I started a new series for The Morning News. This one is on weddings. My first piece was posted today: “Fifteen Fights to Have Before You Get Engaged.” Go to read it, please and thank you.
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Curiouser and Curiouser
Curiosa is fascinating. It’s by an artist who collects the detritus of fame, death, and other aspects of life, and groups them in interesting ways. He has a communion wafer from JFK’s funeral, a straw with Monica Lewinsky’s lipstick from the Barbara Walters interview, mortician’s eye caps (which are sharp on one side to keep a corpse’s eyes from popping open), and countless other bits of not-quite-trash. Amazing.
Eau De Poached Salmon
When I wear perfume, I usually wear lemon verbena, sometimes vanilla. My favorite lipstick tastes sweet and smells like chocolate. Bryan’s mom was getting me some lotion as a gift and asked Bryan what kind of perfumes I like. He said, “She likes to smell like food.”
Boiling the Ocean
SUAC v. Acronym for “Shut Up and Color”. How Marketing and Engineering departments often think (or wish) design should be done.
Jeff’s been keeping a list of corporate jargon.
Mule Design
Ohhh. Pretty.
And Tomorrow, the World
I’m quoted in today’s New York Times. Michelle Slatalla interviewed me for her column, “ Comfort in Your Closet: Spring Staples“. She’s a very kind woman who took all the stammering out of my quotes and saved the smart parts. Thank you, ma’am.
Apologies
From Vendela Vida’s interview with Susan Straigt in The Believer:
BELIEVER: You told me earlier that that your middle daughter, Delphine, told you about a boy in her class who touched a girl, uh, where she didn’t want to be touched. How’d you respond?
SUSAN STRAIGHT: I asked her what she was going to do if that happened to her, and she asked, with this trace of malicious glee, Can I hit him? I said, No, cause then you’ll get in trouble for fighting. And I showed her how to throw that mean elbow that catches them in the jaw and the ear. I gave her the line to say after: Oh, you startled me, and I’m sorry you’re bleeding now.
Talk About Non-Expert
My first Non-Expert Column for The Morning News. It’s on threesomes. I know this article just screams, “Send me some witty little email rife with sex puns and suggestive innuendo!” I’d ask you to resist that impulse. Thank you.
Forethought
I grab this week’s New Yorker and settle in for a long soak in the tub. When I’m finished with the profile on Noam Chomsky, I set my magazine down and begin to wash my face. After the first splash of water, I realize that I’m still wearing my glasses.
Hi, Charlie
I met Charlie White through this site. Here’s the brief interview I did with him over at The Morning News. He has a show coming up in New York, so keep your eyes out if you live on the East Coast.
Mighty Girl 