June 2012
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“She’s got an MBA from Harvard and you’re pretty smart, too. And...”
– My husband. He loves me.
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New Yorkers usually rush about as if they're...
Today everyone is sauntering. It took me ten minutes to walk five blocks just now and I wasn’t even passed by anyone.
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“One swallow does not make a summer,
neither does one fine day;
similarly one...”
– Aristotle
However, starting the first day of summer with an expected high of 97…
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2/3 of a bacon cheeseburger.
That’s what it takes for me to go from “I might actually faint from lack of food” to “I am unsure if movement would rupture my incredibly full stomach so I’m just going to sit here.”
2/3 of a bacon cheeseburger, 1/2 an order of sweet potato fries, and ten minutes. To be exact.
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Obviously my description of anti-female Victorian...
Obviously.
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Today I had to explain to someone why religious...
She knew it had to do with Nazis and Hitler, but that was it.
I gave a simplistic five minute recap focusing on intolerance fueled by government propaganda.
And two questions later the same girl and I got to discuss how Victorian fashions were anti-woman and how Bloomers were a symbol of women’s liberation.
I usually do algebra. This was so interesting and so unexpected. Best of...
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“I generally don’t approve of punning titles, but…”
– John Schaefer, host of New Sounds, introducing a piece called “A Needle Pulling Fred.”
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