Thanks, big sister J, for passing along what I can only assume is a special brand of parent humor. But seriously–a hilarious piece whether you have kids or not. Bring back the biblical! Laws Concerning Food and Drink; Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father by Ian Frazier Of the beasts of the field, and of [...]
I’m not even a ‘cat person,’ but I was feeling this one. Take a look. We Were Kittens Once, and Young By ANNA HOLMES, March 23, 2011, 9:30 pm All of our cats are dying. A few months ago, Rebecca’s passed away after a short illness. Then, a few weeks ago, Choire’s died after a [...]
Ok, to all the naysayers who say that Facebook and other social networking sites don’t add to our lives? Here’s a ‘ha!’ retort right back at you. Thank you S.R.–who admittedly, is only a peripheral friend (of the FB kind, no?)–who posted this Huffington Post piece about the nor’easter that just blew through the East [...]
A short passage from a short story. Amor Divino by Julia Alvarez. ‘Let it be,’ Yolanda advises. What does it matter? The gossamer web of births and marriages, the fragile filaments of vows and hopes and fears that connect them into a family have already been torn from his memory. Let him be a little [...]
Yep. I had a McRib meal from McDonalds the other day. That Brian Goodman (quoted in the excellent piece below) has it just right. Time to go out and try the McRib for yourselves, people! Make it to the end of the article, and you’ll find a bonus haiku from that same extraordinary man whose [...]
I don’t know how long I’ve felt the pull, but I’ve wanted to give the boxing experience a try for a while now. I don’t think I have any desire to actually spar and put myself in the way of any pugilistic harm (hitting pads and learning techniques is just fine by me), but man. [...]
An experiment that kind of makes sense… until you do it. It brings back fond memories of the Asian-American childhood, though. Mom, love you and appreciate you more every day. Really. Embrace Your Inner Cheapskate One man challenges himself to go one week without spending a cent and finds the sacrifices are more than he [...]
Thanks, J, for forwarding along this piece by our mutual friend Sarah, only a year away from finishing the interminable training that is the path towards physicianhood. She wrote it for a creative nonfiction class that she took at Penn. Excellent stuff. Rush Hour by Sarah Chu It was past five, and the platform was [...]
So I wasn’t there at the game. And tickets to Stephen Strasburg’s major league debut as a phenom pitcher would have been nearly impossible to get. But still. You have to feel good for the Washington Nationals, and this Washington Post writer gets the magic just right. I love that–at its best, baseball as a [...]
Saving Eurydice, One Magazine at a Time
So one of the particularly nice things that I like about travel, (the train or plane variety when you aren’t at the mercy of the weavy car or bus), is the opportunity to catch up on my magazine reading. And it’s especially good considering this simultaneously allows for a strategic tackling of the growing pile [...]