Magazines at the Gym
I'm still not sure where I stand on the gray hair issue (ha, such an important world issue). I've never been able to go for it fully (though once again, I'm muddling it over–that was […]
Page & Screen
What’s In Vogue
I bought a German Vogue at the airport on the way back to NYC to use up my remaining euros. It didn't matter that I couldn't read it (the imported English language magazines cost more […]
The Meaning of Comedy
I wanted to let you know that I have been watching Whitney. It is not that great, yet it is maybe more tolerable than ‘70s immigrant/racial stereotype humor, lame attempts at hipster bashing, zinger-upon-zinger followed […]
More Rocker Than Rocking Chair?
Which insurance ad showcasing musical old people do you prefer? Anthem/Blue Cross's “more rocker than rocking chair” fit, gray-haired "Born to Be Wild" dude who would totally be that girl’s dad if it were Brooklyn? […]
Inside the Bit Part Actors Studio
That Marie Callender’s commercial with Gale from Breaking Bad mystified me on many levels. Mostly because I couldn’t determine who the third party was seated at the dinner table. The woman seemed too old to […]
Mom-Aged
A site I like not so long ago used the phrase mom-aged totally innocently in reference to a woman over-40. I know what she meant but because I'm the kind of stickler who would not […]
Hold Shelf Success
This morning an automated email from Brooklyn Public Library informed me that the system's single copy of The Puglist at Rest was waiting for me on the holds shelf at the Carroll Gardens branch. Coincidence, […]
Pugilism
Speaking of books (I think I just was), I rely on the Brooklyn Public Library for providing reading material. They’re pretty good (and even have a Gary Lutz book, not the short story collection I […]
But What Does That Make Carroll Gardens?
Periodically, I go through patches where I try to be more of a reader. One of the last times (jesus, apparently, seven years ago) I picked up a book by an author named Gary Lutz […]
Countertop Culture
Initially I was excited about Show Me Nonstop (the amount of new this and new that I sift through each morning before actually getting any work done is sad—and generally not inspiring), a site that’s […]