Category Archives: Personal

Wee Ones

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 … Continue reading

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Moving On

I moved twice during my childhood that I remember. At the time it felt traumatic and then later, for college applications, I was able to spin the experience of moving as “making me flexible” and I began to believe my … Continue reading

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An Analogy

I made an analogy today in conversation:  Being single without prospects for so long kills your sex drive the same way people who are starving stop feeling hunger.  It’s like you just stop thinking about intimacy being a part of … Continue reading

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The State of Dating, Part II

I had planned, from the beginning, for a follow-up post to the previous entry, perhaps with some of my goals or ideas for remedying the aforementioned situation. Luckily, an oh-so-helpful reader left the following enlightened comment: While I certainly can … Continue reading

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The State of Dating

With the ever-dreaded Valentine’s Day approaching, as well as the one year anniversary of being unceremoniously dumped via google talk on my blackberry at the start of my 8th consecutive overnight shift, I figured it was time to reassess my … Continue reading

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A New Year

It wears on me. Wears me down. The constant feeling of loneliness. Like I’m a solitary satellite adrift in a sea of people. Like I’m going through the motions but not really living a life. My neurons are hard-wired for … Continue reading

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Drafting

<a href=”http://www.mapmyrun.com/route/united-states/ny/new-york/577970238″>Work->Home via 9th</a><br /><a href=”http://www.mapmyrun.com/find-route/united-states/ny/new-york”>Find more Commutes in New York, New York</a> When the weather permits, I let my feet take me home instead of the subway. My route of choice is 3.52 miles, which, with average foot traffic … Continue reading

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Shhh…

I haven’t known what to write recently. Every time I try to write anything that seems appropriate, it feels like just another continuation of the facade that I have to put up for the rest of the world, the rest … Continue reading

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A Manual

How to Protect a Fragile Heart: A Lesson in Risk Minimization Maintain a roster of men you chat with online but have no intention or chance of ever meeting in real life Talk to at least one ex each day … Continue reading

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Blank Minds Blank Pages

Sometimes I have one, two, three ideas at once.  I can’t contain them.  I want to post, post, post.  In rapid succession.  Concrete ideas emerge as phrases while lying in bed, showering, riding the subway.  I have to write them … Continue reading

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