How the government ate my name

October 7 · 25

Spain
My encounters with the King and other Spaniards

March 11 · 25

Spain
Goodbye MAGA, hola España!

March 3 · 25

Spain
The madwoman in the pantry

December 12 · 24

Rant
Sisyphus’s mustache

August 3 · 24

Neurosis
Down for the count

July 1 · 24

Health
5 reasons I shall wear my trousers rolled

February 19 · 24

Rant
The middle-age shibboleth

July 16 · 23

Social
Down and out in Naptown

November 12 · 17

New York, Rant, Strangers
How I accidentally made America great again

August 15 · 17

New York, Race, Strangers
Telltale signs of a young artist

August 3 · 17

Art
Now what

July 31 · 17

Home, Neighbors, Neurosis, New York, Strangers
Rage against the dying of the light

July 22 · 17

New York
Too cool

July 5 · 17

Art, Bohemia
This book can change your life

June 25 · 17

Books, Strangers
Not quite white

May 5 · 17

Food, New York, Race, Strangers
Dance like nobody’s watching

March 26 · 17

Books, Music, New York, Strangers, Subway
Worst movie ever

March 18 · 17

Strangers, Subway
A glitch in the matrix

December 26 · 16

Home, New York, Strangers
Party talk

December 19 · 16

Art, Rant
Disappointing primitives

September 19 · 15

Art, Bohemia
A Man’s Job–a one-act play

October 26 · 14

Home
Against chopsticks

September 8 · 14

Food, Race, Rant
Phoning it in

June 29 · 14

Rant
The five lessons I learned from strangers

June 8 · 14

Misanthropy, New York, Strangers
Out of the Pale Fire and into the frying pan

May 24 · 14

Books, Work
Candid camera

April 25 · 14

Health
Rules are rules

April 17 · 14

Food, New York, Rant
Don’t judge a book by its readers

April 16 · 14

Books, Misanthropy, New York, Strangers
Sorry I asked

April 3 · 14

New York, Strangers, Subway
A disturbing peek into my psyche

April 3 · 14

Books, Neurosis, New York, Shopping
The sweet sounds of Pilates

March 23 · 14

Exercise, Music
An eye for an eye

March 18 · 14

Books
Fear of flying (to Texas)

January 18 · 14

Misanthropy, Strangers
Losers weepers

December 29 · 13

New York
An epiphanous pupusa

December 16 · 13

Food, Work
St. Francis of Sunnyside

December 6 · 13

Animals
Unavoidable

November 27 · 13

Misanthropy, Neighbors, New York, Rant, Strangers, Weather
Jury duty part 2: À la recherche du temps perdu

November 17 · 13

New York, Strangers
Jury duty part 1: Kafka in Jamaica

November 10 · 13

Misanthropy, New York, Strangers
An institute you can’t disparage

November 3 · 13

Social
The diagnosis

October 29 · 13

Health, Rant
Hater lover forever

October 21 · 13

Misanthropy, Rant
Quiz: introvert, extrovert, misanthrope, or illiterate?

October 13 · 13

Misanthropy
Park Slope, land of mystery

October 7 · 13

Art, New York, Strangers
Visiting the Rockefellers

September 13 · 13

Art
Hell on wheels

September 1 · 13

New York, Shopping
“People You May Know”

August 25 · 13

New York, Social, Strangers
The beard of Sisyphus

July 28 · 13

Books
The return of the rhizome

July 8 · 12

Art, Books, New York
Music, fashion, and fascism

March 7 · 12

Music, New York, Shopping
Hell is other people. At MoMA.

November 24 · 11

Art, Misanthropy, New York, Rant, Strangers
Recommended because you purchased American Fascists

September 30 · 11

Books
An encounter with a connoisseur

January 30 · 11

Art, Misanthropy, New York, Strangers
Dead man jogging

December 19 · 10

Exercise, Health, New York
Recommended because you rated Crime and Punishment

October 24 · 10

Books
A brush with fame

June 25 · 10

Art, Bohemia, Music
Don’t embarrass your brother

June 17 · 09

New York, Strangers, Subway, Weather
A report from the mortuary

December 11 · 06

Misanthropy, New York, Rant, Shopping
The helpful murderer

December 8 · 06

Misanthropy, New York, Strangers, Subway
My enemy on the bridge

December 6 · 06

Misanthropy, New York, Strangers
Good fences…

December 3 · 06

Misanthropy, Neighbors, New York, Rant, Strangers

A Mexican New Yorker in Spain