October 2008
19 posts
Lotsa stuff to empty from the drawer of my mind...
Where's Fred?
Among my many OCD-ish “quirks” is a ritual in which I engage during my daily runs in Central Park. Whenever I pass the Fred Lebow statue at 90th/5th on the Park’s east drive, I give it a little nod and then tap out with my fingers the number of miles I’m doing on the shoulder closest to the statue. I don’t know why I do this. It is oddly comforting.
And then...
I am showing my dim-bulb
I am showing my dim-bulb little sister how to publish from a phone.
One of the better second dates I’ve had took...
Is Freedy playing a banjo on this one? Is it a...
Ethical dilemma
So I’m jogging in the park just now when, about 20 yards ahead of me, I can’t help but notice a finely maintained woman in her 20s. As I near her, I see a large pin protruding from the back of her cut-way-up-to-here skirt.
This presents a dilemma. On one hand, it is likely that, when she sits down, the pin will perforate her lovely tush. On the other, if I make her aware of this,...
I paid super-close attention to the debate the...
Angry (and initially confusing) email of the week
“Just out right wrong”? Oh - “outright wrong.” Never mind.
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“SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: I personally think your thoughts on the Angels are just out right wrong. You want to talk about them being lucky and blessed, but you don’t give them the credit that they have earned. For a team to go a month and a half...
Okay: Bad Reputation. Today’s FReedy FRiday...
A friend's response to a question about his...
“One thing not to say to your new bride as you both stand in a huge old church at night: ‘The evil spirits are entering your vagina.’”
angry email of the week, world-pundit edition
“SUBJECT: Writer feedbacks: Larry Dobrow
FROM: XXX
E-MAIL: XXX
FEEDBACK: People like you don’t anticipate Hurricane Katrinia, the collapse of every investment bank, or the possibility that they’ll ever get laid. I don’t want to get too carried away, but although you’ll never get laid, the Twins did sweep the White Sux and you, in turn, prove yourself to be the...
actual sentence that was uttered last night by a...
“He puts a smile on your face every time he comes to the plate.”
-Harold Reynolds, TBS color commentator, on Chicago’s no-OBP second baseman Alexei Ramirez