This shouldn’t be a nostalgia day. It’s a perfect seventy degrees in the Southland while NYC is getting knocked with those freezing water rain pelts (I think there is another word for this). I was just thinking about how all the fun has been taken out of reading ever since I moved west. This is [...]
Posts Tagged ‘new york city’
Things I Miss About New York: Racing to Read the End of the Chapter Before the Subway Doors Open at My Stop
November 12th, 2010
maxlance1 The V Train’s Demise Makes It The Conan O’Brien Of Subway Lines
March 29th, 2010
maxlance1 Where are all the Coco supporters today in news that the unloved and slighted V train is going to be eliminated under the new budget cuts? The V was hardly given a chance to shine and it showed moments of brilliance before having the axe handed down because the MTA panicked over expenditures. The V [...]
Why do Runners Get Assaulted? Shouldn't They Be Running, How Fit Are Rapists?
May 6th, 2009
maxlance1 This one will probably annoy a lot of people, but those are the ones that tend to get all the traffic, so let’s go for it. Why is that joggers always get raped, mugged and sexually assaulted? Shouldn’t they be jogging? I mean, how in-shape are these rapists? This makes no sense to me. They’re [...]
Homeless Chess Gurus
February 20th, 2009
maxlance1 Does it ever strike you as odd that the game of chess is experiencing vibrant popularity amongst the homeless population of most cities? This is a game of remarkable difficulty that requires tremendous wit, foresight and intelligence that has been mastered by people sleeping on duct-taped cardboard boxes. In fact, chess is one of very [...]

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Max Lance is a writer, producer and performer. He was nominated for a Student Emmy, Humanitas Fellowship and was a finalist for the Page Screenplay Award. He writes features, TV and syndicates his blog while hosting the travel show The Trip Next Door and working at Chernin Entertainment. A New York City native, Max graduated the USC film school and now lives in Los Angeles.