But What Does That Make Carroll Gardens?
Periodically, I go through patches where I try to be more of a reader. One of the last times (jesus, apparently, seven years ago) I picked up a book by an author named Gary Lutz […]
Countertop Culture
Initially I was excited about Show Me Nonstop (the amount of new this and new that I sift through each morning before actually getting any work done is sad—and generally not inspiring), a site that’s […]
Townies
For no other reason beyond simply wanting to (that’s a good reason to do things, I’ve started to discover) I ended up in Southeastern, Virginia, right where it nearly meshes with Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina […]
Facing the Facts
Whitney Cummings appeared on the side of James’ bag of popcorn yesterday. I also noticed someone found their way to this blog by searching Whitney Cummings looks 40. The more that I scrutinize her face, […]
Yes, There Was An Internet in 2001
A few weeks ago I kept typing 2001 instead of 2011 (my typing skills in general have started diminishing over the past few year). I would not say that I yearn for the past, despite […]
Turn On Your Heart Lights
Forty years ago on this date, Henry Thomas was born in San Antonio, Texas. I wonder if he feels middle-aged? Cake photo: Between the Pages
The Middle Ages: 58
For women who like a nice glass of wine at the end of the day, there’s more good news: Even middle-aged women can have about a drink a day of any kind of alcoholic beverage […]
Spelunking
The Descent, a horror film that I inexplicably watched one-and-a-half times this week, is the only movie I can think of that ends with a vomit scene. Being the sole survivor of blind, albino Appalachian, […]
Worse or Worser
Now that my limit of New York Times articles had been set to beginning-of-month zero, I’m strategizing how to make September’s twenty last. After only clicking into the Fashion & Style section, I’m already torn. […]
The Middle Ages: 41
"I wish I could transmute my middle-aged gay pain into some teen vampire drama." –Mike Albo, author of pseudo-memoir, Kindle single, The Junket, as well as Details article, "Stop Lying About Your Age." Age roughly determined […]