Flags of Compatibility, Book Selection as Rosarch Test
My Better Half directed me to the New York Times opinion piece It’s Not You, It’s Your Books this weekend. I laughed, I cried, I saw my younger self in the dating female who is just so damn glad to have found a guy who reads at all that she’s initially willing to overlook the […]
My Stable of Boyfriends
A Staggering Suggestion
It’s the fourth and I’m approaching the thirty day mark of a sixty day self imposed period of asceticism. Time for an update…
Obviously the exercise in economy requires some flexing of the self control muscle and, like any attempt to improve oneself, to tone and sculpt and define, there is some pain associated. And while […]
All Mine
I like it when I get a chance to spend a few days alone in the house. It’s a rare opportunity. My Better Half works from home and so the occasional business trip is, while not exactly welcome, at least a break from each other, in a long spell of togetherness.
During these days of […]
Apology
I want to be funny today, after a long weekend, I’m thinking levity and tongue-in-cheek. But instead, there is some business I need to attend to. It’s my own sloppy, passionate fault that I let things rip here every now and again and people, namely My Better Half, get their feelings hurt. And so, today, […]
Everyday
This morning G asked that her father accompany she and her brother to the bus stop. “No, I want Daddy,” she said as I uttered the words, “Time to get our coats on.” Immediately she came over to wrap her little arms around my waist. “Because you’ve got stuff to do, right Mommy,” she added, […]
A Slow Poignant Burn
The Anti-Resolution
It’s that time of year again, the nascent, early days when people feel they must tie themselves to some important cause, strap themselves to the fragile barrel of weight loss and plunge head-long into a New Year. Having made several disappointing trips down the river of good intentions, this year, I’m content to bob along […]
Gift Swap Gone Wrong
The invitation came by e-mail. An E-vite. A Naughty or Nice gift swap. Ladies only. The promise of Pomegranate Martinis and stuffed mushrooms and elegant cocktail napkins. Until that E-vite arrived, I didn’t know how much I’d been missing the annual Scotch Swap we used to attend in Miami, all the raunchy, cheap-o […]
Halloween Safe Harbor
I want to delight you with pictures of my children dressed up as Lady Liberty and a Monster of Loose Definition because they were every bit as adorable as your kids were, and, more importantly, I went through about an hour of sheer hell getting them prepared for their tour of the neighborhood and […]
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