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Pass on the Party Plates…
When we moved here a few years ago, I said to Mike, “What the hell are all these people from New Mexico doing in Cleveland?” What led me to think that Cleveland was a popular destination for New Mexicans was the bright yellow license plates with red letters. Although this IS the New Mexico license […]
R.I.P. Dick Martin
Laugh-In and Batman were the first and last shows to get me excited about color television. But when I was excited, I was very excited. The writing on Batman holds up better than the writing on Laugh-In. Even at the time, I knew it was sort of stupid. Ruth Buzzi, Arte Johnson, Alan Seuss and […]
This is my office.
office lightOriginally uploaded by Bklyneli Test photo.
Paul walks to the blinking light sideways.
Paul walks to the blinking light.Originally uploaded by Bklyneli I’ll test video and photo from flickr.
The King Of Kong
Seeing that we’ve been blogging about video games a bit over the last week (or whatever derivation thereof the uWink establishment offers) I thought I’d recommend a terrific documentary about the world of classic video gaming. The King Of Kong: A Fistful Of Quarters is a compelling tale of one man’s journey to beat the […]
What did she say??
Last night my husband Mike and I dragged our butts out to dinner because we had a babysitter. We both were tired and not in the mood to go out. But things started looking up when we found ourselves seated at my favorite kind of restaurant table – a banquette. I love this because I […]
Subway connections
(The artist is Adrian Tomine).
The Ball Pit
Who in the world ever came up with the ball pit? Hundreds of hollow plastic, multi-colored balls that fill a plastic lined “pool”. Remember the ball pits at Chuck E Cheese? With food and God only knows what else in them. Yick. I think they are still a major attraction at IKEA where you let […]
Home Remodeling Ethics
Okay, so there is a situation that has arisen between two neighbors of mine that live across the street. No, it’s not about dog poop this time. The family living in the house across the street is in the middle of adding a second story to their house. They’ve got two boys just entering their […]
The I.R.S.
When I was a senior in high school, I drove over the hill three times a week to take calculus at UCLA. At Yale, I was an economics major, studying with a Nobel Prize winner, while simultaneously taking classes at the grad school. In my lean years as a writer, I worked for an old […]
Jack Silbert, curator