6 days agoMember-onlyA**hole squirrels.I’m going to start this blog with a succinct premise: Not all assholes are squirrels, but all squirrels are assholes. I know what you’re thinking. What about those waterskiing squirrels? They are really entertaining and they don’t seem assholy at all. And we’ve all seen the TikTok videos of “I’ve…Asshole Squirrels5 min read
Sep 13Member-onlyMemories you can see.Coming home from the grocery store today, I’ve created a new word: navigotiate. It’s a combination of navigate plus negotiate. I was going through a couple of fairly narrow, steeply curving side-streets, and they had cars parked all along them, tightly packed in. So, not only was I watching out…3 min read
Sep 9Member-onlyIt’s not OK.I saw an ad on The Food Network that declared, “You’re eating it wrong!” It showed a guy eating a slice of pizza from the crust end, and looking mortified. The Food Network then offered this helpful advice, “For everything you’ve been doing wrong, tune in …” Really? Why would…Stop Shaming Me4 min read
Sep 7Member-onlyIt’s OK if …Tonight, just for the sake of expediency, I decided to end my day with a journal entry called “In the Grand Scheme of Things” instead of “What did I Accomplish.” Here goes: IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS … It doesn’t matter if I didn’t do the dirty dishes in…Ending On A High Note3 min read
Sep 2Member-onlyIt’s sort of about bees.The thing about bees is, I don’t like them that much. In part, because I don’t enjoy their main product, honey. Plus, I am leery of anything that has more than two legs and flies. Also, unlike dragonflies and ladybugs, bees can sting. …Bees5 min read
Aug 31Member-onlyConfessions of a would-have-been marshmallow flunky.I would have flunked the famous “marshmallow experiment.” Not only would I have flunked it, but I like to think that I would have flunked it spectacularly. To those near and dear to me, this is not a revelation. For those unfamiliar with the marshmallow experiment, I am talking about…The Marshmallow Test4 min read
Aug 25Member-onlyNothing to do with anything at all.I went to the horse races once. I should probably preface this by saying that this article has nothing to do with the price of tea in China. It really has nothing to do with anything. I mean it. If you, as a reader, want coherence, read elsewhere. I have…Irreverent6 min read
Aug 8Member-onlyWatch this show, break your soul.There is a new show on Netflix called The Defeated. It takes places in Berlin, in 1946, a year after World War II ended. After the war, Berlin was a bombed-out shell of a city. It was also a city divided into sections — the American section, the Russian section…A Netflix Show4 min read
Jul 30Member-onlyNew Marlowe book reviewI am so disappointed. Damn. I want to be angry, but it’s too hot, and I can’t muster enough energy. Joe Ide is a pretty good mystery writer. I have read his mystery novels starring IQ, and have enjoyed them. So, I was looking forward to this book, The Goodbye…Mystery Book Review3 min read
Jul 17Member-onlyMaybe it’s me.A few nights ago, I watched a very first Columbo episode called Prescription: Murder. And it was wonderful. And it was funny, like, really, really funny. By now, everyone knows the formula of Columbo: the police lieutenant asks so many questions, “Oh, just one more question,” one at a time…Unintentionally Funny4 min read
