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Making Sense Of Ghosts
September 18, 1999 – 10:41 AM | No Comment

Last night, the Couch Baron accompanied me to The Sixth Sense. I like going to the movies with the Couch Baron because he is, as Nicole would say, easy like Sunday morning. The Couch Baron …

Oh, My Aching Head
September 18, 1999 – 10:37 AM | No Comment

Ah, city living. New Yorkers have at their disposal, in addition to an infinite number of cultural opportunities and convenient scenes from life’s rich pageant, hundreds of ways in which they might acquire a championship …

First, Do No Harm
July 18, 1999 – 11:05 AM | No Comment

I do not like going to the doctor. Obviously, nobody likes going to the doctor, except little kids, because the waiting room of any upstanding pediatrician has cool stuff like unfamiliar chewed-on toys and other …

Airing My Dirty Laundry
July 18, 1999 – 10:59 AM | No Comment

It hadn’t happened for a long time – for such a long time, in fact, that I had begun to forget the horror, the pain, the feelings of shame. As the bad memories receded, my …

Why I Refuse To Remove Domino’s From Speed-Dial
June 19, 1999 – 10:41 AM | No Comment

A few months ago, I gave up on my local grocery store. It pained me to do so, because I would prefer to shop at the closest market to my apartment, but after two years …

Summer In The City
June 18, 1999 – 11:15 AM | One Comment

Every day when I head home from work, I walk across town on a major midtown street. I like walking for its own sake, and the weather has warmed up lately, so I enjoy tooling …

You Can’t Go Home Again
June 18, 1999 – 11:13 AM | No Comment

To my surprise, I actually survived my fifth-year college reunion. To say that I did not want anything to do with the reunion understates the case rather dramatically; in fact, I actively dreaded this gathering …

Laying The Blame
June 18, 1999 – 11:06 AM | No Comment

I avoided writing about the Columbine High School shootings for some time, primarily because I didn’t feel I had anything to add to what others had already said. I don’t have children, I’ve never even …

Muttiquette
May 19, 1999 – 10:44 AM | One Comment

I am a cat person. As a little girl, I didn’t like dogs at all, because I hated loud noises as a little girl, and dogs tend to bark pretty loudly. Now, as an adult, …

Time Is Money
May 19, 1999 – 10:43 AM | No Comment

Welcome to the Records Department team! As an official Records Assistant, your duties include data processing, information classification, and correspondence management (formerly known as “typing, filing, and stuffing envelopes”), as well as assisting the section …