Loading posts...
  • 1385910 10152252260132598 1684027700 n

    Shut it down.

      I woke up this morning to a flurry of alarmist stat updates decrying the government shut down that began today. Thing is, they didn’t actually state any real information, just a…

  • 993414 10202344501560269 487843183 n

    Some Saturday Stuff: September 28th.

          Hello, East of Edeners! Hope you had a great week. I did. I capped it off with more walk yesterday, doing over a mile, pushing Zoe in her little…

  • 1379310 10202352745526363 1127927581 n

    Keeping busy.

    Zoe and Grandpa say their goodbyes.     My father-in-law, Keith, was with us most of the week, so I’ve been pretty busy. That’s one of the reasons I didn’t blog at…

  • brown

    “Brown”

    (PBS)     While doing some reading this morning, I came across a couple of stories that touched on Brown v. Board of Education and desgregation in American public schools.   The first…

  • cicada thumb

    I’m starting to miss those cicadas.

    (WNYC)     Last month while at GiGi and David’s, NPR somehow made it into our topic. I think David had mentioned eventually publishing his novel and then landing an interview on…

  • lettuce

    Please stop your proselytizing.

      I know I’m going to sound like a such jerk, but I really wish all those e-proselytizers out there would just shut up. I’m sick of your frequent status updates, pictures,…

  • 1000961 10200611282627092 1965785244 n

    Some Saturday Stuff: September 14th.

      This is a picture of a horse drawn by my friend and nurse Melissa. It’s for her dad, who tells this joke like every time she sees him, and cracks up…

  • 1240364 10202191494615191 855659853 n

    Throwback Thursday: Early 90s Fashion Edition

    Me, on the left, and Giddel (we go back like babies and pacifiers). Notice I’m wearing black overalls, which would’ve made me on point for trend #7 (see below), except this picture…

  • r-JOB-INTERVIEW-large570

    Please land your helicopters, parents.

        Seeing the headline, “Millennials Now Bringing Their Parents On Job Interviews”, made me gag. Then I immediately thought of the “Ban the bag” Portlandia skit. Yeah, I’m talking about “Portlandia”…

  • Creatives

    Creatives Space: Ilaf S.

        Born and raised in Bangladesh, a country in southern Asia bordering India and Myanmar, Ilaf moved to the United States at 20 to attend college. After briefly attending a college…