Here’s a poignant piece about what it’s like to have a handicapped parking sticker and a bona fide disability and yet look rather normal: Just as I closed my car door and stuck my key in the ignition, a loud … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is an updated version of an earlier post.] On 9/11’s 10th anniversary I wrote a post that contained this observation: For those of us who were grownups when 9/11 happened, it’s also been transmuted””not to something that was … Continue reading →
Every now and then I lose something and can’t find it, or it takes me a long time to find it. My favorite earring fell off in my car, and seemed to completely disappear. Several years later I found it … Continue reading →
Are you planning to have fun this weekend? I am. Of course, my idea of fun is pretty sedate: going out with friends for a meal, going to a dance performance, going out for a walk and enjoying the fine … Continue reading →
I’m here to announce another vice. This is a new one, although it also involves an old one—YouTube video chain-watching. Chain-watching is when you go from one video on a topic to another, sort of like eating a bagful of … Continue reading →
Here’s an article that purports to tell you how to win at Monopoly. It has a lot of stuff that anyone who’s played much Monopoly already knows: orange and green properties are good, for example, and nobody lands on Boardwalk … Continue reading →
Give your pet an extra hug. I have a friend who’s putting his dog down today, and this photo-essay touched me. I’ve always loved dogs, although I’ve only owned two in my life. Even as a young kid who could … Continue reading →
I didn’t even know what a lobster roll was till I moved to New England, which was many decades ago. But I’ve never become a convert, although I’m well aware they’re a very popular item. You can hardly drive anywhere … Continue reading →
Some read detective novels for escape, but I’ve never cared for them. Some gamble, some drink, some look at porn online. My vice is a bit different: every now and then I follow a reality TV show. I’ve written about … Continue reading →
I try to write these posts as fast as possible, for obvious reasons. But even when I write fast, they take a long time to turn out at a good clip. But you should see them before I proofread them. … Continue reading →
I’m a person who doesn’t make many predictions, but with Trump I’ve made quite a few. And here I go again. To summarize to date: From some time in the summer of 2015 I took Trump seriously as a candidate … Continue reading →
I dunno. But it’s got one. I saw the 1959 movie in a movie theater in Manhattan when it first came out. The place was so packed that we had to sit very very close up, which turned out to … Continue reading →