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Thanks to Steve for sending this my way! And Happy New Year!

Friday night we received some free tickets to the first game of the Eastern Conference WNBA finals at Madison Square Garden . Despite a frie...

In years past, I have written detailed accounts of poetry readings that I have attended, thanks to some copious note-taking during the event...

It is raining this morning in New York. Tonight I am going with Shayna to the New York Liberty - Detroit Shock WNBA playoff game at Madison...

Some time on Sunday, after 1 year and 13 days, Tattoosday surpassed BillyBlog (3 years, 13 days) in hits. Currently at 71,173 visits (compar...

I found this in the dark this morning while biking on Ridge Boulevard, in front of P.S. 185, between 86th and 87th Streets. Not only is it n...

It's been a while since I listed what I heard on the BilliPod on the way to work, so here you go: 1) "London's Burning" by...

My pal Brian e-mailed me on Sunday to tell me that the author David Foster Wallace had committed suicide. My initial reaction was one of sa...

Some recent clutter in my inbox, worth sharing with the BillyBlog audience.... Here's an overseas perspective on " Why rednecks may...

Day 71 on the bike. Unfortunately, the best time for me to ride is 5:30 AM. Dawn has been coming later and later, so I have been riding in t...

Not much is making me feel young these days. No pity, please, I'm merely 41. But this morning I burned a remaining iTunes credit to get ...

To read about this tattoo and see others appropriate for this somber day, head over to Tattoosday here .

The following is a poem I wrote seven years ago, tomorrow. COYOTE v. ROAD RUNNER, ENDGAME Wylie E. Coyote slams into the wall. There is a hi...

Last night I dreamed of a poetry reading. I was not reading, but I was in attendance. I do not recall the reading itself, just the chaos aft...

Today BillyBlog is three. Of course, by Blog Standards (whose, I don’t know), BillyBlog is middle-aged. I don’t have a lot to say, other tha...

After all that drama, disregard the lot of it. The ground was still dry at 10 AM, so I hopped on the subway, rode my bike 2.13 miles to Hous...

So the weather forecast tomorrow is grim. Rain and high winds, courtesy of the ghost of Tropical Storm Hanna. What does this mean? Even if t...

BillyBlog's first "official" post was of my two shining angels, three years ago. Trot down memory lane here . And two years ag...

Yeah, sure, BillyBlog has been trudging along. Just like BillyBlog killed my journal (which exists in its papery world like a wispy wraith),...