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Blog news: A change of address … 28 May 2011 | 09:56 am
You may have noticed that my new columns are no longer being posted on this site … When I started back at The World-Herald last year, most of the newspaper’s columns weren’t appearing in their entire...
“Attachments” book tour 8 Apr 2011 | 06:24 am
It’s been almost two years since Dutton Books bought my manuscript for Attachments — and almost seven years since I first started working on the story. I can hardly believe that book is finally coming...
The grass is always greener in Omaha. 7 Apr 2011 | 01:00 am
If you were to ask me the one thing I hate about living in Omaha … If I didn’t say the heat or the humidity, or the politics, or the scarcity of public transportation, I’d think I’d say the grass. O...
Nothing like the Post and Nickel. 24 Mar 2011 | 03:42 am
The Post and Nickel didn’t even smell like Omaha. It smelled woodsy. Like antiques and new leather. And expensive men’s cologne. “Like new clothes …” rhapsodized Rob Busson. It’s been a few years s...
Dear sir or madame, might I hold your baby? 17 Mar 2011 | 12:00 am
I have a question for people with babies. Small babies. Like, a year or younger. You know how sometimes you’re standing at the grocery store or the coffee shop, holding your kid and trying to find yo...
Fairy tales: For kids or adults? 13 Mar 2011 | 05:00 pm
I’m pretty sure my 6-year-old couldn’t tell you what happens to Red Riding Hood. (Where she ends up is bad; how she gets out might be worse.) Rumpelstiltskin, Thumbelina … If Disney hasn’t taken a cr...
Heads up. Recaps and other blog stuff. 12 Mar 2011 | 12:10 pm
If you check out this blog page regularly, you might notice a few changes over the next couple of months … First of all, I’m taking some time off to make the most of my book release. (Just in case th...
Is Charlie Sheen ‘winning’ the future? 10 Mar 2011 | 12:00 am
He lost me as soon as he started talking about “winning.” When a grown man starts to obsess about winning, it seems like he’s lost track of what’s really important. Winning is for games. Not for solv...
Halperin’s next step is releasing a new CD 9 Mar 2011 | 12:00 am
When Tim Halperin walked off the stage Thursday night, the “American Idol” machine was already at work, getting ready to send him home. After months of auditions and performances and flying back and ...
RoCoBloPro: “You’ve Got Mail” — I want to spend the rest of my life watching Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan fall in love. 6 Mar 2011 | 06:04 am
I can’t believe it’s been more than a month since I’ve romcommed. So sorry. Three things came between me and Meg Ryan last month: Glee and American Idol came back, and I had to finish my second book....
