So I was rereading a quirky, one-of-a-kind book by the gifted Canadian author, Douglas Coupland , who will forever be famous for populariz...

 Marty invites you to put on the 3-D glasses for his latest film.  A couple of weeks ago I did something that was forbidden to me on...

Now that Phase I of the Van Winkle Project has ended--avoiding the news--I'm in the midst of Phase II. In this effort I'm  somewha...

Today as the time of my "awakening" draws nigh, I am going around and paying silent, admiring attention to some well known friends...

I wonder what's on his mind... Back at the beginning of the Van Winkle Project I took a picture of this little man you see on the l...

I've commented quite often on posts at The Van Winkle Project that it's difficult, if not impossible, to filter out all the n...

I've been waiting for this. Yes, that was me, day by day keeping an eye on the counter over on the right-hand side of this page with t...

Every day it's the same thing in the semi-darkness just before dawn. Touch, but don't look. I must save another newspaper for th...

I sense there's been major breaking news. Can I avoid finding out what it is?  I'm writing this on Monday, May 2 at 6:19 a.m. C...

Lately I've been bothered by a space inside me that has developed as a result of not knowing what has happened in the greater world si...

Let me begin by saying I'm not angry at the NYT . I'm not going to blame the NYT . And I'm not posting this to diss the NYT ....