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Yesterday I was feeling particularly accomplished. I ended a successful day spent in a nice straight-legged black pant with some quick wink slinging on match then popped a little Gensis on the pod for my-two-subway-stop ride home. It wasn’t raining. I had the makings of a nice little stir fry in the fridge. Me: 1 Day: O. On my subway ride home an old, learned–looking …
I’m growing increasingly concerned about the milestone adult skills I haven’t had the occasion to learn. Several kids I went to high school with now own homes slash children. I recently decided that storing extra shoes inside my oven was crossing the line – and so I ordered another set of rack raisers to increase storage under my bed. For the record they’re very hard …
At this very time last year I posted my two very simple New Year’s Resolutions. To read at least one book per month and to not hook up with people for insensible reasons. Of the two I successfully accomplished one. And so once again I will post very simple, seemingly easy to accomplish New Year’s Resolutions in an effort to be motivated by the potential …
12 months and 156 posts later, I’m pretty much sold on the idea. I’m still adjusting to conversations that go: Me: So I met this guy recently. Most people: I know. I read about it. And I don’t think you should have let him get away with Facebooking you to get your number. Me: Right. But I can’t say it hasn’t all been worth it. …
My sister Dani often adopts the language of a 60-year-old British kindergarten teacher when she’s really mad at someone. She re-states the offense that’s been committed, highlights what about it is wrong, and explains how and why it must stop. So what would be – “Johnny, I know that you took Susie’s hair bow and flushed it down the toilet. It is not appropriate to …
After taking the Enneagram personality test for the seventh time I decided my seven identical results must be fairly accurate – I’m an overachiever. Right. I feel like the character in a Far Side cartoon… Home videos show that I have always been this way. In one infamous family video my two sisters are dancing around to Raffi on the record player shouting, “Daddy watch …
Apparently we all suffer from (a certain degree of) multiple personality disorder. A recent Atlantic article on the way the mind goes about decision-making suggests that there really isn’t one governing body in control – not one sane mind deciding if the devil or the angel shoulder wins. Says the author, Paul Bloom, “The idea is that, within each brain, different selves are continually popping …
We watched a video today as part of the new hire orientation at my new company. It was a 20-or-so minute sizzle reel highlighting the company’s accomplishments, goals, and perks – a multi-media pep rally of sorts (they’ve clearly got my number). Throughout the video are clips of a speech given by the CEO marking the launch of a new mission slogan: Next Thing Now. …
People always say the same thing when you come to them with shame, regret, and confusion after acting on a drunk feeling. “Well, you know your drunk thoughts represent how you really feel…” In 80% of all circumstances that … means “about him/her”. The remaining 20 encompass career, family, health, and political issues (drunk voting kills). I’m not sold on this. In my near decade …
Most New Yorkers have secret city behaviors – little things they methodically do to trick or test the gods. Some are superstitions (never cross from west to east on an odd numbered street), others are based in logic (if alone in a cab always sit in the middle. If it side swipes anything you’ll be safe-ish), but most are just bizarre habits we’ve developed to …