Archive for October, 2008
Big Business
30 October 2008Yay Patrick!
By the way
27 October 2008
I’m moving Saturday.
Or, at least I think I am. At press time, I have neither the keys to my apartment nor movers to put all of my stuff into it, but I’m confident that The Universe will resolve both of these problems shortly. What I do have is roughly 400 pounds of assembly-required furniture and [...]
Love.
20 October 2008You know how there’s that theory in evolutionary genetics that the reason offspring look like their families is so you can keep track of which ones belong to you, and it makes you want to take care of them more?
That’s how I feel about this picture. Even if Meg didn’t look like an exact perfect [...]
My family will have used up all of the irish names by the time I get around to assigning one to a person, anyway
15 October 2008A few years ago Maggie tried to convince our book club that it wouldn’t be too hard to raise a child at our age. Her general thesis, which none of us bought, was that having an infant at that time, when none of us had particularly important or stressful jobs, would be easier than it [...]
Stickles Family Fun Run 2008
6 October 2008My father is constantly watching his offspring for any sign of running prowess. Bud delivered at a very early age but Dad is still holding out hope that Peej and I will wake up one morning and decide to run a 10k for fun. One day this summer I was walking to the train in [...]
Opens Friday
1 October 2008The movie has a genuine, unforced sweetness. Its charm is in the details, the attitude, the slowly building chemistry between Cera (a master of stone-faced irony) and the beguiling Dennings. Lorene Scafaria’s script, based on a young-adult novel by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, has real wit. Nick and Norah’s sharp, self-conscious repartee has a [...]