Neighbors

You don’t get to pick your neighbors and when you live in an apartment building, things can get dicey.  I lived seventeen years in an apartment building in the Murray Hill section of Manhattan until I saved enough money to buy a co-op uptown.  The day I moved, a...

Panicking and Choking

I was going to write a blog named Dark Circles based on the thousands of dollars I’ve invested in eye creams, serums and other voodoo, but after watching the Olympics Men’s Figure Skating Final that seemed irrelevant.   His name is Ilia Roman Malinin.  He...

Get a Skill

There’s an unspoken rule that says after high school move onto college.  I followed the rule. Lately that rule seems dated and unrealistic in today’s work environment. “Do you really need to go to college? There’s a huge student loan debt problem in...

Waiting For The Plumber

to arrive and unclog the drain in my shower.  It couldn’t be clogged with hair as I don’t have any. The problem was fixed in about fifteen minutes.  Soap scum.   Mm hmm. Plus something about the drainage pipe not having enough girth.   I tried Liquid...

The Blizzard of ’26

Man they just don’t make ’em like they used to.  The blizzard of 2026 was a farce.  Now I did experience it from a Texan’s perspective as I was/am in Houston.  One night of rain and thunder and done.  What happens in other parts I have no idea.  But...