Two things you might not know about Little Joe: 1) sometimes, when he's startled, he jumps up and to the side with all four feet all Vanilla Joe "Stop! Collaborate and SPIDER!"; 2) other times, …

[about two weeks ago]
Eating lemon sorbet at my desk, straight from the pint with a serving spoon like the classy dame I am, I drop a nickel-sized blob of sorbet next to the keyboard. My …

This week has progressed fairly uneventfully.I would have to say, aside from heat and humidity so thick that the miracle of evolution has begun in the primordial soup of my towel rack, that this week …

Sears 1, Sarah's dread of having to deal with buying an air conditioner 0
And thank God, because I had a terrible experience the last time I bought an air conditioner. For starters, in my old …

It's not a good day today. The weather is vintage August in New York — going outside feels like a cross between draping myself in a wet blanket fresh from an autoclave and taking that …

I don’t eat meat very often, because I can’t really afford it. Also, I don’t cook very well, and if I spend money on a nice piece of beef, I don’t want to ruin it …

This morning, as I stood in front of my closet and pondered what to wear, I felt something fuzzy brush against my legs. Assuming that the cat had wandered over to help me select an …

Back in the day, "going to the bathroom" meant squatting over a chamber pot, then tossing its contents out of an upper-story window and onto unsuspecting passersby on the street. (Sometimes, when I stay over …