Over the weekend, with Big Bro A visiting, IP and I decided to seize the prize of a D.C. novice and force him to visit a museum we’d never been to before. Our touristy inclinations left us long ago and we’re always looking for new vict—, I mean, people to entertain downtown.
We settled on the [...]
The holidays are upon on us (however, you’ve probably known that since before Halloween as everyone insists on beginning their Christmas marketing when it’s still 80 degrees out, but I quibble).
Big Bro A will be visiting the WordNerdia-IPia household for Thanksgiving. This marks his first visit in the nearly four years since I’ve lived here; [...]
I’m in the process of downloading Simon and Garfunkel’s Columbia Studio Recordings (1964-1970) album. That’s a hell of a lot of music. I used to have this on CD, but my little brother lost it. Hmm.
Anyway, I had a hankering to listen to some old Simon and Garfunkel stuff; “Punky’s Dilemma” popped into my head [...]
IP and I sometimes joke that we’ll be blessed (cursed?) with fraternal twins if we decide to embark on parenthood. The girl will look like me and be full of good cheer (and be a consummate Daddy’s girl), while the little boy will look like IP and will want nothing more than to just kick [...]
Paul Simon’s “Once Upon a Time There Was an Ocean” came on my iPod today and the first half of the song hit me hard (especially since I deliberately got off the train before my stop so that I had to walk and delay my re-entry into the real world). I feel refreshed, yes. But? [...]
In preparation for the fast-approaching Fourth Annual Sonnet87.com Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Excellence (or, The 2009 Book Awards), I have already decided on a Best Discovery of 2009. Running a close second, though, Jhumpa Lahiri, winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (a prize I don’t consider to be of [...]
Or so it would seem, according to our former neighbor. As his bride, I guess I could be Lilith if IP is the King of Hell?
We’ve run into our lovely former neighbor twice in as many days. Both times have been marked with her shooting us the dirtiest looks known to man. On Halloween night, [...]
There are two questions that get annoying post-wedding. One is “When are you having a baby?”, and I thank the Jebus Slug every single day that no one has asked us that just yet. I know they’ll start sooner or later, but I’m quite happy to delay the commencement of that question. The second one [...]
