Hello. I feel a little sheepish even writing this. It’s been so long. Too long. My last post was on November 24th. Two days before my birthday. Over four months ago. It’s gone so fast. I’ve been in a state of constant activity (I was going to write “I feel like I’ve been…”) for the [...]
I really love it when Amy and Scottie come for a visit. A lot of people I know—co-workers, friends—roll their eyes or pass me pained, knowing looks when I mention that I’m going to visit my parents or my in-laws or when I say my brother is coming into town. It seems that for a [...]
My brother and his wife just came into town for the weekend. Woo-hoo!
First there was cautious optimism. Then: Kubler-Ross’ five stages of dying: 1) Denial and isolation: 10pm-midnight (election night) 2) Anger: midnight-1am (election night) 3) Bargaining: 1am-2:30:am (election night) 4) Depression: Nov.2nd 5) Acceptance: Still working on it
I am so depressed today. I knew I would be disappointed if Bush won, but I did not expect to feel this bad. I didn’t think it would feel so personal. I feel terrible. Sick. Like some monumentally negative thing just happened. But, alas, the people have spoken. This is what America looks like today. [...]
There never seems to be enough time. It’s been so long since I posted that the blog went blank. Sad. I was writing an entry about the Ireland trip, but it seems too long and boring so I’ll edit it before I inflict it upon you. In the meantime I’ll digress to give you an [...]
Our Godson Colin turns three today. Happy Birthday, Kiddo.
Our good friends Leah and Brian were married today in Geneva, New York. It was a beautiful ceremony and a fun-filled reception. Congratulations, guys.
It’s the Friday before the Republican National Committee comes to NYC. The first protests begin. It turns out the epicenter of tonight’s action is on my block. Hundreds of people, scores of cops, two helicopters and one tipsy peebo. More to come.
There is a post forthcoming on this event that will answer the following questions: 1) Does alcohol enhance the “sport” of Laser Tag? 2) Are limos really worth the money? 2) Is it possible to do karaoke and not look foolish?