Last night, in preparation for the new Star Wars movie, Tom re-watched “Star Wars: A New Hope,” something he’d been looking forward to for weeks but hadn’t been able to find the time to do. But apparently I talked “too much” during the first thirty minutes and he felt the experience was “ruined.” Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on the Perfect Christmas Gift”
Tom is not a morning person. And this morning was particularly hard: he had to wake up at 6:30AM for an 8:30AM meeting downtown.
A few days ago, my father sent the following email to myself and a handful of other people:
My father is the King of Email Spam, known throughout the whole family as the guy who grants every email equal attention, no matter what the message or who its sender. Continue reading “My Father, King of Spam and Inattention”
We’d been talking about visiting The Cloisters for a long time. But it’s one of those things – like its sister, The Met – that you feel you can put off until the day before you move away from New York because it’s not like it’s going anywhere. Continue reading “Not Church, But Close: A Winter Sunday at the Met Cloisters”
Tom has very little to say on illness, except that one shouldn’t blog.
“But I have to write ‘Thom’s Thursday Thoughts!'”
“Oh God,” Tom said, “You’re sick. Give it a rest. Just be like, ‘The Betty is down.'”
So the Betty is down. But I’ll leave you with a photo of the delicious grilled cheese, bacon and tomato sandwich (tomato soup not pictured) Tom made for me.
A million years ago I worked at Costco as a seasonal worker. I met a varied cast of characters:
Greetings from Arlington, VA where Tom* and I are spending Thanksgiving with Tom’s parents and siblings.
“I have to write Thom’s Thursday Thoughts,” I announced this morning at breakfast. Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thanksgiving Thoughts”
As you can tell from the photo above, yesterday’s ride to our anniversary dinner was filled with mutual love and romance.
It almost didn’t happen that way because we were running late and I couldn’t decide what to wear. Continue reading “Thom’s Thursday Thoughts on Anniversaries”
Today marks our two-year anniversary.
I spent the morning on the phone. First with the New York State of Health to set straight some issues about my eligibility for health insurance. Since I was fired, things on that front have gotten a bit complicated. Continue reading “The Terrible Twos Doesn’t Just Affect Toddlers”
If it weren’t for my friends, I wouldn’t be very well-read.
When I was visiting home last month, my friend Erica stopped by to visit, holding Americanah by Chimamanda Ngoszi Adichie.
“I brought this for you,” she said, “I think you’ll like it.” Continue reading “What I’m Reading: Americanah”
VERY HIGHBROW 