I’m Generation X. If you were born between 1964 and 1979 (inclusive), you are too, though from 1975 on you can instead claim “MTV Generation,” if you like that better. I heard a lot in the media about how little direction I had, right around the time I was graduating from high school. That fit … Read more
So goes Jerry Seinfeld’s description of hack comedian Kenny “the best, Jerry!” Bania’s act during season eight of Seinfeld (episode: The Fatigues). I remember enjoying this phrase tremendously during the show’s first run most of 11 years ago, and having forgotten about it in the interim, it was hilarious all over again when I caught … Read more
I went to Sam’s today. Might have been my first time in there in 2007. I met Melanie for Vietnamese, and I’m always hunting for a walk these days, and Sam’s is right behind the shopping center containing Viet Huong. It was marginally more pleasant than I remember. (In my memory it was dingier, mainly.) … Read more