Category: travel
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Social Media Break : Post Mortem on my Year Off Social Media
People have asked me how my yearlong social media break went. Great and terrible. It was terrible because I failed in my goal to write every one who signed up for handwritten letters. On the upside of that failure, I wrote dozens and dozens of folks. I think I’m up to fifty or something, so…
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Weather NYC App : Micrometeorology Keeps Me Dry
Seldom do I review apps because… because. But I’m constantly surprised by how few New Yorkers know of the best Weather NYC app out there. It uses micrometeorology and helps me stay out of the rain. Basically, when we’re under an awning in Midtown or stuck in a subway in Brooklyn and we need to…
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New York Dictionary : Choose Your Own Coffee Beans
Here’s how New Yorkers communicate that you must choose your coffee beans and roasts by hand:
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In Which I Nearly Died
For six months of 2015, my wife and I wondered if I was going to die. And then during a few months in 2016, we wondered some more. Here’s the story in which I nearly died: It started with a vasovagal episode in early summer. In case you’ve never encountered a vasovagal episode, here’s what…
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The Beautiful Complexity of a Tiny Town or ” Break Up in a Small Town is a Beehive Kicked “
People talk often of the busy city street, especially in regard to New York City, assuming this translates to complexity. But cities are simple. An elegance keeps the taco maker in the taco truck, the novelist in his hovel, and the billionaire in his corner office. People I know talk about how they wish they…
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Do American Christian Missionaries Support the Trump Muslim Ban?
For years, evangelical churches at large have considered the missionary the cherry on top of Sunday. At conferences and weeks of church camp they hold three-step altar calls. Step one, be baptized. Step two, be re-baptized, whatever that means. Step three, enlist in FTVM — Full Time Vocational Ministry. Regarding step three, there’s this hierarchy. First…
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Snow day according to Wm. Paul Young
“A snow day is God’s way of enforcing Sabbath on the world.” — Wm. Paul Young Here are some pictures of our last snow day with our neighbor Tom — who’s a freaking chess grandmaster — our dog Echo (so named because her dad — me — is a narcissistic bastard) and my bride. Also,…
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pigeons
“The pigeon,” said Archimedes, “is a kind of Quaker. She dresses in grey. A dutiful child, a constant lover, and a wise parent, she knows, like all philosophers, that the hand of every man is against her. She has learned throughout the centuries to specialize in escape. No pigeon has ever committed an act of…
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Boys Kissing Boys
I kiss guys. No I’m not gay (I’m not even bisexual anymore). And no it’s not sexual. I just greet other men with kisses. Oh, it’s not every man I meet – only close friends that know me. The ones who know me seem not to mind. The ones that did mind at first are…
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New York Dictionary : Hand-Held
What New Yorkers think of when they hear “hand-held” :
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New York Dictionary : Sunblock
what New Yorkers think of when they hear sunblock :
