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My Christmas Carol
‘Tis better to receive. So much better.
Rob Long
Dec 24, 2022
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August 2022
Wrong About Trump, Twice
Two pieces, from 2007 and 2011, in which I do not predict the future....
Rob Long
Aug 2, 2022
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July 2022
Tearing Down the Tower
memories of Tower Records...
Rob Long
Jul 29, 2022
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Me & Steve Wynn & Picasso & the minibar
a story in 2 parts
Rob Long
Jul 20, 2022
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Modern Dictatorship
Strongmen Old and New
Rob Long
Jul 14, 2022
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Be 50, Play 30
They say that moments before your death, your life will flash before your eyes. I’m here to tell you this is not strictly true.
Rob Long
Jul 3, 2022
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June 2022
Unqualified, Inexperienced, and Yet Somehow an Expert
For some reason, they asked me to write an essay for The Dadly Virtues: Adventures from the Worst Job You’ll Ever Love, despite being an unmarried and…
Rob Long
Jun 24, 2022
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Justice, Jury Duty, Case Dismissed
I wrote this a few years ago, for a volume called The Seven Deadly Virtues. I was in pretty exalted company — my fellow contributors were all writers I…
Rob Long
Jun 19, 2022
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Dials Up
Do me a favor: as you read this, pretend you have a small computer-mouse shaped thing in your hand, and pretend there’s a dial attached to the thing…
Rob Long
Jun 6, 2022
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May 2022
The Tapper and the Laugh Checker
I have a friend who, when you’re at the movies and something funny happens on screen, he laughs and then he looks at you, to see if you’re laughing…
Rob Long
May 28, 2022
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Dumpster Film School
I heard this week that some people in Europe are opening a film school. I wish they had called me first. I think I could have saved them a lot of money…
Rob Long
May 20, 2022
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My Drug Memoir
Years ago, when I told my agent that I had written a book, she said to me: “Hey, if you wanted eight hundred dollars, I would’ve given you eight hundred…
Rob Long
May 10, 2022
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