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I can’t remember the last time I wore a costume (for Halloween that is, the ones reserved for D don’t count) but there were days, my friends. Oh yes, there were days…

So guess which one is me. Go ahead, don’t be shy. Guess.

We went to the movies tonight and, while D was parking the car, I went to get tickets. I asked for two tickets for Gone Baby Gone and the ticket clerk asked me for ID. My reaction was an uncomprehending stare and finally I managed a “What? ID?” as if she’d just […]

I have a really hard time buying pants, which explains why I only own two pairs. OK, fine, I own more than that but the average age of a pair of my pants is about four years, because once I find a pair that actually fits I keep it till the wheels fall off […]

Now that I end work at 3:00 PM, one of the added benefits is that I get home just in time for Oprah. And, damn, she’s having some interesting shows lately - not only great health and nutrition information but autism, surrogate motherhood in India, polygamy. And tomorrow there’s even an interview with […]

On Thursday, D and I went to our first Muay Thai kickboxing class and it looks like we finally found a martial art that we can agree on. D had done MMA (mixed martial arts) for about a year and tried to get me to join but there was no way in hell I was […]

I love taking photos but most of my life I’ve used a plain point-and-shoot film camera. A few years ago I bought a Canon Sure Shot Z155 film camera which has an amazing zoom lens but is still a point-and-shoot. It did make a difference in the quality of the photos (that and […]

“If you want it to move up and down, you have to rub here.”
I was trying to explain to my friend how to scroll up and down on a web page using the touch pad on my laptop. Honestly, I was. It just came out wrong. No wonder he looked at me […]

We had dinner last night with friends who we hadn’t seen in quite a while. Last time we saw each other, their son (who is so cute that I just want to gobble him up) wasn’t saying much, or at least not around us, and yesterday he was more than happy to show off […]

Since it looked like this past weekend was going to be the last of the gorgeous summer weather, I dragged D to Central Park on Sunday. (And I do literally mean dragged because this man avoids sunlight like Britney Spears avoids underwear.) He would be perfectly content to sit at home with all […]

I really hate commercials for prescription medicines. In fact I have a lot of problems with pharmaceuticals in general. When I worked at a medical clinic ages ago, drug company reps would come in all the time with tons of samples, pens, post-it notes, and other bribes. (I’m sure I’ve never even […]