Archive for May 2011
Be careful for the big, fast choo-choo train
How do you think the guy feels? Incredibly stupid or a complete bad ass?
Read MoreX marks the spot?
I discovered this is my town today. Someone please explain how a business like this operates? More important, what is the purpose of the black circle around the letter X in EXCHANGE? It’s the small design decisions that interest me the most.
Read MorePuddle jumping
Clara was jumping in puddles yesterday. She loves jumping in puddles. She actually begins talking about the puddles at the first sign of rain. Yesterday she insisted that I jump as well, identifying specific puddles and sections of puddles in which she wanted me to splash. This is one of the best reasons to have…
Read MoreNot the best tribute to firefighters
When I was about ten-years old, I was awakened from my bed by a firefighter. Rather disconcerting, I can assure you. Our chimney was on fire. Several people stopped their cars along the side of the road, knocked on our door and warned my parents that the chimney was on fire. Sparks and flames were…
Read MoreThe damning and the damned
In almost every relationship, there is one person who is always ready to exit the house and one person who is not. In almost all relationships, these roles never change. One person is ready every single time and the other is not. The former spends a lifetime waiting by the door, shuffling feet, thumbing…
Read MoreI wished minor injury on my daughter. Am I a bad father?
I was in the playroom at the museum yesterday with my daughter. There’s a short slide in the room, no more than three feet long, made to look like it was carved from stone, and Clara was insisting on running down the slide rather than sliding. I asked her to stop several times but she…
Read MoreThe single redeeming moment from a classically bad 1980’s sitcom
I’ve never heard of the 1980’s sitcom Day by Day, but from what I can tell, it was undeniably stupid (even though it was created by Andy Borowitz). But it is apparently well known for one episode that spoofed The Brady Bunch and included all the principle characters from the 1970’s sitcom except for Greg…
Read MoreHillary Clinton is sexually suggestive?
You’ve seen the now-iconic photo of US officials being updated on the Bin Laden raid. Right? But have you seen this version of the photograph, published in Di Tzeitung, the ultra Orthodox Hasidic Jewish newspaper. Notice the absence of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Counter Terrorism Director Audrey Tomason? They were removed from the…
Read MoreJune 25: Be there.
From one of my agent’s colleagues. I intend on participating. I hope you do as well. _______________________________ Hi everyone, I’ve gotten sick of reading the bookstore obituaries in the publishing news, so I’m starting a viral campaign to get people, on one day, to go buy books from their local bookstore. Might not end up…
Read MoreNo nightmares. Just swinish jurisprudence.
I’ve been having some uncommonly awful nightmares the last few nights, which have been good on one level because they force me out of bed around 3:30 or 4:00 in the morning, thus making my day more productive. But instead of my typical five hours of sleep, I’ve been getting about three or four, which…
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