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A capella, urination, and other things you shouldn’t do in public

I would like to take a moment to look at a subject Melissa briefly mentioned in her previous post…acapella in public. Just because you can doesn’t always mean you should.

A reminder of my disillusionment

Lindsay and I had a long phone conversation this evening, mostly about inappropriate a capella venues and the Care Bears. As a child I truly loved the Care Bears–I loved their positive messages about teamwork and good triumphing over evil and how to disable a freeze machine. I really believed in them. Not just in [...]

How have I not heard of this show until now?

It looks really really ridiculously good.

The New Yorker Festival

This weekend I attended two New Yorker Festival events. On Friday night, I heard Jhumpa Lahiri and Edward P. Jones read from their work. I attended by myself because my husband likes to watch Miami Vice reruns on Friday nights. Yesterday I went to David Denby’s interview with Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow. I’m guessing [...]