In thinking about second chances, the theme for this week’s Sunday Scribblings, I’ve come to the realization that I’m still making my way in life through my first chances. I see all those first chances as necessarily leading me to my next first chance, and so on. Is there a point at which you feel …
Category: Free Time
Computer Drama
My laptop has been dying a slow death, and it’s dragging me down with it kicking and screaming. Despite having had the operating system reinstalled, as well as the hard drive, the motherboard, and the memory replaced (all under the 3-year extended warranty that expires in July, no less), it still dies minutes after I …
Year of Magical Thinking
I think I only briefly mentioned reading Joan Didion‘s memoir, The Year of Magical Thinking earlier this year. That brief mention in no way reflected my opinion of the book. In fact, my reluctance to address my thoughts in this blog probably stemmed from the emotional weight of reading it and my own inability to …
In The News
The first thing I do in the morning is turn on NPR so that Soterios Johnson on WNYC‘s Morning Edition can inform me about what’s happening in NYC and around the world while I sip my coffee and get ready for work. Each day for the past couple of years, hearing the number of people …