Bees on Blow

There’s an article on the Washington Post site about a flower shop struggling to survive. Good? How badly do we really need flower shops? I never really gave them much though till I moved to New York City, where they are more common than coffeehouses and tourists. Flowers are pretty, OK fine, but what purpose… Continue reading No Flowers For You →

Now is also the time for summer reading, which is a lot of pressure once people realize summer reading is all books! Books that cost money! Books that sometimes are on sale but cost money, nonetheless! They are also, I think, lighter reading than normal, which in a country obsessed with YA even for the… Continue reading Summer Reading →

Yesterday, at the Stop and Shop, I saw a worker with his mask off talking 2 feet from a customer, who proceeded to take her mask off to take a drink of whatever beverage she had with her. Of course, she was using a straw because despite her twenty-plus years on the planet, her mouth… Continue reading Unmasked →

As if I don’t have enough shit to deal with rationing my oranges and bananas, trying to stay awake through a whole movie, whatever is wrong with my feet, some jackass backed in to my parked car--and did real damage. How fast do you have to be going or how big must your truck be… Continue reading No Free Parking →

Na… na na NA na na na! Remember when parents didn’t want their kids idolizing four guys in jackets and ties? In between all of the terrible news about the coronavirus pandemic, you might have heard that Paul McCartney’s lyric sheet for Hey Jude was bought at auction for $910,000. That was me. I bought… Continue reading I Just Spent $910,000 on the Original Lyric Sheet for “Hey Jude.” →

Some of you think you’re special, so here we go. We know you have a choice in your travel plans, even though we’re pretty much all the same. Ladies and gentlemen… In five minutes we’ll begin pre-boarding Aerial Airlines Flight Whatever. Pre-boarding is not a word or even possible, but it makes some of you… Continue reading Honest Boarding →

It's not unusual for me, as a regular online shopper, to have a book or three waiting for me at my apartment. But this delivery was different: These books had my name on the cover. I knew they were coming soon, but I didn't think they would arrive on some random Monday—a full month before the official… Continue reading Steps and Struggles →