, black pants, and socks without shoes – presumably kept by some overzealous TSA screener like the one Kathy Griffin plays in that [...]

Saturday, 9 September 2006 09:36

Second Look: United 93

[4½ stars]Rated R for language and some intense sequences of terror and violence. Running Time: 111 minutes

See, we have the luxury, it seems to me, of going home at night, turning off our TV, and ignoring the way our world is. The reality for the passengers on United 93 and crew was [...]

Thursday, 10 August 2006 01:00

Now Playing: World Trade Center

American filmmaker Oliver Stone recounts the memories of two Port Authority (PA) policemen who survived the attacks on the Twin Towers on 11 September 2001. [...]

Saturday, 29 April 2006 17:00

Now Playing: United 93

Do Not Go Gentle…

11 September 2001

For those of us too young to remember the attacks on Pearl Harbor, this is the day that will live in infamy for us.In the ensuing weeks and months, there wil be a number of films released depicting the events of that fateful Tuesday morning in [...]

Thursday, 13 April 2006 21:25

To Have And To Have Not

Author’s Note:

This is my first essay since 11 September 2001. If that date is familiar to you, you’ll probably understand how my life has been in somewhat of an upheaval since then. If that date is not familiar to you, you have my permission [...]

Monday, 8 October 2001 08:19

Homeland Security?

Forgive me if that doesn’t sound a tad neo-fascist.

Friday, 14 September 2001 06:05

9-1-1

It’s been a crazy week, one in which I probably should have a lot to write, but one in which I haven’t been able to write.

11 September 2001 On this date, suicide terrorists hijacked aircraft and crashed them into the World Trade Center towers in downtown Manhattan. Approximately 30-60 after those collisions, [...]