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The Election and Your Mental Health

I was in therapy for a long time, so I learned a few things. I’ve been involved in politics since I was 10, I handed out literature for Eugene McCarthy, so I learned a few things. I read blogs and listen to podcasts on politics and polling as well as reading the New York Times […]

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House of Hamill is a Home Game

It took an adventure to get me to write again. Last night I went to see the fabulous House of Hamill in Woodbridge New Jersey. Woodbridge is not close. I live in the Northern Bronx, Woodbridge is in New Jersey, on the other side of the Hudson, due west of the southern tip of Staten […]

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Steak and Sarah Jarosz

Sorry I missed blogging for a few days. I’m still working my way back into it. I have to get over an anxiety hump every time I start. Initiating action is perhaps my leading cause of anxiety. That’s been true most of my life. It’s true of things I hate to do and things I […]

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I’m a Real Human Boy

I’m blogging two days in a row; stop the presses! Today I had my dream come true, I became a real human boy! Huh? Did Gordon totally lose it? He thinks he’s Pinocchio? Don’t worry, I’m speaking metaphorically. Some time in July, I don’t know exactly when I lost my wallet. As I hardly ever […]

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Not Crossing the Line

I’m officially on spring break. After my wonderful Seder on Thursday and the Mets home opener on Friday I spent the weekend without leaving the apartment. Part of that was nice, part of that was a visit from my old friends, depression and anxiety. I was going to go to Aldi but found out that […]

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Two of the Best Days

I’ve had a busy 24 hours. I was supposed to go to the Mets home opener on Thursday and then directly to my Seder in Connecticut. The Mets postponed the game on Wednesday because of the possibility of bad weather. If you think that 75º and sunny is bad weather, then that forecast was accurate. […]

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The 800 lbs Gorilla in the Room

How exciting, the reset of the default font really works. I use Georgie 14, the closest thing available to the Book Antiqua I use on Word. I change my desktop image several times a week but when it comes to my tools I’m a stuck-in-the-mud. It took a long time for me to find what […]

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Typology

Let’s see if I can brain juggle, watch the Mets on TV, and write at the same time. I’m starting during a commercial to give myself a running start. What exciting things did I do yesterday? Nothing. I stayed home and watched the Mets. I considered going to Brooklyn to see Dayna Kurtz. I haven’t […]

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4D Acres and a Mule

This week is off to a good start. Sunday night The Mets beat the Padres 8-5, breaking out of their scoring slump. They did this to make me look brilliant; Met manager Buck Showalter finally took my advice and started Guillorme over the totally hapless Escobar and inserted the newest Met, Vogelbach in as DH. […]

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______ Than Thou

Judge not lest ye be judged; good advice that nobody follows, including me. I am fighting myself tooth and nail to not let this post become judgmental. I won’t succeed but at least I’ll make the effort. There I go judging the people that don’t. Before I fall down a black hole of meta, I […]