I read online today that a woman in Canada presently holds the record of “second oldest living woman” at 115 years. These milestones always make me think back to my own grandmother who passed away at the ripe old age of 112, remaining lucid to the very end, always firm… Read more ⇢

Incredibly, in spite of what some have described as my “alarming eating habits”, I’ve managed to shed 10 lbs since leaving for my Asia trip. And I accomplished this without the benefit of working out. I owe it all to The Snake Soup Diet. It’s an amazingly quick and easy… Read more ⇢

I woke up at 3:00 a.m., this despite the fact that my alarm clock was not set to go off for another five hours. I lay in bed, patiently waiting for sleep to overtake me, all the while thinking: “Okay, if I fall asleep now, I can still salvage another… Read more ⇢

I’ve always been a firm believer that you can’t teach someone to be a writer. Sure, anyone can be taught the basic mechanics of writing, but talent is something you don’t gain from a book or by attending a couple of seminars taught by the guy who scripted Airbud IX:… Read more ⇢

I still haven’t quite got the hang of this “sleeping” thing. I thought I did. Two nights ago, I fell asleep at 10:00 p.m. and didn’t wake up until 10:00 a.m. Twelve hours, uninterrupted! Now THAT is how the professionals do it! Unfortunately, last night’s session wasn’t quite as successful.… Read more ⇢

“Every time I try to get out, they keep pulling me back in.” A phrase that could apply to a gangster struggling to go straight, but would really be more appropriate to a television producer trying to enjoy some time off between seasons. When the doorbell rang this morning and… Read more ⇢

Evidently 14 hours of sleep isn’t going to get me back on track. I went to bed at 2 a.m., woke up at 4:00 a.m., and never fell back asleep. I’ve lost all sense of time – exhausted by mid-afternoon, alert at midnight, famished at 5:00 a.m. To be honest,… Read more ⇢

I woke up this morning feeling refreshed, revitalized, and downright ravenous for breakfast. How easy was that? Here I’d been, worried about the effects of the time-change, imagining I’d be sleeping all day and awake all night, my internal clock thoroughly screwed. But I’d powered through. Even though I was… Read more ⇢

With the possible exception of a cold forest floor on a rainy night with the deranged serial killer closing in, an airplane is probably the last place you want to be sleeping. It’s too bright, it’s too noisy, and the seats are possessed of these unfathomable bumps and indents that… Read more ⇢