27 May
Things I’m currently in love with:
Romola Garai
MLB Network (Thanks Dad!)
The fussy face my daughter makes when she’s sleepy and doesn’t want a pacifier
My weight and blood pressure
Things I currently despise:
The term “clean coal,” as there is no such thing
Big Papi’s unfortunate hitting slump
Lack of exercise
The amount of diapers my daughter goes through, not their messiness, [...]
25 May
I’ll never be accused of being the most patriotic of citizens, but I do have a sentimental streak that’s wider than the nearest river. I tend to wax ooey-gooey over the slightest of events anymore…wedding toasts, home makeover shows, song lyrics, etc. Memorial Day for me is just the right mix of patriotism and nostalgia. [...]
5 May
You’ve all been so patient…waiting for the new baby, waiting to hear the name, waiting for me to post some pictures. Well, here she is…Ivy Catherine was born at 8:18 p.m. on 5/4/09 Aside: Yes, I had her born on Star Wars Day on purpose. She weighed 7lbs. and 3 oz. and was 19.5 inches [...]
4 May
I wait an entire year to use that pun. It’s almost the perfect pun: wordplay, Star Wars, makes my wife’s eyes roll, normal people get it right away, etc.
Speaking of Star Wars, don’t you sometimes wish you could wave your hand like Obi-Wan and get people to do/not do the things that you don’t want [...]
3 May
We are all of us obliged, if we are to make reality endurable, to nurse a few little follies in ourselves. ~ Marcel Proust from “Remembrance of Things Past“
Sometimes there are moment in our lives where, in the face of rationality, we cling to the irrational. This is why people who are down on their [...]
2 May
Today’s the day! This is what we’ve been waiting for, or so we’ve been told. This is why an onslaught of landscape companies has been mowing interstate medians at ludicrous speed. This is why news features focused on whether or not ice storm debris from February would be picked up in time. This is the [...]
1 May
One can live by ideas or one can live by media consultants. Public figures in contemporary America seem to have made their choice. ~ George Scialabba from his essay “Honesty: A Syllabus”
Even though I matriculated from college in May of last year Aside: Wow, has it been a whole year?! I’ve never really lost the [...]
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