Monthly Archives: July 2013
Writing
Chris, of City Hall, and a fellow writer on SlapFight sent me this email, “It’s always good to work & re-work them fundamentals.” He’d been digging around at home and uncovered a writing list that his friend Scotty Watson, (who was artistic director … Continue reading
The unexpected risks of trapeezing
Too hot to walk quickly through the muggy Manhattan weather, I strolled along behind a couple of girls and listened to them chatting.
Delayed gratification, and naming stars with physicists
It’s interesting to talk to Jon’s physicist colleagues, who often have a very different spin on things that happen in life. “Nobody wants to do local galaxies anymore,†they say in passing at parties.
Baby Showers
A lot of the time, I feel like a New Yorker. I will argue with you over where to get the best slice in the city. I often tut at the slowness of pedestrians. I tell cab drivers if I … Continue reading
An epic telescope fail
You had a bad day?