April 2013
2 posts
March 2013
1 post
January 2013
1 post
December 2012
8 posts
November 2012
5 posts
How to De-Romneyize an Airplane →
A company in Michigan gets its plane back. Step one: decontaminate
October 2012
9 posts
September 2012
5 posts
Paddled →
My first opponent at Shichahai, a smiley kid named Wang, stands eye-level with my chest. On the orders of Coach Chang, we edge up to a nearby table and start rallying. Though rallying couldn’t be less accurate. Wang serves. The ball bounces over the net and hits my side of the table. I strike it with my paddle, it springs over the net, and does not hit his side of the table. It doesn’t hit...
2012 Weddings, a Chronology
The one with my sister
The one in the Times
The one with fireworks
The one on the Jersey shore, but the nice part
The one in the modern art space with the dead animals
The one where the father of the bride was booed, at length, during his toast, for saying he’s a Democrat
The one on the farm, where there wasn’t technically a ceremony but come on
August 2012
2 posts
WatchBeth Summers produces from Las Vegas:
July 2012
5 posts
June 2012
11 posts
eyed off: E & I →
michaelidov:
I owe my entire life in its odd present shape to Nora Ephron. She never took credit and never even accepted my thanks for it. In fact, even as we shared many friends, I haven’t managed to speak to her in person once. (She was generally great at not speaking. Remember, for over 30 years she was one…
“sitting in my inbox like a little gold coin among plastic chips”
Watchandrewromano:
Andrea Pirlo, the Marcello Mastroianni of penalty kickers. The final image—of Pirlo’s non-reaction, his utter existential nonchalance—is priceless.
May 2012
15 posts
