Five people
One of my favorite recent books is "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," by Mitch Albom. It gets one to thinking about the five people. It’s a game we play all the time, and [...]
On standby for heaven
I have this recurring dream: I am at LAX and I have a reservation to go to heaven. I go into the terminal and look at the list of flights...heaven is at the last gate. [...]
It’s what’s inside that makes me feel at home
What makes a house a home? Not size, of course. I’ve been in some of the grandest houses in America, and it’s readily apparent no one lives there. They’re just empty shells in sea...
A dream come true
Many people become grouchy if they don’t get enough sleep. Recent experiments indicate, however, that it might not be sleep deprivation that makes a person tense the next morning. The real roo...
Sexual Starvation and Erotic Banquets
One of the traits that characterizes a mature person is the ability to delay gratification. An infant empties its bowels whenever it feels the urge. A lion begins feasting as soon as it has killed. [...]
The Top of Maslov’s is Fame?
Los Angeles confirms my hunch that we are in the grip of an insidious entitlement epidemic in this country. Even in this age of globalization, what a person is entitled to seems largely a function [...]
Erotic Holiday
ery now and then a good engine needs to be overhauled. Worn parts are replaced, repaired, restored, or recalibrated. The exterior is repainted, and the switches are rewired. When the job is done,...
Captain Hook
Whenever I see Tom Cruise, I am reminded of the rapport this unevenly gifted actor enjoys with the particular segment of the audience to which I belong: "full-nosed." He deserves an Oscar on..
Floor Show
The manual transmission, formerly central to the definition of driving, is on the endangered species list, threatening to take another piece of our fun with it. While not quite at the level of talent....
Shabby chic romantic
I’m sitting in the international equivalent of a Houlihan’s, and I’m about to go back to my hotel, alone, to watch whatever’s on television. All of my life, I have waited pati....
Who are you, really?
Sometimes this life seems so cluttered with marketing and sales pitches that it’s enough to make you want to flee to another world. And I do. My existence as Amy Taylor may seem goal-oriented ..
Jealousy and ownership
This is the implicit message of the message boards discussing the adult entertainment industry: It’s hard to be an escort or client. It’s not for everybody. Most of us are incapable. B....
