Affairs
I love how on the most recent episode of The Affair, chipped nail polish and roots showing (which you can’t even make out in this poor resolution snip from Showtime Anytime, which I just decided […]
Page & Screen
No Rhyme or Reason 10/13
For reasons I can’t pinpoint, not really sentimental attachment, I keep a handful of 1940s-60s vintage dresses and skirt suits in the back of my closet even though I haven’t worn that type of clothing […]
Sunken
I’ve become a little crazy and obsessive and distracted recently, but I can’t talk about that here. Despite my virtual hand-wringing, aging is great in many ways. One way in which it is not great, […]
Mastered
It occurred to me last night that there is also a reverse UnREAL/Catastrophe situation happening on TV: Masters of Sex. I hadn’t realized that the season-opening time jump meant that Virginia is now meant to […]
Dishpan Hands
http://dishpanhands.tumblr.com/post/123212241744/even-yuppies-who-renovated-soho-lofts-had-to-wash In an attempt to take procrastination to new levels, I’ve started a new Tumblr, Nice Rack, to document the dish drying racks I see on TV. It’s a great comfort in my dishwasher-free existence. […]
The Milk and Honey Route vs. The Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail
All of my TV love may be finally converging. Without being spoilerish–though I hold contempt for spoiler crybabies–my favorite storyline of Mad Men’s soon-to-end final season is Don going full hobo. I’ve lightly touched […]
Queens on Screen
The moment I’ve been waiting for is finally here: tonight FOX’s Weird Loners, the show I only care about because I have an irrational possessiveness of Ridgewood, Queens even though I haven’t lived there in […]
The 49 Year Old Who Looks 45 and Gets Shit Done
Have you watched The Fall? I don’t think you have to be lonely to binge-watch TV; it’s just a relatively new way to consume programming and it’s kind of fun and addicting. In a reverse […]
Speakable Things
When I was 39 I saw an episode of thirtysomething for the first time, in a hotel room because I love watching TV in bed on vacation. I wanted to write something smart about it, […]
Martin (Not Lawrence)
Do you ever say that something is your favorite, maybe not the most favorite, a favorite lumped in with an unordered list of favorite things, but in reality it might not be something you'd think […]