It was some kind of fundraiser so I’m sure the attendees or their parents got tax deductions along with their possible bracing dose of covid-19. I also read that there are/were more of these Chainsmokers events planned, including in such virus-free locales as LA and Miami. I think after the backlash plans might have…

I would have gone with “Dickensian workhouse”.

Anthony Newley didn’t do it better. You win.

Your shelter cat updates are my favorite posts, but I must be strong. We’ve been dog people all our lives, we now have a huge hound. I see your updates and I think, “The hound loves cats. They don’t take up much room, you can pick them up...I’ve never trained a cat but they seem to take to litter boxes. But what if…

That’s interesting. I have no doubt that all the Disney systems are state of the art and constantly upgraded. In retrospect, the guy in Orlando was probably wondering why I was so interested in precise renderings of Disney World and what the fire response would be. Luckily I got no knock on the door from the FBI.

Disney is a law unto itself. I once was asked to commission a plan of what Disney World really looked like. Not cartoonish, but where the walkways actually went, the footprints of the buildings, the shapes of the “water features.” I couldn’t get it. A Disney World rep laughed and hung up the phone. The Orlando…

I LOVED “The Net”. What was even more prescient was 1986's “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” In it, Whoopi Goldberg essentially sends and receives emails. I remember thinking, “That would be really handy if offices really did this...”

I LOVED “The Net”. What was even more prescient was 1986's “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” In it, Whoopi Goldberg essentially sends and receives emails. I remember thinking, “That would be really handy if offices really did this...”

It’s definitely not for everyone. I come from a large family and getting any of them to visit me is like pulling teeth. We grew up in a suburb and then they moved on to live even farther into outer suburbs and exurbs. They don’t get it either. I do my best to be a good host, I never leave their side, we see all the…

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Together apart (or is it apart together?) is the key. When we bought our current place it came with two bedrooms side-by-side and the rest was this big, almost too big, open space. We thought about turning that second bedroom into an office but I put the kibosh on that. Instead we built a room at the far corner, which…

Or, isn’t Amazon using more and more robots now? Maybe one of the robots has accepted Christ into their...lives? Operating systems?

I’ve only seen Twister once. It was the inflight movie! Aside from the theme, a lot of the action takes place in a helicopter and the viewer is in the cockpit with them, looking out as the helicopter swoops and swerves. Imagine watching that while you yourself are hurtling through the skies.

Not a cigarette lighter but a lit cigarette. The night before I was to leave for college my boyfriend (slightly older, and had his own apartment) and I pulled an all-nighter. Much drinking, much sexy times. He smoked, and somehow the lit end of his cigarette landed on the webbing between my left thumb and forefinger.…

A friend of mine had to have surgery unexpectedly while roaming through rural Italy. He was taken to a hospital which was a converted centuries-old convent (but completely 21st-century.) He had to stay there for a week to recover. He was given a private room with stunning valley views.

Over on GroupThink I talked about my plans for last night’s dinner, which was tuna croquettes. I specifically mentioned that the most difficult part is the deep frying.

Those foil roasting pans horrify me. They’re so flimsy.

As a newcomer to New York (I’ve only lived here for 32 years) there is a charm to the way my fellow citizens order breakfast food. My favorite phrase is “bacaneggacheese.” It goes without saying this is on a roll, not a bagel. That’s too much.

It’s probably because the giant warehouse clubs like CostCo carry fewer products than you think. It’s not uncommon to see entire freezer cases stocked with two or three items from the same company, or half a soda aisle with a few varieties from the same company. We sometimes go to a BJs and they carry three or four…

Sorry, I knew you were on GT and I had a brain freeze. We’ve probably corresponded over there. I can’t keep the kinjans straight. I have become a proselytizer for GT and for deadsplinter so I mention them when I can.