Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

What you are reading right now is both my greatest treasure, as well as the biggest bane of my existence.

“I love your column!”

If I had a dollar for every person who said that … well … I might be able to buy lunch.

(At least a Happy Meal)

But, in all seriousness, I know a lot of people read this, and it is for that very reason that it causes me so many headaches – I don’t want it to suck.

(Admittedly, it often does – I know that.)

I have used my column to go off on a personal tirade against something, and while I often feel better afterwards, readers are often not impre...