2025 didn’t tiptoe in. It arrived with a clipboard, a calendar full of meetings, and a very clear message of “You’re in it now. Fully. All the way in.” This was the year I stepped into my new role and actually turned things around. Not quietly. Not tentatively. […]
I recently learned about Netflix’s two-minute rule, and honestly, I feel mildly personally attacked. Apparently, if you watch more than two minutes of a show or movie, Netflix counts it as a view. Two minutes. That’s it. Congratulations, you’ve watched the thing. Your data has spoken. The algorithm […]
I am wildly late to the Apple TV documentary Beastie Boys Story. Like, five-years-late late. But in my defense, I am currently living out my Word of the Year, that of Reclaim, which apparently includes reclaiming the things I loved before adulthood, responsibility, and calendars with too many […]
It was late. The house was quiet in that way it only gets when everyone else is asleep and your thoughts decide it’s their time to shine. I was half-watching, half-absorbing Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special, “The Unstoppable”. As expected, it wandered into controversial territory. Dave does not […]
Every year around this time, there’s a musical inevitability. Like gravity. Like glitter in your coat pockets until March. Mariah Carey arrives. “All I Want for Christmas Is You” is basically the holiday’s emotional North Star. Thirty years old, somehow ageless, both nostalgic and aggressively modern. The moment […]
I watched Die Hard again this week. Yes, again. And yes, it is a Christmas movie. I will not be taking questions at this time. Once you’ve lived in Los Angeles, watching Die Hard becomes a scavenger hunt. You stop following the plot and start clocking landmarks. Oh, […]
When I was a little kid growing up in the Bronx, Christmas gifts didn’t always come with batteries or flashing lights. Some came with pages. Thick ones. One year, I received a giant coloring book so big it felt like it needed its own ZIP code filled with […]
Today is a very specific kind of day. It is not Christmas Eve.It is slightly past Hanukkah.It is the eve to the eve and we’re on the narrow bridge of Chrismukkah that we walk every year in our house with mild delight and moderate chaos. It’s the in-between […]
Life has officially gotten ridiculous. I say this as someone who generally rolls with the punches, believes reality is fluid, and accepts that nothing ever goes exactly as planned. But even I had to pause this week and reread a headline that felt less like news and more […]
There are roughly two weeks left in the year, and somehow it feels like both a sprint and a marathon.Or maybe it’s neither. Maybe it’s one of those airport moving walkways where you’re technically in motion but also weirdly standing still, staring at the floor, wondering how you […]
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