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Broken Arrow

She’d pulled away. Relationships are funny. You’re together, then you’re not. But it’s the in-between that flummoxes you. I always believed in living together. It made it that much harder for the other person to move out. One argument was not definitive. But once I was married I thought it was… Forever. Because my parents […]

Quote of the Day

“‘All good inventions come from something personal,’ she said. ‘People create things because it’s personal.’” BINGO! Can you say Napster? Monday night I went to see Jade Bird at the Troubadour. Before that Daniel Glass held a party at the Polo Lounge. And this is where you excoriate me and him and I get it, […]

My Colonoscopy

There was a female doctor and a male nurse. Oh, how far we’ve come. It’s been eight years. I know the new standard is ten, but my internist says seven, and last year I was recovering from my shoulder surgery so I slipped a year but now it was necessary. My internist went off insurance. […]

Today’s Nuggets

Don’t waste your time yelling into the echo chamber, love him or hate him, your words about Trump make no difference to the other side, it’s about doing the work, the anonymous drudgery, no one likes to do the work. Sometimes the softest voice commands the most power. We’re conditioned to yell, but Gus Fring […]