Here goes…
1. Drink a 16 fl oz glass of water first thing in the morning when I wake up.
2. Drink a 16 fl oz glass of water first thing when I get home from work.
3. Take my vitamins every day: One-A-Day Women’s Multivitamin, 200mg Magnesium Citrate, 5000 IU Vitamin D3, 2 Fish Oil capsules, 1 [...]
Thirty six nights spent out of Manhattan, which, when expressed as a percentage (10%), seems like a good chunk of the year. This data is tracked using Daytum which is excellent for people who like to data-mine their own lives (like me). Next year will have no days in Austin and many fewer days in [...]
I could go on forever about the disaster that is the American health care system. About how our litigious society has made it impossible for doctors to admit mistakes which then fuels discontent and disatisfaction. How litigation drives up malpractice costs which then drives up costs to everyone. How insurance companies are [...]
The financial collapse here in New York has finally affected me… My landlord is selling the apartment. So for the third time in 28 months, I’ll be moving. With any luck I’ll find a no-fee apartment, but not without a fair amount of frustration I expect. The Manhattan rental market is a beast like no [...]
Back to back trips to Buy Buy Baby and Babies ‘R Us this week to find an extra tall baby gate to contain my frisky feline had me thinking about babies. I expect that as the marriage count among my friends is continuing to increase, steadily behind it will come the baby count. Eeeek. Babies.
Until [...]
Some people have a talent for storytelling.
Sufjan, who, in addition to writing songs, tells precious little stories…
And my brother’s friend Crans, who crafts these lovely gems from Paris…
I was tempted to play carols at work on my computer to get people into the Christmas spirit. But playing music out loud in the office is a [...]
I’m waiting in line at the laundry with one girl behind me while a couple in front of me disputes something about their laundry detergent. Two or three minutes go by. A man walks up carrying a bag of laundry and steps in front of me.
Me: “Hey, there’s a line.”
Him: (shrug)
The couple leaves just then. [...]
You can set a locked maximum volume on your iPod. I like loud music. I always want it a little bit louder. I want to feel like it’s inside me – even when I’m on the subway. But, I’d also like to be able to hear when I’m 60. [...]
I’ve been griping about weddings for quite some time now. Call me bitter. Call me cynical. Probably I’m a mix of both intermittently – particularly at weddings. At any rate, this year being one in which I won’t attend a single wedding, it seemed the best timing to theorize about the [...]
I happened upon “Love & Sex” (2000) starring Jon Favreau and Famke Janssen on IFC tonight. The movie was a surprisingly good Saturday-night-before-Sunday-workday-nothing-else-to-do activity.
Right at the part where you realize that like all romantic comedies this one is also going to have a happy ending despite whatever plot devices are currently being used to [...]