- he can't swim, has never dived, but swims well underwater
- Donnie was a real person, he did walk into a lake because he couldn't live with the plate in his head and what that entailed.
- he has lived in Sacramento CA and Long Island NY
- the two kids are he and his brother growing up, but with less name calling and more of a love for baseball.
- calls himself a Zen Catholic if he has to
- if he was alone on a desert island with the music of Pink Floyd, the Beach Boys and the East Village Opera Company that would be okay with him
- knows he is not the mosting interesting man in the world, learned that a long time ago.
- began writing at 23
- his relatives: one grandfather was a printer, the other was business manager for Washington Senators minor league team, one uncle was a batboy for the 1911 NY Giants and played minor league ball who also visited Cuba in the 20s as a player, one uncle tried out for the Chicago Cubs as a catcher, one uncle was an engineer for the Long Island Railroad and was in two derailments, one uncle was a stockbroker but also president of the Downtown Athletic Club for who he gave out the 1970 Heisman Trophy on national tv, his brother was a drummer, made an album, was a DJ on KZAP and KDVS in CA , a photographer, a book and record collector, a songwriter and a father.
- he published 3 magazines and wrote for many others.
- has written songs but not published
- was in a movie as a college student about Lord Of The Flies made on a sand bar on the American River in Sacramento under the Watt Ave overpass.
- doesn't have or want a bucket list.
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