Winter approaches

After a day of feeling tired, cranky and out-of-sorts, I awoke rejuvenated.  Who knows how long it will last–there’s nothing like work to sap your energy.
I can’t believe that tomorrow is December 1.  Chanukah is next week, and while it isn’t a major holiday, I am debating whether to make poptoes pancakes.  Ideally, I would [...]

And I ran…again

Well…I did it.  I got up at 6:20 and did the 3.4 miles loop (12:40/mile) of the Park before work and still managed unexpectedly to get here by 9.
There always something going on when you run…this morning there was a guy wearing all yellow, including his pants. It was like watching a running traffic signal.  [...]

Any style!

I get my breakfast at a local Greek diner. I love my diners.  Yesterday when I was there, a Chinese woman came in and sat at the counter.  She shouted, “Two Egg Any Style!  Two Egg Any Style!” in a relatively heavy probably Cantonese accent.  Having diner-ese shouted like that made me laugh.  She seemed [...]

Like a turtle on a wheel?

I’ve gotten a lot done today.  It was one of those rare work days in which I am absorbed completely by my task…ah.  Very nice.
I am talking to myself a lot about the run that I’m planning to do on Thursday morning. I am telling myself that I need to prioritize one morning run.  Thursday [...]

bits and pieces

Thanks to a heads up from Harriet, I am listening to the Nellie McKay program from the Fresh Air website.  She is hilarious and on a rainy Monday it is a welcome respite from the drear.  My favorite quote about her was in the Village Voice and attributed to a drag queen, “McKay recently smirked to an [...]

Gobbbbbbb

There was a lot that I enjoyed about TG–the Sugar Cream pie was astoundingly good, I enjoyed having it at my place despite all the prep drama.  The 5 mile Turkey Trot was great.  It was my third trot and I was pleased with my time–56:15 or 11:15 pace.  R and I were talking bout [...]

Lungs

My mom just left…and I’m sad.  The three days went by quickly for me, despite spending most of yesterday hacking up a lung and napping.
TG was uneventful–the company was good and the mother did a good part of the work.  She denies it, but it’s true.  And I have company coming soon–I’m looking forward to [...]

Pie

I’m chilling out a little about TG.  After I broke my coffeepot in an attempt to wipe up some grounds, I stepped away from the tantrum and got some perspective (as well as a new pot).
I’m about to go pick up a pie from a woman who is raising $$ for cancer in honor of her [...]

Everywhere

I am not a neat person–everyone knows that.  I’m trying to keep my irritation at bay that my apartment is not cleaner; it’s reasonably CLEAN, but there is disorder everywhere. I just broke my coffee pot trying to fix a tiny part of the disorder.  I remind myself that everyone knows that I am not [...]

Do I hear $1.98?

I think it’s funny that some news outlets have picked up this story that many NYU students would give up their right to vote for a million dollars.
So what?  I think most people would forfeit a right to vote for a million dollars, or college tuition for their kids, or a new house, new car.  How [...]