But I’ d rather know a shover than a pusher ’cause a pusher’s a jerk.
I came to a realization this weekend. It’s not that I don’t like children as much as it is I really don’t like some of their parents. I find babies to be mostly adorable and young children to be...
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View ArticleBetter Like This? Or Better Like This?
I am deciding on my next pair of readers from Warby Parker. I have three pairs currently, but need a new pair (with a stronger power) and decided to use their Home Try-On Program. You can pick up to...
View ArticleForgetting Does Not Mean Forgiving: A Father’s Day Message
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Memories of my father are misty soft-focused outlines of events. They seem more like memories of photographs I haven’t seen recently. My father vanished...
View ArticleRear View Mirror – My Week In Review
There was a lot of packing and still more packing to do. I think we are going to try to move a bunch of stuff today. Since we are moving only next door, it seems like it will be easy, but I am...
View ArticleMy Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel – Not So Secret Obsession
My Dad Lives in a Downtown Hotel (28 Nov. 1973) Based on the book by Peggy Mann. Convinced that his parents’ separation is somehow his fault, a young boy tries to persuade his father to come home....
View ArticleCupcakes – Creativity’s Antagonist
“Is there anything more blandly sweet, less evocative of this great city, and more goyish than any other baked good with the possible exception of Eucharist wafers than a cupcake?” – David Rakoff...
View ArticleCupcakes – Creativity’s Antagonist
“Is there anything more blandly sweet, less evocative of this great city, and more goyish than any other baked good with the possible exception of Eucharist wafers than a cupcake?” – David Rakoff...
View ArticleForgetting Does Not Mean Forgiving: A Father’s Day Message
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers out there. Memories of my father are misty soft-focused outlines of events. They seem more like memories of photographs I haven’t seen recently. My father vanished...
View ArticleThis Longing – Not So Secret Obsession
This Longing by Martin Steingesser … awoke to rain around 2:30 this morning thinking of you, because I’d said only a few days before, this is what I wanted, to lie with you in the dark listening how...
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Dear Sriracha Rooster Sauce – The Oatmeal. Related articles What to do after you hit the Mega Millions jackpot – The Associated Press (google.com) How-To: Make Your Own Sriracha (makezine.com) Sriracha...
View ArticleF. Scott Fitzgerald’s Turkey Recipes
During his lifetime, the great F. Scott Fitzgerald filled numerous notebooks with ideas, letters, jokes and essays. My favourite of these items, and the most amusing by quite a margin, is the...
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