Lea got me a nifty solar watch charger for Christmas. It works much more quickly and reliably than the bathroom window sill. So I’ve been having fun getting some old soldiers out and enjoying them again. I charged this one last night. I bought this watch about 12 years ago. It had a brown crocodile … Read more
Demolition is scheduled to begin February 6. My friend Lucy Berry DeButy, who has journalistically shepherded Madison Square through its senescence, has written the last piece on the mall. I can’t believe it’s been most of two years since I went in there. When I was going and actively writing about it, every time I … Read more
I irritated a few of my friends yesterday. They took issue with the provenance and veracity of a political cartoon I shared. Good political cartoons are provocative and relatable by design, which is why I don’t consider it particularly important to share it here. Suffice to say there are plausible cases for and against it, mountable by reasonable people. … Read more