personal history
Curse You, Patrick Moberg
I was intrigued by the tale of Patrick Moberg. He was the wonderboy who created a website a few months back to find the “girl of his dreams” who he’d spotted on the New York subway. And, by gum, he found her! The Internet was all a-buzz—as it is wont to do—and the happy couple […]
The Last Sandwich
“I’ve got bad news for you,” said the guy behind the counter. “We’re out of sun-dried tomatoes.” And after a quick pause: “Wait, never mind, you don’t get sun-dried tomatoes. Of course I get it wrong on the last time.” The last time? His sentence didn’t make sense to me, but I didn’t give it […]
Laundry Day
Just finished my laundry. I’ve been on an every-other-week system for years, and it works pretty nicely. For the past 7 years I’ve lived on the 4th floor of a building with a washer and dryer on the 1st floor. Before that I frequented a Laundromat (Merriam-Webster capitalizes it, not me) named “Suds N Sweat.” […]
Clarification for Bernie
You don’t know me, but here’s how I know Frank. I was a year behind him at college, and greatly admired Frank as music director of the radio station. (A staff meeting comment by him my freshman year, about how “some DJs were still playing the music they listened to in high school” I think […]
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