the single life
Movie Review: The Lobster
4 stars out of 5 At the artsy theater where I saw The Lobster, moviegoers are encouraged to grade the film they’ve just seen and tack up a mini review on a bulletin board in the lobby. I was giddy to see that The Lobster‘s reviews were split between enthusiastic A’s and F’s (and F […]
Bye Bye Benny
In March of 1994, my buddy Joe and I signed a lease on a Hoboken apartment. We went to a pizza place called Benny Tudino’s to celebrate, sitting at a booth in the back room. That became our regular table, and every Sunday night that both of us were in town, we’d be there splitting […]
Idea for an App
A public service/dating sort of thing. When someone nearby (note to self: add GPS capability) snidely says “Eat a sandwich” behind the back of a very thin woman, I could then show up and go get a sandwich with that woman.
Emails Found on my Old Computer, Episode #5
12/15/01 SUBJECT: it’s 5:06 a.m. …and i fucking hate myself. went to [name redacted]’s xmas party. [Redacted] is 27 and clean-cut and an absolute sweetheart. i kid myself thinking i could get her. i can’t get her. co-worker nancy brings her cute-and-sassy friend Melissa, who i met the night that I took care of the […]
Roll On, Corolla: A Boy & His Car
I don’t want to get all Giving Tree on you, but the car and I really did go a long way back. All the way to October 4, 1991. On that day, at Jim Coleman Toyota in Bethesda, Maryland, I took ownership of a brand-new, end-of-model-year, light blue Corolla. The address we wrote on the […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 6/26/12
EPISODE #30: SOLITUDE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] De La Soul — “Me, Myself, and I” Dusty Springfield — “I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself” R. Stevie Moore — “Play Myself Some Music” They Might Be Giants — “I Palindrome I” Love — “Alone Again Or” Gilbert O’Sullivan — “Alone Again […]
Salt on Hands
Sunday night, my hard drive died. I wasn’t overly concerned—I have an external drive and something called “Time Machine” that supposedly backs up my data. And cost wasn’t an issue; after much effort (including zooming in on an upside-down photo of the bottom of my computer to read the serial number) I learned that my […]
Laura, My Love, Delegate From the Philippines
While you were exploring the mysteries of raging hormones, sneaking cigarettes and wine coolers, I was busy learning Robert’s Rules of Orders in the Model United Nations. It was an after-school club. We’d be assigned countries and bone up on their policies, using any research materials we could dig up in that pre-Internet world. (Facts […]
Jack Silbert, curator