A two-year-old boy, written as if he were a private detective hitting on his bottle, discovers there’s a femme fatale in his house, his new baby sister. An ex-girlfriend starts dating Hitler. Or how God manages to maintain a balance between work and a partner (“On the third day, God’s…

“The Office” in a video game company. I imagine that’s how the creators of “Mythic Quest” sold their series. Despite the slightly more rogue-like tone and no on-camera interviews, it’s not a bad comparison. Made by the creators of “It’s always sunny in Philadelphia” (a series I’ll talk about another…

I hate being in front of the computer not knowing what to write. I notice that the computer’s cursor blink judges me, and considers that I’m a lousy writer. That I’m not good for this. That’s why, when I don’t know what to write, the best thing to do is…

I could be writing. Or obsessing over my next destination: Trieste. I’m obviously doing the more productive, the latter. Why Trieste? Because it is a coastal city, with castles of kings, cathedrals, Roman ruins, huge Italian piazzas, and the largest tourist caves in the world (which I won’t go to…

I’m not much of a comic book guy. Nor graphic novels. But a friend recommended “The Lonely Gourmet”, and I’m loving it. The comic by Jiro Taniguchi and Masayuki Kusumi chronicles the adventures of a self-employed import merchant who, because of the life he has, always ends up eating at…

They say that moving is the worst torture in hell. I’ve been nomadic enough to have spent in that hell a lot of time (so much so that they almost named a street in that stretch of hell after me). My record was between 2012 and 13 when I changed…

I just walked past my library looking for inspiration. Well, maybe the word library is a little too strong and generous. I have two shelves full of books that 100% demonstrate my personality and interests over the years (my 19-year-old self bought too many Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson books…

The movie “Notting Hill” is many things: one of Julia Roberts’ best performances; an ideal plan for hungover days on the couch, and now it’s also the inspiration for “Starstruck”. Set in the present day and featuring a female lead, it’s a British series with charm in spades. Who would have…

This morning I was thinking about what to write when my stomach informed me with a resounding noise that I had been ignoring it for several hours. So I started to think about what I was going to eat. And at that moment my brain made a suggestion that instantly…