Long evening

I came home from the grocery store to a sick kid, curled up on my side of the bed (with the television) and looking for much sympathy. Not to mention some company while on his various runs to the bathroom. “Why don’t we have televisions in the bathrooms?” he asks me. He’s switched to lying Continue reading Long evening

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Fran Carvey: What’s the plan? Rudy Travis: The plan is shut up. — Getaway, The (1994)

How not to behave

From Poppy Z. Brite’s Dispatches from Tanganyika, a note on fashion for the upcoming Carnival season in New Orleans: It’s the first day of Carnival season! We have a short one this year (Mardi Gras is Feb. 8 ), so get your king cake, parade, and, yes, bead on early. I should repeat my dicta Continue reading How not to behave