so awful

In case you are blind and deaf and thus missed the news, it snowed in the NE this weekend. It snowed a whole lot—I say this with authority as a Chicagoan. See Jim Swift’s post for more details about the weather. Despite the commencement of this blizzard, I went out in Adams Morgan on Friday [...]

Spirit and Spirits

Turns out I grew up. I’m okay with this because it means I do grown-up things like go to speakeasies and Christmas cookie exchange parties—um, with other people my age. I suppose we’re all growing up together then.
I met some people who know DC pretty well at a Heldref happy hour last week. We discussed [...]

I choose …

I was asked recently who would play the role of me in the Movie Of My Life. I answered the question immediately, but like normal people, the others around the table at Eli’s Deli in Dupont—the most Jewish place outside of Israel, maybe; I’m not kidding, don’t bring your Starbucks cup in because if there [...]

Trending

1. “All thinking men are atheists.”
- Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
2.  ”cause there is no tomorrow/just some picture perfect day to last a whole lifetime”
-  ”Young Forever,” Jay-Z, The Blueprint 3
3.  Sam: Let’s go get the shit kicked out of us by love.
- Love Actually
4.  ”It’s your dad … he was killed.”
- Julie Taylor, Friday Night [...]

It’s not kismet, he’s a nontheist!

I just found something I posted on the Facebook wall of one Patrick Powers two years ago in response to his comment about how great I’d look in the White House and it provoked a really great “HA!” moment. I love when things like this happen. You know, when you get ahead of yourself. This [...]

it happened last night

The following is a conversation that occurred via text with someone I do not know.
 
Some Dude: What’s up kid? What’s poppin tonight?
Me: I’m sorry, who is this?
Some Dude: You muthafucka! It’s Greg! Lol
Me: Greg who?
Some Dude: I’m busting your ass murph! Greg! Boris! Marvin!
Some Dude: You know what? I think I have the wrong number! [...]

There are few things I enjoy more than getting a voice mail from Andrew Ivers that says, “Hey … I’m done with the meeting so … let’s … go to Georgetown.” So after wrestling the Dupont Circle rush hour traffic (on foot), to Georgetown we walked. It’s a really nice walk, actually, on a suspiciously [...]

Molder of Men

I know I’m late to this game (apologies in advance for the puns that will inevitably find their way to this post), but I’m really enchanted with this silly show about football, of all things. Really enchanted. It’s mostly on account of The Man too. It’s a worthwhile show and you all should watch it, [...]

les cheveaux noirs

A book called Paris Spleen caught my eye the other day at a really charming Georgetown bookstore that I’ll post about as soon as I can get the images right. Ivers pointed out that it is a book of Charles Baudelaire’s prose poems and that he read them in a Devin Johnston class—which means that [...]

Play it again, Julian.

Play “11th Dimension.”  We can handle it.