November 2011
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There is no elegant way to say that you have “fallen out of crush” with someone.
You didn’t “break up” exactly. Or, at all.
We might need a new phrase to describe delusion.
October 2011
7 posts
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“I couldn’t help but wonder” why I couldn’t help but wonder.
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The “Metropolitan Diary” column in today’s New York Times includes two separate anecdotes that take place inside fabric stores.
Dear New York, we can do better than that.
Things I Do Not Understand And Definitely Am Not...
In theory? Yes.
In practice? No.
Things I Do Not Understand And Definitely Am Not...
If you run into Zach Galifianakis on the street — and by “run,” I mean “walk,” and by “walk” I mean “stumble,” and by “stumble” I mean, of course you stumble because you are clumsy, and you are wearing high heels designed by an architect and you are on your way to the shoe store where you bought them, and that shoe store, with the shoes...
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The New York Times reporter sent me an email that said, “I’m thinking the Times won’t let me get away with your title: Yenta.”
I sent my business card for fact-checking. My business card says “Yenta.”
They went with “spokeswoman” instead.
Things I Do Not Understand And Definitely Am Not...
If I update my blog, but I do not e-mail you back, will you be mad?