Things I've given up for Lent.

Strictly speaking, as a Jew, I don't have to give anything up for lent. But I do find that extreme psychic deprivation distracts me from the various seething resentments that go with being a writer. So here's what I'm giving up: Manolo Blahnik shoes. Folding laundry. Watching the Academy Awards and caring what anyone wore. [...]