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January 01, 1990 - March 01, 2013 + The Urban Man
Perfect Nonsense 
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Like most people, the Urban Man often says, ---if only life were more like media.--- If only the women were reliably beautiful or wise, the...
The Moral of the Story, Part 2
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Again tonight, I want you to help me look for the moral in a random L.A. encounter. This story begins with the Urban Man...
The Moral of the Story, Part 1
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Here in L.A., I figure we can attach a simple moral to any story. You know: Trust your dreams. Avoid greed. So ever since I...
Globalization, Live and in Person
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At noon today, the Urban Man went down to the mass demonstration on Broadway in Los Angeles to bath in the ocean of immigrants. It...
Moxie
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Ten Minutes in Leicester Square
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I---ve been told that once upon a time, parents could very nearly pass themselves on to their children. You could take your wide-eyed boys and...
Among TV People
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The Daytime Emmys are coming up, and tonight I've been invited to attend a glitzy party for soap opera stars. Now, generally speaking, the Urban...
Wit and Wisdom
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Again tonight the Urban Man has trouble getting to sleep, so around 3am I creep barefoot to my home office, where I go looking for...
Into the Machine
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I don't know about you, but I try hard to appreciate the miracle of modern business travel: the shuttle and the rolling bag, the frequent...
The Art of the Outdoor Caf--
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Sometimes it seems like genuine caf-- life has returned to Los Angeles. After all, coffeehouses have spread like little flagships of public civilization, and people...
Life in the Alpha State
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Like most people I know, the Urban Man finds himself spending more and more time in the alpha state. You know: that suggestible, half-sleepy place...
The Trouble With Fate
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The Urban Man does not believe in fate. I know we are not pursued by destiny. Like any good citizen of the industrial economy, I...
Just One Little Thought
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I don't know about you, but every day the Urban Man finds it harder and harder to have a coherent thought of his very own....
The Hitchhiker in the Rearview Mirror
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Maybe like me, you find that here in the metropolis, new models of yourself come and go a little too quickly. Just like cell phones,...
An Attempted Valentine
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TODAY, the Urban Man has set out to compose a valentine to greater Los Angeles. I figure every town deserves a little sincere affection. In...
