It’s Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day or American Genocide Day (I like to cover all the bases), so it seems like a good time to drop some quick and dirty thoughts I’m currently having. Haven’t done this in a while. 1. In a dark world, my daughter’s generation gives me hope. M. and I…
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The Wonderful World of Selective Empathy
As I’ve written before, I haven’t been a practicing Christian for many years. I won’t regurgitate my reasons again, but I handed in my Catholic Club membership card way back in my 30s. This doesn’t mean that I jettisoned my Christian values along with all that dogma and patriarchy, however, because I didn’t. While I…
Prague
Just returned from my trip to Prague – I want to share my thoughts about it while they’re still fresh in my mind, so there will be no over-editing in this post. Unlike my trip to Paris last year, this wasn’t a return to the past, or a restoration of Self, or an exercise in…
Nonna’s House
In November 2009, my Italian grandmother died after suffering a bad fall in her apartment from which she never recovered. Because she lived in Italy and I lived in the United States, I didn’t get to see her often, but we were extremely close due to my many visits to Italy and her intermittent visits to the U.S….
10 Things I Think I Think on July 26, 2025
It’s the dog days of summer. Hot as fuck. Can barely move. No energy for a preamble. Let’s just get into it. 1. Death keeps rearing its ugly head. One of my upstairs neighbors died last week. He was one of two brothers who lived together as roommates. Don’t really know the history there. Apparently…
True Believers
There’s a type of person I’ve always been interested in. Even admired. The kind of person who believes in something so strongly that they’re willing to put everything on the line for it, including their own life. The kind of person who is willing to die for a cause. It takes courage to do that….
10 Things I Think I Think on June 8, 2025
I’m just back from an overnight trip to Saratoga Springs with M. I took her to see her favorite band, Glass Animals, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, which is located in the middle of this huge state park just outside of Saratoga Springs. Absolutely beautiful and a wonderful place to see a show. I’m…
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Ramble
Thoughts too organized, life too organized, I’m too organized, need to let things out without fences, borders, or requirements, without proper punctuation and three days of finding the words I want. Just let it out, who gives a fuck. Don’t proofread too much, go ahead and even leave in the watermark stamp in the photo…
ATX
Every year in March I attend a securities conference for attorneys and compliance professionals that’s held in a hotel resort somewhere warm, usually Orlando, Phoenix, or San Diego. The conference lasts four days, and my firm pays for everything. I always try to go because it’s a fun way to re-connect with colleagues who work…