Category Ordinary Life
Polar Vortex (or, Fish Rescue 101)
As everyone who has access to any form of weather-reporting media outlet knows, Washington has been struck by the dreaded zombie apocalypse polar vortex. Or, I should say, the POLAR VORTEX!! Because this is way serious. I mean, never mind the fact that it has been negative a million degrees and snowy in Chicago for months — the important thing is that […]
Happy New Year (at last!)
You all probably hate me for leaving you hanging for so long! I mean, in mid-December I post a glamorously cryptic note about being back in New York for negotiations of uncertain duration, and then it’s radio silence for nearly a month. You’ve probably been worried sick that I might have had to repeat a tie. […]
Back for more
I’m back in New York for another round of negotiations. How long will I be here this time? No one knows! So far meetings are only scheduled for tomorrow; I can make it through Wednesday without needing to do laundry (and through sometime next week before needing to repeat a tie). Times Square as […]
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving morning dawned bright and cold! First thing to do? Thaw out the goldfish. Best way to do this is set a pan of boiling water on theice. That way it just melts through the surface crustwithout breaking the ice, which can hurt the fish. Then off to the box for an early morning workout: […]
Turkey Bowl with the Elders Quorum
Okay, so the Elders Quorum president at church (who is also my home teacher — the same who skateboards to Sunday meetings and refers to me as “dude” and “bro” and assumes I went to “the Cougs” for college — we’re basically from different planets) sent me an email tonight inviting me to join a game of flag […]
Living out of a suitcase
It’s that time of year again! The days get darker and colder, normal people start gearing up for the holidays, and I move into my suitcase. It’s the busiest season for the media-related transactions that I specialize in, and because many of my clients and their counter parties are in New York, I end up […]
The bunny and the steamroller
I’m back! At least for a minute. (Now I’m going to ramble for a minute, so if you want to jump to the good stuff — including cannibalism — feel free to scroll down.) Things have been relentless, to say the least. Remember back in August when I thought it would be a good idea to sign up […]
Sunday night ambition
My post on Friday was kind of a downer. Sorry about that — I was having a moment. But things are better now. MUCH better. There’s nothing quite like logging in on a Sunday morning, expecting to spend the day reviewing documents, only to see an email from the partners saying, “I think we’re set; […]
The "mot juste"
Earlier this week I called my sister Ashley as I was driving home from work. It was about 10:30pm and I was just leaving the office and needed to do a little grocery shopping before going home and going to bed. As you might imagine, the conversation started off with my muttering some remark along the […]
Conversation at the gym
Okay, so. Picture me. Not huge. You might even call me “slight of build.” Now picture a guy — let’s call him Jim — who’s probably 6’2″ and around 275 lbs. He’s a big guy (a nice guy, too) and strong. Not particularly toned, but not fat either. Kind of what you would imagine a college or high school football player might […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 