Today’s edition: The Woman with a Cat in a stroller at the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket I beat the rain this morning to the Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket. At just after 10 AM, the place was pretty crowded. There were long lines at the Ronnybrook Dairy Farm and Blue Moon Fish booths — the fishContinue reading “The People I See — Volume II: Cat stroller”
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The People I See — Volume I: Spandex and CB
And now to institute a new feature here on Out of Focus: “The People I see.” Even the title is part of my attempt to say more with less, as a longer description could be, “The people I see who make my jaw drop, say to myself, ‘What the hell?’ and find me spending moreContinue reading “The People I See — Volume I: Spandex and CB”
Too Much Thinking
I think. A lot. Too much. I don’t mind how much I opine, but the thinking … the thinking doesn’t stop. And the non-stop thinking sometimes, but not always, doesn’t lead to realization. It just leads to more and more thinking. I think about believing and believe in what I’m thinking, but somewhere along theContinue reading “Too Much Thinking”
July Writing Retreat: Free Writing drills
During my weekend, we did two sets of free writing drills. The rules were simple: 1) Take the phrase/idea; 2) start writing; 3) pens down when time called (roughly five minutes). Several of these were effortless; a few of them difficult, although there was not time for any of them to become excruciating. The followingContinue reading “July Writing Retreat: Free Writing drills”
55 Hours and Counting: Apple Still Sucking
My main personal email is still down. This has been the case since at least 1 PM on Friday. Apple’s MobileMe was down for “scheduled maintenance” last night, and now they have a lovely announcement on their support page saying, “MobileMe is now available!” No it isn’t assholes! Not to those of us that areContinue reading “55 Hours and Counting: Apple Still Sucking”
I’m So All Over This
I’m a seltzer water addict too. (I say “too” because I guess I forgot to mention it the other day.) Most recently, I’ve been trying to cut way back and virtually eliminate drinking Diet Coke, Diet Dr. Pepper and all the other soft drinks I’ve regularly found myself consuming in mass quantities. But I’ve alwaysContinue reading “I’m So All Over This”
Apple Pissing Me Off: In Pogue We Hope?
Have any of you had troubles with your mac.com transitions to MobileMe? I hadn’t until yesterday when suddenly my mac.com email address — my main personal email — stopped working. Utterly, completely and totally stopped working. I received my last email at 12:31 PM. I sent a reply shortly after, and ever since, whether throughContinue reading “Apple Pissing Me Off: In Pogue We Hope?”
Prepping for Knight
Or not. I had intended to watch Batman Begins earlier today to prepare me for going to see The Dark Knight tonight. (And this just breaking across the news: amazingly enough, apparently the film made $18.5 million during its midnight — or I suppose we should simply say late-night — screenings, beating the previous recordContinue reading “Prepping for Knight“
Bingeing Again, But Writing? Still Not So Much
Something happened to me this week — I’ve once again returned to some sort of theater binge. I rushed to Passing Strange on Wednesday to catch it before it’s gone. Last night, I moseyed to Legally Blonde: The Musical last night to catch Laura Bell Bundy before she leaves the show on Sunday and isContinue reading “Bingeing Again, But Writing? Still Not So Much”
Passing Strange Before It Passes Away
I had wanted to see Passing Strange since it’s original Off-Broadway run at the Public Theater, but I was lazy and never got around to it. I had heard amazing things: the music was rock (not so show-tuney), exciting and catchy; the show narratively worked in a non-traditional way — in a style I would,Continue reading “Passing Strange Before It Passes Away”
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