Ends with Paul’s and Mo’s vows, which are great: “I will not hide anything from you except surprises. I promise to let you make fun of me. I promise to meet you at the emergency room with a book and a sweater. I promise to always see and treat you as an equal.”

"If I was in a band I would write a slow song with an 808, reverb, and a female vocalist, and call that song 'Zach Braff’s Eyes Reflected in My Nano.'"

Of honey-holes and dwarf strippers. "I remember his defined clavicle, and the powerful smell of his cheap perfume, joined with the mouth-texture of ultrapasteurized rice pudding and the tongue-burr of remnant tinfoil attached to the plastic cup."

"In the late 19th century you cut her name into the cornfields, hoping someone would invent the airplane."

"I don't want to differentiate between 'good' distractions and 'bad' distractions. I want to stick to the idea of 'narrow' and 'broad' distractions."

"Mr. Ford - a towering, big-bellied, relentlessly polite man with a recent history of mainlining Diet Coke and Marlboros."

Scandal!

Paul Ford's teaser installments of "Gary Benchley, Rock Star" on TMN.

Fleeing his dead-end life in Albany to seek fame and fortune in Brooklyn, recent college graduate and aspiring rock star Gary Benchley chronicles his adventures and misadventures in the big city, including his efforts to find a roommate, a girlfriend, and a band to join. A first novel. Original.

Promotional website for Paul's new book?