They were line dancing. I’m from New England. It’s what’s inside that counts. We’re self-satisfied and superior. We might have dreamed of being cowboys but deep inside we’ve got contempt for anybody south of the Mason-Dixon Line. We laugh at not only their accents, but their customs. Why? Because we’re insecure. If New York isn’t […]

My father was a real estate appraiser. He started out as an engineer, but that lasted less than a year, he wasn’t an ass-kisser, he couldn’t play the game, he was bounced out. So he opened a liquor store and tried his hand at commercial real estate. Unsuccessfully, because he didn’t have enough money to […]

I know, I know, I’m overloading you. You’ve had enough crap from this self-centered Lefsetz, who does he think he is anyway? But I just want to tell you this one story. My mother has mellowed. That’s one great thing about age, you stop trying to change the future, you go along for the ride. […]

I was in Colorado but the snow sucked so bad and the forecast was so horrifying that we flew back. And I’ve been weirded out ever since. I’m not usually in town this week. Traffic has slowed, light is limited…and everything sounds so good on the radio. I noticed it yesterday when I heard "Life’s […]