| I was just told this morning that I have no ego. Thank you for noticing. And I would submit to you that that’s what makes me great.
Monthly Archives: April 2013
April 28, 2013, 21:21
| I had wondered who ever studied at the library these days. And now, having tried on the night before finals to park in the lot my building shares with the library, I know the answer is “everyone and his damn dog.”
April 28, 2013, 17:45
| Reminiscing about last night’s bratwurst-grilling experience, the two-year-old exclaims, “Hot diggity dogs be ‘licious!” Because even though it’s just the two of us here, we’ve somehow found our way into season three of Full House.
April 26, 2013, 20:37
| Two-year-old wraps his arms around my neck, presses his chest against my face, and exclaims “I love him!” I will assume that to be a third-person reference not to the cat, but to me, and will take it. I love him too.
April 23, 2013, 12:51
| The best thing unearthed from the long-neglected storage shelves in the main on-air studio? Neither the Superball, nor the stray Solo cup, nor either of the pairs of eyeglasses, but indeed the sandwich bag filled with a large handful of beef bouillon cubes.
April 20, 2013, 15:19
| First-ever visit for me today to a Trader Joe’s. It’s clear now that if I had one within walking distance, then a few things about life would be different, chief among them my definition of “walking distance.”
April 9, 2013, 08:46
| If it’s pushing 9 a.m. and you find yourself wishing a steak could be delivered immediately to your place of business, then you’re a) just finishing hosting Morning Edition or b) just John Bailey.
April 8, 2013, 17:55
| Roger Ebert, Margaret Thatcher, and now Annette Funicello. Somewhere, someone is crafting a very bad joke.
April 5, 2013, 11:14
| Make no mistake. North Korea’s firing of either of those rockets will amount to the greatest diplomatic failure in the entire career of Dennis Rodman.
April 3, 2013, 08:05
| Alec Baldwin today turns 55, the age I would have guessed him to be any year in the last ten.