A few months back I was celebrating my latest accomplishment. I had joined my son in observing lent and gave up desserts. My doctor noted that yes I am aging and maybe I should think of cutting back a little on the bad stuff. Specifically, all the sugars […]
My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them. Mitch Hedberg A very small group of people will completely get and understand my following statement. I hate water. Well, let me rephrase. I hate drinking water. For that matter, I also hate ice cubes. […]
As a New Yorker, I have been exposed to food trucks a long time ago. We have had everything in trucks. According to some internet historians, New York City started having food trucks way back in 1691. Well, they were really push carts. But you get the […]
Right now I’m a tad bit depressed because I do not get to experience the autumnal beauty of the East Coast. Not that being in LA’s constant sunny weather is a bad thing. However, as someone who has wanderlust, autumn is the perfect symbol of that motivation. Autumn […]
These days you just never know who knows workplace etiquette rules and who doesn’t. Sure enough you get an employee handbook on your first day at a job and maybe someone goes over it with you. There are such rules as don’t drink or smoke on the premises. […]
Having grown up in the South Bronx, I didn’t go to many County Fairs as a kid. Actually, I don’t believe I ever went to any as a kid. I did go to little fairs that were held in empty lots in the Bronx. Do those count? […]
I am not a coffee lover in the strictest sense of the term despite drinking 3 cups of coffee every day by 10am. I am not a person who loves a cup of plain Joe in the morning. I don’t relish drinking coffee the way I do a […]
I am a clumsy person by nature. Ever since I can remember, I have been twisting my ankles, walking into walls and just generally walking a zig zag pattern. If people didn’t know better, they would think I am drunk. I’d like to attribute my clumsiness to the […]
I have now been in Los Angeles exactly six months and I think I am getting the hang of it. I know to add an extra 20 minutes to any commute, to expect meetings to start about 10 minutes late (if lucky) and that regardless of neighborhood type […]
It was around 100 degrees today and my office experienced a rolling blackout. Lights came back on but the internet didn’t. Of course with no internet, the whole office didn’t know what to do with itself. What did people do back in the day in their cubicles, before […]
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