Love them or hate them, they wouldn’t have made it with lesser drummers — People say a band can only be as good as its drummer, or at least they used to say this when music was dominated by bands and bands were defined by guitars, bass, and drums by default. Without those elements, you didn’t have a band. There’s a lot of great…

Plague famine and war — Somehow I always end up in these places that smell like ammonia and body odor and remind me of jail. After what seemed like an eternity, a doctor who looked like she was about 14-years old swung open the door. “Ah, Mr. ____. How are we doing today?” “Why don’t…

God and Satan love me because I’m Matt Damon — Dear Divine Advice, Why does Ben get nicknames and I don’t? I have a nickname for him, Ben Affleck the Big Dumb Que– Wait a second, I wasn’t about to say what you think, I was going to say Que– Dammit, “Queen’ kind of means the same thing. Where the…

Suicide and dating during COVID — There are very few opportunities to meet women aside from coworkers or neighbors. When it goes bad with a neighbor, there’s no escape and no peace, especially if she lives in apartment right on top of yours. You know she can hear you and she knows you can hear her…

Just another morning commute — I like my new job, but the commute is murder. A three train commute is always problematic, and even at the crack of dawn, the subway is packed. Most weekdays are fine, but as anyone who commutes by mass transit here knows, the weekends are always an adventure. I began…

And it’s killing us — We have no idea why we feel what we do or why we act the way we act. CBT rationalizes our behaviors to contain and control them, but doesn’t explain them. …

The Iron Age was too progressive — When are Americans going to wake up and realize that geriatrics are our future? These wizened, rigid old souls who’ll be lucky to be alive another five years are exactly the people who should be setting national policy. …

At least I don’t hear it here — I’ve lived in New York City for most of my life, and there are still times I feel overwhelmed. Sewer fumes and old gas lines explode regularly, shootings are up, and the subway — which is torture to begin with — floods every time that it rains. There are rats…

We finally got the hero we deserve — Detective Brock Samson marched past the Blueshirts and lieutenants who tried to stop him. This is a hostage situation! This is not your bailiwick! You have no idea what you’re walking into! Brock only paused for his captain, Chief Duffy McBrown. “I know you’ve pulled off miracles in the past…