Basement Carrie

I was watching the Sex in the City marathon and despite the constant cycles of shallowness and selfishness in each episode, mind you the fashion mostly holds up if the technology doesn’t, I couldn’t turn away. Suddenly I had a deep thought about the series. I can’t imagine how many times I’ve seen each episode or movie, […]

The Serial Killer Generation

Technically I went school with Jeffrey Dahmer. My first two quarters in Ohio State were also attended by one of the world’s most infamous serial killers. It’s hard to explain how strange a period of time autumn quarter 1978 was to new students and what a fertile breeding ground for mental illness it was. I […]

Karen

I’ve been asked several times what I thought of the “Karen” memes that have been going around as my name is Karen. I’ve mostly ignored this bit of nastiness but I just read a Yahoo article that tells “Karens” that they need to change their hairstyle. It’s hard to ignore how this just becomes more […]

Life of Khatzkel

My grandfather used to tell us about his invisible friend, Khatzkel. All the naughty things that happened around Grampa Irv when he was a child were actually things that Khatzkel was guilty of doing, a long list of kid crimes and misbehaviors. We loved Khatzkel, he was smart-alecky and funny and probably smelled a little […]