Weekend
What are you and the kids doing this weekend? I’m going away. The kids are staying home with Husbandrinka. Away? You? Without the children? Yes. Oh my goodness. How can you be telling me this right...
View ArticleRed Pepper
A recent conversation with Mama. Marinka: Mama, thank you so much for bringing that pasta dish over. It was delicious. Mama: Did you like it? Marinka: I loved it. So tasty. I’ve been having it for...
View ArticleBack to the Future
Sometimes I wonder what it’s going to be like when my kids are all grown up and visit me with their families. Will they learn to accept Ryan Gosling as my new significant other or will they continue to...
View ArticleWhen It Rains
Yesterday it rained in NYC. A lot. I don’t know how much exactly, but there were multiple raindrops. Papa was picking up my son from school and they got soaked on the way back. I know this because I...
View ArticleToothbrush
One evening last week after I returned home from work, Mama told me that she threw out my toothbrush. She said it in a very casual manner, the way you might tell someone that they are out of cumin and...
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Mid-Summer Advice
Next month Mama and my 15 year old daughter are going on a two week trip to Scandinavia and Russia. They are both really looking forward to it, and my son is planning some sort of Unfairness Litigation...
View ArticleEmails from Mama
This year, for Mama’s birthday, Papa bought her a tablet. It was a bold move, considering that Mama is a proud luddite, still hasn’t mastered the cell phone and I suspect hopes that the internet is a...
View ArticleA Name
I planned to spend Presidents Day figuring out once and for all if it’s President’s or Presidents’ or Presidents Day and also watching Scandal, because I’m a patriot. But shortly into my plan, Mama...
View ArticleGood News and Also Bad
Look, you can have the greatest friends, the best support system in the world, but there will be times in your life that you will realize that you are completely and utterly alone. I had that...
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No Comment
It took me a while, but finally I realized that the comments section on this blog is broken. At first when I saw zero comments on post after post I thought, “huh, no one is commenting!” and while that...
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Update-ish
I know I’ve been updating less than usual for a while and it’s taking its toll on me too. Obviously the fact that I decided not to write about my divorce is a factor (although please rest assured, it’s...
View ArticleVocabulary
The other day I was sitting around, thinking of ways to make the world a better place and also plotting against my enemies. Don’t worry, nothing dramatic, and certainly not anything we haven’t seen in...
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Sleigh Me
You know what? I love my bed. I’ve had it for years. It’s a sleigh bed, which is admittedly an odd concept. Why do we want to pretend that we are on a sleigh when resting? And why don’t we call it a...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Tables
Everyone hates my new old table. That sounds like hyperbole but in fact it’s the opposite because in truth everyone despises it. And to make it worse, it’s not hate at first sight. At first sight, it’s...
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