The Most Stressful 28 Hours of My Life

Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

...were the result of my asking a New York City health inspector to inspect my apartment's kitchen. From yesterday's New York Times. Come visit soon. Bring diaper wipes.

Elderism #75

Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"I am not a hoodlum. I am an expert barbecue cook." -73 year-old Black Panther Party cofounder Bobby Seale, referring to 1967, when Ronald Reagan, then-governor of California, called Seale a "hoodlum." The eighth of the "Chicago Eight" (the Eight became the ...

Elderism #74

Saturday, September 11th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"I’m older; I have a great love of the English parlance. I can’t stand dipshit, tattooed, lacquered, varnished, depilatoried younger people talking their stupid shit, stage-sighing, saying “It’s like, I’m like, whatever,” and talking in horrible clichés, rolling their eyes ...

10 Things to Talk About This Weekend

Friday, September 10th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Tom Stoppard says he wants to die via a falling bookcase. And other conversation gambits from my Times column.

Elderism #73

Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

"I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. It's satisfying. Every blade that's cut in half dies, for sure. But the other half springs back to life." -83 year-old musician Chuck Berry, in an article by Neil Strauss in the most recent ...

Possible Conversation Topics for the Upcoming Weekend

Friday, September 3rd, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

My New York Times column here. Calvin Klein's 20 year-old boyfriend, our President's forehead, Fidel Castro's apology, imminent changes to the O.E.D.--let the conversationing begin!