Well, it’s finished — in the sense that it has an ending. The issue, at a certain point, became just getting to the end one way or another, after getting sick and putting off dealing …

[Since apparently not everyone knew about the contest: I shaved my head for charity.]
The Night Before
Walking down Smith Street after dinner, I keep getting nods and smiles from men on the street — more than …

So…I took Little Joe to the vet last week. Longtime readers of the site can probably see where this is going, but in case you just got here: Little Joe is fat. Said fatness is …

At that time, everything went on foot, not just the mail: fruit, shoes, a mattress, anything you needed got hucked to you on someone’s back or in a wagon. Dangerous work, a carrier job, with …

God knows how we got on the subject, but UD and I got to talking last night about how, as teenagers, we hadn’t really considered doing any of the things our parents seemed convinced we …

I can’t speak for anyone else in the city, but I really don’t pay much attention to dire snowstorm warnings. First of all, the local news has a way of blow-dry-who-cried-wolfing the most average potential …

Last week, I had some time to kill before an appointment, so I stopped at a newsstand and bought a paper. I have a special fondness for that particular newsstand, which is set into the …

A year ago, when I moved into this apartment, I thought I’d scored by getting a pad right above a deli, which would allow me to run errands in my pajama pants if necessary. Ran …

24 November 2010: It’s the anniversary of Freddie Mercury’s death. I never met the guy but I miss him a lot anyway. It’s that time of year; to absent friends.
It’s a mystery, all the …