i can say i knew her when

maybe i’m a total doofus, but i just got really excited because one of my best friend’s improv groups is referenced in the NYTimes today.  And called nonsensical (the name, not the improv)!!!!
sileva is famous
also, when i got to my brand new office today and my brand new job, there was a ringwraith riding a [...]

nyc hs kids should get smartass credits

from one of my two saintly teaching fellow friends, tackling nyc teens with tough love and a sense of humor:
 The other day, one of my favorite hooligans shared with me his plan to get back at security officers on the last day of school.
Here is genius at work…
“Miss- You have to hear my plan.
On the [...]

it happened again.

i had another desperately sad deja vu this week when a wonderful,  gorgeous, funny, nice guy i work with asked about my boyfriend and when i said  i had nothing, he couldn’t believe it.  he was shocked that i’m single and told me that all the guys on his team think i’m the coolest.  he couldn’t [...]

truth in advertising: when reality meets the tsa

so, on one of my many early morning jaunts to the cleve of late, i was standing in a very long security line at about, oh, five thirty in the morning.  nervous travelers abounded, anxious to catch their flights, but the line was not moving.  this gave me several long minutes to really take in [...]

fleeing (to) the cleve

so, all of you 30 Rock fans out there- which should be all of you- must have loved the season finale, “Cleveland.”  it was typically hilarious and ridiculous and, as usual, has creepy parallels to rather specific things in my life.
like liz’s cell phone ring is wagner.  the cell goes off.  the english avian bone chick says [...]

because manufacturing meth is such a hassle…

Hold The Coffee! Caffeinated Donuts and Bagels Could Provide That Morning Buzz!
DURHAM, N.C., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — If that cup o’ joe you drink each morning to get moving is getting old, just wait. You soon may be able to get the same jolt from a donut or bagel. A North Carolina scientist has developed [...]

working from home

I think it’s more stressful to work from home.  Trying to juggle Law and Order and product development for Lite Brite…Actually, it’s claustrophobia inducing.  Thank god the pain distracts me from the boredom and restlessness. 
This new “pain management” treatment has thus far provided more pain than managment, but I’m hopeful.  I go for my second [...]