A hectic work schedule has left me feeling like a zombie. It’s not that I have forgotten that I have a blog, it’s that I have forgotten that I have thoughts. Life has been operating at two speeds lately–full speed and no speed. I can’t say, however, it’s been all work and no play. For…
Category: Life in New Jersey
The Cost of Congestion
About three weeks ago, I stopped traffic in New York–not in the Marilyn Monroe way. More like in the bumper-to-bumper-fender-bender kind of way. Except this was more than a fender bender and unfortunately also my fault. My crime? I sneezed in heavy traffic when I was supposed to brake. My penalty? The cost of repairing…
It Pays to Know How to Sun Dance
And by sun dance, I don’t mean Robert Redford. I mean shakin’ your thang the way the Mayans and Incas did so that the Sun God would be generous and give you the glorious weather you needed to pull off the event you’re so worked up about. For the Mayans, it was probably a virgin…
Law & Order, Jersey Style
About four weeks ago, I gave an impromptu $430 donation to the community of Fort Lee, New Jersey, a town I thought was named after the garrison of Korean noodle restaurants that circle downtown like bandwagons, but is instead named after General Charles Lee, the George Washington-appointed hero who defended New York City during the…
New Jersey, Home to Most Four-Letter Words and “Ursprache”
In a state where consonants and vowels aren’t just misused, they’re physically assaulted, it was a hopeful moment to learn that a Garden Stater had won the national spelling bee this past week in Washington, D.C. Thirteen-year-old Katharine Close became the first New Jersey resident to claim the title, defeating 274 other top spellers after…