From an actual conversation I had today with my dentist. I need two fillings redone. Why do they have to inject me in the gums to do that?
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I’ve been having it for a few days now, apropos of pretty much nothing as far as I can tell. It’s a drag. I’ve been meaning to shop around for a good therapist to help me with anxiety specifically, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Prayers are long, especially when, like me, you have to sound them out because you never learned to read Hebrew, and candles are short, especially Chanukah candles you buy for like two dollars at the grocery store.
Joke by my pal Ignatz, everything else by me—and my sister, in the case of “Chanookey.” When we were kids, that’s what we used to call it. Who am I kidding, we still call it that. Earlier, earlier, earlier. Happy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I hope you find a happy rat as soothing as I do. Even the ones I see frolicking on the streets of New York make me feel good, though those are jittery, hardworking feral rats rather than the cheerful domestic[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another glimpse into the childhood of a copyeditor.
I’ve always wondered about that complaint. Isn’t picking nits a good thing?
I am in Bend, Oregon, for the holiday. Nothing here is particularly bent. I was lied to.
I wanted to post this last week, but I didn’t dare. It felt too hubristic. I should have, though, because I was right. Of course menstruating people were not the only ones who stood up for democracy last week. Black[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Or “metal health day,” as a friend likes to say.
