I interviewed a Wall Street gambling addict for my latest Forbes post. Got a problem vice (sex, drugs, cigs, booze, gambling, etc.) and interested in being interviewed anonymously for my Forbes blog? Email me.
"How much would you estimate you’ve won and lost?
I always wonder about this. I’m quite sure I’ve lost more than I’ve won, but I honestly have no idea. I’m not sure I’d want to know. No matter what, though, you never forget the big weeks where it was almost impossible to lose."
[Forbes]
"In certain corners of Manhattan, the bald look of the Brazilian has become déclassé, more suggestive of a naked Barbie doll or a reality television starlet than an organic lifestyle of cold-pressed juice and barre classes."
[NYT]
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Times Square of yesteryear is being replaced by luxury condos.
"It's been a long time since the Times Square area was better known for its porn emporiums and crime problems than as a hub for Broadway theaters, throngs of tourists and eye-popping lights and displays."
[WSJ]
Nieman Storyboard's Elon Green annotation-interviewed Buzz Bissinger about "The Killing Trail."
"Journalism is fundamentally morbid. It should be morbid. Life is fucking morbid. Is there really a good journalist out there who likes the fucking sun? I will take rain any day of the week. When you get material like this you feel energized, pumped up, and you only want to go out and get more because you see the power and potential of what you might be able to do. Depressing is sitting down to write and looking at your notes and seeing the only thing you have a preponderance of is the syrup they use to make canned fruit cocktail."
[Nieman Storyboard]
"I know that you are only a journalist. I am also aware that you know quite a bit about the porn industry. I am young and eventually want to get into the porn bussiness and I feel that you can help me with that, I figured since you're well educated in all that topic. I've read a few of your articles and i'm impressed and convinced that you will be able to help or guide me."
[I Want to Be a Male Porn Star]
"The reality of contract killing in Britain tended to be striking only in its mundanity, according to David Wilson, the university's professor of criminology. He said: 'Far from the media portrayal of hits being conducted inside smoky rooms, frequented by members of an organised crime gang, British hits were more usually carried out in the open, on pavements, sometimes as the target was out walking their dog, or going shopping, with passersby watching on in horror.'"
[Marginal Revolution via Alex Knapp]
My friend Chris Horne interviewed me about my writing career for an upcoming podcast. During the interview, we discussed writing fiction, and I confessed I hadn't written much fiction lately. I challenged myself to write a short story. He challenged himself to do the same.
You can read my story here.
"The man picked up the colander and placed it on her head. Under the colander, she could hear a low humming that seemed to be coming from the box. Her skull began tingling with what felt like electric shocks. Her eyelids lowered; her hands relaxed on her thighs."
[The Shrink Convention]
