What better than a wedding to remind us that family—shaped by bloodlines, law, and random acts—is funnier than The Office, more tragic than Hamlet, and more bizarre than Lost.
I just spent a few days in England for my cousin’s wedding. Technically, it was a “blessing,” followed the next day by a christening, as she and […]
Greetings, good people.
What a long and lonely summer it has been, estranged from your loving attention and thoughtful comments. I have so enjoyed my daily visits to TGW, despite the fact that I have relegated myself to lurker status. I am almost intimidated to rejoin the ranks of such talented and entertaining writers. Really. You […]
My wife wishes I were gay, which is kind of ironic I guess. But it makes sense in lieu of what she really wishes—I mean, that she were a man—but that’s a whole nother story.
My own desire to be gay has more or less subsided, but as a lad, I really wanted to be gay. […]
In the words of the immortal Neil Diamond, hello, again. Hello. (That should give you an indication of where I fall in the great Bowie vs. Jagger debate; yes, I’d trade ‘em both for the likes of, say, Barry Manilow. Sue me.)
So inspired am I by Farrell’s and Bryan’s reflections on the GW gang – […]
The first year we went to the Berkshires. Labor Day weekend, 1999. The world was a little more innocent then.
Bacon, whose marriage was on the rocks, drove up from DC. Lane and Adriana drove up from New York with Karen and her son Ian, who was what, seven or eight? They came in Karen’s then-still-fabulous silver Jaguar — the […]