Journal

The Park is Closed

This past weekend I saw seven women sitting in a circle in the park, each holding an infant. It’s a small park in Cobble Hill, where seven women make up...

You know what your problem is?

     A guy at the bar where I work asked me recently, “You know what your problem is?”   The phrasing of the above question intimates that there was some...

Simon Says

  In January I joked with my sister I was gonna get married this year.  It is now June,  and I have not been on ONE date all year.  The...

Bait and Switch

  Wikipedia states: a bait and switch is a form of fraud in which the party putting forth the fraud lures in customers by advertising a product or service at...

Blatant Harassment

 My mother left me a voicemail on Tuesday and asked, in a very perplexed bordering on suspicious voice, “ Do you know someone by the name of ( dramatic pause)...

Calligraphy Slave Labor

A family friend I have not seen in forever texted me last week: “Hey I got a wedding Thursday June 17th,  want to come to Boston and be my date?”...