Our day-care center was closed for the Christmas–New Year’s week, and my wife and I split the days at home: two for her, two for me. This was, somehow, the first time I’ve had to do more than a single day as a solo flier, and frankly I was a little uneasy about it. Our …
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Mr. O’Malley & the Other People’s Kids
My name is Mr. Thomas O’Malley. I talk weird. I look funny. My nose is long, and the hair on my chin is not a beard—it’s a mustache. I know tricks: how to make it look like you’ve only got nine fingers, how to confuse your brain to mix up left and right, how to …
Where the Sidewalk Ends (Your Life)
Thank you, NY Daily News, for reminding us over the weekend that the streets we walk want to kill us and possibly our kids and definitely our dogs. Yes, it’s winter in Gotham, which means that it’s time to worry that the slurry of snow and salt on metal grates and manhole covers will act …