Clik here to view.
My novel, “Sons of the Pope”, scheduled for publication in December 2012!
In bookstores, at Amazon and B&N on 12/12/12. Also available for Kindle and Nook! SONS OF THE POPE In Brooklyn, before the murders, before the miracle, before the 1940s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Binding
Four guys meet every Thursday night at a little bar just off a desert road. They’ve been coming for four years, watching some football, playing a little darts. This Thursday, the fate of the entire...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Double Dipping In The World’s Largest Small Town
I love living in the Las Vegas area. Wouldn’t trade it for anything that didn’t involve a time machine. I may not LOVE when it’s 112 degrees, but it doesn’t really bother me, and I like it much more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Four Dark Passengers on the Set of DEXTER
“I’ve never been around so many people who made me feel normal.” The Showtime television series Dexter is based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. To over-simplify, the show is about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Between Catskill and Cooperstown
There is a timeless, peaceful beauty nestled amongst the evergreens of upstate New York. The scent of the pines, the hypnotic tapping of the Sapsucker, the song of the Eastern Bluebird. Then there’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Initial Press Release for SONS OF THE POPE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Highly-decorated former NY cop, with fascinating, inspirational bio, has first novel published to rave reviews from top authors, directors. Las Vegas, Nevada – December 10, 2012...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Moon Watcher (a true story)
At night, in the desert, you’re always being watched. - I can hear them in the brush, scurrying – stopping dead as I near. Rabbits, lizards, snakes, maybe a coyote. God knows what else. Birds, bats –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hey, thanks.
You, my cyber friend, are super-smart. Congrats! Well, at least you are probably more intelligent than the average person. I once read that people who read blogs regularly are supposed to be in the top...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Says A White Guy Can’t Like Funk Music?
I have been enjoying Black History Month in the way that most excites me. Sure, I appreciate the African-American scientists, inventors, civic and political leaders – but the innovators who pluck my...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Meeting Ariana Grande, Then and Now.
“Oh, Dad – I might be able to meet Ariana Grande today!” That’s what my 14 year-old daughter, Jen, exclaimed to me on a January day in 2011. Both Jen and her older sister, Kelly (then 19), were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UPDATE: Ariana Grande’s Latest Response. One Week Later.
BRAND NEW UPDATE (08/29/2014) – ONE WEEK AFTER THE ARIANA GRANDE INCIDENT. WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE FROM MS. GRANDE AND HER REPRESENTATIVES? THE ORIGINAL POST, THAT SOMEHOW BECAME A NEWS ITEM, IS...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TRUE GANGSTER STORIES (Part 1)
Long before Gangsta, there was Gangster. “John Gotti is my uncle. He’s gonna kill your whole family.” Most people I know enjoy a good mob story; especially, the TRUE ones. As a former police officer,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
TRUE GANGSTER STORIES (Part 2)
For part one of “TRUE GANGSTER STORIES“, scroll down to the post from March, 2015. “Hey, I’m Sonny. My father is in the Gambino Crime Family.” This was the opening line of a neighborhood Brooklyn...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thanks for all the laughs, Mr. Letterman.
On May 20, 2015, David Letterman’s final show will air on CBS. Events such as this are not altogether uncommon, but this is the first time I’ve been compelled to write about one of these things. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Day in the Life; The Beatles’“Sgt. Pepper” turns 50.
I’d known of the Beatles for a few years. My lovely older cousin Pat used to teach me how to dance to their music. That began when I was four years old, and I had just lost my mom. When I was five,...
View Article