I've only been back in New York City for two hours, and already I've spent $250, been pushed in the back, gotten hustled by a cab driver and watched a man tell another man in passing to fuck himself. I've missed this place so much.

Dear Internet,

Hey! It's me, Cord.

Sorry to leave you hanging, but I've been quite busy lately. Tax season! or whatever, right? Then I had to go to Trader Joe's, and everyone in NYC knows the lines there are ridiculous! Oh, and then I had to go to Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to donate a kidney to my ill father. Yes, seriously.

Anyway, that's that. I am working from over here for now, but, because Mollygood.com is a banned Web site (Baaaaaaaaaanned in the KSA!), I've got to go through other channels to post.

That's why my pal and managing editor Andrew Belonsky has been popping up on the site.

If you'd like, you can check out my Saudi exploits at Kidney and the Kingdom, a blog I perhaps stupidly named after that one TV show that's become an advertising campaign for a movie.

Be excellent to each other,
Cord