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All about the blood flow
posted: Jan 23, 2019.
To all the less than the very young, but not ready for the crypt folk: Do you feel less joie de vivre these days? Just plugging away. Merely alive but Read more -
Make 'em laugh.
posted: Jan 17, 2019.
Yesterday I went to the NY Premiere of "Rosa Luxembourg," the opera, with music written by Leonard Lehrmann. The libretto consists of letters written by RL to various friends between
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A true tale of two cities
posted: Jan 05, 2019.
It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the age of crystal high rises. It was the age of decrepit cold water flats. It Read more -
Ambivalent Christmas pasts
posted: Jan 04, 2019.
As a Jew growing up in red-necked, blue collar Unfunky Scummedrine, Christmas was all about loneliness and abandonment. My parents did not celebrate Christmas in any fashion. We did not
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The shock of the camera
posted: Dec 23, 2018.
Early this morning, I gave up on sleep. I can only sleep for about two or three hours, then I'm up, then it's sleep for another hour, then I'm up. Read more -
Puff the Magic Dragon
posted: Dec 10, 2018.
On Friday night I saw my significant other, Peter Yarrow, who performed a set at Emanu-El. Oh, Peter Yarrow, my first love. The first record I ever owned was Peter, Read more -
Incontinent nostalgia
posted: Dec 04, 2018.
The other day I asked a girlfriend about her Thanksgiving weekend, where her daughter drove from Florida to New Orleans to pick up her own daughter, then drove the both
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The shame of our century
posted: Nov 27, 2018.
I have a chalazion on my left lower eyelid. The word comes from the Yiddish, chazarei, for stupidity. No, actually, it comes from the Greek word for "hailstone." It is Read more -
The terrible twos
posted: Nov 25, 2018.
I attended my parent's friend's 90th birthday party last night. My parents and they were neighbors in their first apartment on Cortelyou Road. Both women were pregnant with their first
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Sylvia the Senile Superheroine
posted: Nov 18, 2018.
My mother, the superheroine. Bet you never thought I'd write that. But her power is not a blessing, but a curse. She just says no. No to everything. Saying no Read more -
Development over my Lifespan
posted: Nov 16, 2018.
I worry that in my old age I will become one of those NY women who eschew the subway. These women always give some elaborate rationalization as to why they
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Mt. Doom
posted: Nov 11, 2018.
My mother is an invalid. What a word. In.....valid. Not cogent. Not having a sound basis. Not my mother. She is an anxious head in a body that is dysfunctioning.
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Psychology and the Blog
posted: Nov 05, 2018.
The Forensic Psychology conference I attended yesterday certainly made an impression on me. In instructing psychologists how to go about setting up a consulting practice, the issue of social media Read more -
Not thinking about the children in Pediatric Oncology. Still
posted: Nov 04, 2018.
I was at a forensic conference today and one of the presentations dealt with risk management. The psychologist urged us to pay attention to patient dissatisfaction and complaints, as it
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$7k or strike!
posted: Oct 23, 2018.
Last week the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), the union which represents CUNY staff, both full-time and part-time, held a meeting to discuss how to increase adjunct pay from the current Read more -
How to kill a child psych program in ten easy steps.
posted: Oct 14, 2018.
1. Starve the beast financially. Place them in an abandoned, windowless factory building hiding a notorious Mafia body dumping ground. Don't bother to keep the building clean or decorate it Read more
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