Crucial Minutiae

One Day at a Time

"One day at a time," Shawn Johnson said through a giant smile. It was the day after she won her gold medal on the balance beam, and Bob Kostas was already asking whether or not she had any plans for the 2012 Olympics in London. Could it be that a ...

Bird on a Swing

We got a new cage for our canary, Merrell, and it came with a swing. It turns out he really enjoys it and it's highly entertaining to watch him. Following on Courtney's awesome kitty Googling, here's Merrell hanging out on his swing: Bird on a Swing from Jennifer Gandin Le on ...

Where Were You When Phelps Did It?

I was in the bar at the Hyatt hotel in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Both times. My girlfriend Jen and I were driving up from Baltimore to New York and dropping off two other wedding guests along the way. Jen and her friends sat down for some food at the ...

Days With My Father

A beautiful, moving site by Phillip Toledano that mixes photography and words to lovingly depict the complicated bond between a father and a son later in life. Doesn't need much introduction, just click towards the bottom of each image to go to the next:

Google: Kitties

The other day, tipsy off a little white wine afternoon on Central Park, I actually sat down at a friend's laptop and googled "kitties." More than the amazing videos and pics I discovered, I got enjoyment out of later reflecting on how totally hilarious it was that I did ...

Fun with commercials.

Sure, it's a little trite to get up in arms about an ad. (Flashback to 7th grade "Media Literacy" class where we had to give five-minute presentations analyzing commercials. I think I found a phallic symbol in a Crest ad?) But I saw two ads this weekend that really baffled ...

Brag Round-up for Monday, August 18

Courtney Martin "The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive" by Marvelyn Brown and co-written by Courtney hits stores tomorrow, August 19th, and is now available on Amazon.com "The Teen Moms of Gloucester: What the Media Didn't Tell You" (co-written with Elaine Tyler May) at AlterNet A clip of Courtney's appearance in June ...

The Distractions

"Do you want to come out of your room?" a nurse asked a young boy. "The distraction is here." By distraction, she meant the four of us who entered the hospital, bearing drums, guitar, shakers, ukulele, and the bowed psaltery. Could be a cool band name, right? The ...

The Naked Truth: Young, Beautiful, and (HIV) Positive

As many of you know, I spent much of last fall helping an amazing young woman, Marvelyn Brown, write her memoir about contracting and living with HIV. The book is hitting stores next week and Marvelyn has a couple of readings in the New York area that I wanted to ...

Birthday

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