Brush with airborne greatness
Made it home. House intact. Losses: One Tupperware container, easily replaced. I am the Queen of Packing, I have to say: In one medium-sized rolly cart, one smallish backpack and a handled-paper sack I managed to transport all of my clothes and living materials for five days, plus a sleeping bag and sleeping bag pad,…
Read MoreHand to hand combat
On the one hand …. Stubb's was closed. On the other …. Rudy's was not. So…. I had ribs. Yay! Burp! On the one hand … I dreamed about a young Michael Caine, and we made plans for a dinner date. On the other hand … He didn't make it into the real world, so,…
Read MoreThe family way
Still trying to process much of the weekend. Still down in Austin. Are we done yet? For years I've heard of friends talk about their crazy families and how they drive them crazy even though they still (in theory) love one another, and how glad they are to get back home. I've always been sympathetic,…
Read MoreDeep inna heart of….
Well, after last night's airport debacle, I finally made it to Austin. At 1:30 in the morning. From a flight scheulded (originally) to leave at 6:55. The craziness went like this: 1) Huge unmoving line at Terminal 3 security. Why? We think — we think — two guys rushed the security gates. And they couldn't…
Read MoreAnother evening at JFK
Whole of terminal 3 is shut down for security reasons. This is the unmoving line in the terminal at 6:05 pm. Fun fun! 0405071802.jpg
Read MoreCorrection of the A.M.
In my mailbox this morning, from Harper's magazine's weekly email dispatch, a correction: The statement "In New York City, someone stole the penis of achocolate Jesus" is not true; the source was a satire website that wasmistakenly thought to be a genuine news source. Harper's Weeklyapologizes for the error. And here I thought only The…
Read MoreGetting the hook
So, two developments today of interest primarily to me only, so feel free to just skip this part. First: They're trying to save money at work. They think this can be best effected by finally making use of all of the floorspace. (Ever since I've worked at the job, there are always dozens of empty…
Read MoreHogwarts Ripoff of the Day
This showed up in my mailbox today. Harry who? I am looking forward to the inevitable sequels: "Magic Academy and the Wizard's Rock""Magic Academy and the Room of Hidden Stuff""Magic Academy and the Reformed Convict Godparent""Magic Academy and the Flammable Thermos""Magic Academy and the Organized Group of Smartypants""Magic Academy and the Biracial Teacher""Magic Academy and…
Read MoreA momentary pause between centuries
For a moment, I was back in the 19th Century. Just sitting at the computer, checking mail, this morning. No traffic sounds, no people sounds, just a nice quiet Queens morning. (For those who don't visit Queens, I promise, it happens.) And then … the distinct sound of clop-clop, clop-clop. A pleasant, easy sound ……
Read MoreStuff I learned today
Dead Soldiers Thing I did not expect to be doing this evening: Cleaning egg off of the ceiling fan. I'll save you a lot of time, in case you were thinking of experimenting: If you leave eggs to boil and don't come back for an hour, they will look like this. I left mine for…
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