Where the Story Ends
Last week while in Portland, Oregon I reluctantly read an article titled A Twee Grows in Brooklyn (and the twee keeps growing) about the Portlandification of said borough. I also turned 39 while in the […]
Tragedies
An Ever-Expanding Chasm
Discovering that the universe (at least on Twitter) is passionate about the serial comma (I’ve never used it for no reason in particular) is like when I realized that all women pay to get their […]
What Did You Receive For Graduation?
“With the interest rate and the price that we found…we couldn’t not do it.”–Who couldn’t not spend a quarter of a million dollars on a graduation gift? If it makes you feel better, imagine […]
Dumb and Dumber
I totally forgot how to write. Like you know when you become conscious of your breathing and tense up or think too much about swallowing when drinking water and gag? Ok, maybe that only happens […]
Our Age
In case you were wondering, I do think there is such a thing as middle age and I will eventually take part in it—just not in my 30s. Maybe it starts at 45? Yes, 45. […]
Gout Will Be the Least of It
Normally when Carrie Bradshaw, all poufs and ringlets, shows up on my TV, I leap for the remote. But when Sexo en Nueva York came on the small screen at my rental apartment in San […]
Beware the Pleasures of Appetite
I imagine that others have mentioned this by now (I’ve been too busy to keep up with blog reading this past week) but I can’t fathom why the opening paragraph of The New York Times […]
Before There Was Flickr
Thanks to digital photography, everyone now has easily retrievable stored memories (whether they want to be reminded of the past or not). I have no idea where the souvenir photo in the cardboard frame from […]
New Report Highlights Mounting Challenge of Aging Bridges
God help me. I totally read that headline as New Report Highlights Mounting Challenge of Aging Brides and caught myself mid-eyeroll. In case you were wondering, Pennsylvannia is the state with the most decrepit bridges. […]
I Know It’s Crazy, But It’s True
I’m relieved to see that Greta Gerwig has shed her post-Greenburg fat, got her self-worth back and is now allowed to participate in the Hollywood remake machine. We’ve been waiting for a mumblecore Minelli. Every […]