I just got back from England where I celebrated my Dad’s 70th birthday and faced the reality of aging parents.
My normally laid-back father was deeply stressed out about his party. Ok, it was for 90 people and I too would be uptight, but on the morning of the event he collected me from the airport [...]
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Stella and the aging parents
My new favorite soap
Okay, so Twitter. What’s up with that, right? I mean, who *really* wants to know the minutiae of other people’s days? Maybe occasionally someone will post a funny joke, a handy link, or something cool that’s going on, but generally? It’s even more of a waste of time than Facebook. Right?
Thinking this, well *knowing* this [...]
Popular Songs (Yo La Tengo, Barrymore Theater, Madison, 1/23/10)
My car has a cassette deck but no CD player, so unless I plug the iPod adapter into the cigarette lighter, it’s college mix tapes all the way. Little time capsules that transport me back to the 1990s faster than clove cigarettes or sandalwood oil. They’re full of the usual suspects: Nirvana, [...]
Dave’s Top 20/Bottom 10/Questionable 5 for 2009
So back in college, I worked for an off-campus student paper that some of you are familiar with. One of our longstanding features was a Top 20/Bottom 10, a concise and witty summing-up of the past week’s news. One of my favorite things about the feature was that the format made you focus on good [...]
Xmas mishmash
Merry Xmas, Whatsiters! For today’s post, a mishmash of virtual gifts for you, culled from various websites over the past week or two.
First, a spirited rendition of What English Sounds Like to Non-English Speakers. Italian singer Adriano Celentano wrote a song with nonsense lyrics intended to sound like English, then shot this fantastic video with [...]
Tuesday video: Close calls
It’s 1 a.m. and I forgot to write a post for today, so here’s the placeholder: a compilation of amazing close calls on video. There’s only one that I think might be obviously faked — what do you think?
A Child is Born to Dad and Papa
What an incredibly joyous reason to write a post. I am so happy to introduce Hanover Robinson Gottlock to you all!
Our dear friends (and former TGW contributers) Brian and Robbins Gottlock welcomed their first son into the world last Thursday November 12, 2009, at 8:54 AM. He arrived 3.5 weeks premature and [...]
Adventures in Online Dating
Yes, online dating is nothing new. Adam and Eve actually met on eHarmony when Eve sent the following message: “Hey Adam, like your pic! LOL. I’m just an Eden girl who likes crossword puzzles and talking to snakes. Let’s get together and eat an apple and see what’s underneath those fig leaves! Message me l8er!” [...]
