Get a dog they said. It will be fun they said. Actually, I don’t remember having that conversation with anyone. In retrospect, I probably should have. But, honestly, I didn’t need to. I know what having a dog entails. It’s a shit show. Lit. Er. Al. Ly. And I use that word in the most…
Life
The Odds Look Good
The funny thing about siblings is that you live your whole lives (in a lot of cases) parallel to one another. It’s like 200 meter hurdles but you don’t know when the hurdles are coming. One of you might be a faster runner but the other might have better ups. If you’re older you might…
Sweaty Weather
If you’re reading this from anywhere near New York, you too are enduring one of the sweatiest summers on record. To say I’m ready for the short five minutes of fall we get in the big apple would be quite an understatement. Even without the heatpocalypic temperatures, I’m not much of a summer person. It’s…
Hot town, Shouting in the city
This morning, as I crossed 81ststreet, I saw a gentleman sitting at a red light in his black Mercedes sedan. He looked like any normal, thirty-something guy heading to work with his suit jacket folded neatly in the back seat and iced coffee sweating in his cup holder. As I stepped onto the sidewalk catty-corner…
A Familiar Tune
You know that feeling, the one you get when it’s just you and whomever you’re with, maybe the windows are rolled down and you’re driving. You may not be going anywhere in particular, but you can’t wait to get there. Every part of that trip is fun. Your smile makes your cheeks burn and reminds…
Karmic Double Take
Is Karma really, truly, a bitch? I certainly hope so. Now, we know I spent the first half of this year clearing my subconscious clutter and redirecting certain thoughts. Key among them was the recurring notion that I’m some kind of karmic victim, deserving of the hellscape I found* (*somedays, find) myself in this year.…
“You talk… quite a lot.”
So I’ve decided to write a book. It feels like a good fit for me, and, given how well I’ve upheld my commitment to blogging, I think it’s an obvious next step. Just kidding. On the blogging. As far as the book is concerned, I’m dead serious. I was out to dinner with a friend…
Ugh, cheese. I love you.
So it’s May… basically June at this point, with just days to go until Labor Day or Memorial Day or whatever the name of this summer bookend traffic nightmare of a weekend is called. In a past life (that ended a mere 2 months ago), I’d be preparing for a big family weekend somewhere with…
Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.
When bad things happen in our lives there seem to be a whole host of justifications one might hear from peanut galleries far and wide. “The universe gives you what you can handle.” “When it rains it pours.” “Bad news comes in threes.” These super trite and unhelpful little tidbits have begun to ignite a…
Friendly.
I’m not sure why, but I always get my best thinking done in the car. These days, despite being a New Yorker, my “car time” is to and from work as I live in Manhattan and reverse-commute to Hoboken every day. During that 25-55 minutes, depending on departure time and the fickleness of NYC traffic,…
The Dog Hair Diaries 