101Things

101Things
Location
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Birthday
February 01
Bio
In 2007, I made a list of 101 things that I wanted to do within 1001 days. I crossed off most of the things on my first list, so now I'm into my second list of 101 things, and my second 1001 days. The blog with my list is at http://www.hundredandonethings.com, and it charts my progress.

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MAY 2, 2012 6:23AM

may garden update!


The garden's turned green!  Here's my May 1 update.  You might recall that I'm trying to do monthly garden updates.  So, if you want to compare with last year, check out my earlier post.


The clematis are starting to
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APRIL 26, 2012 11:49AM

the sound of music at carnegie hall (2012) and at brookpark middle school (1982)

Tonya, Alan and I sing, circa 1982.
If it's true that our lives radiate out from a central point, which becomes the frame of reference for everything we do later in life, that moment for me would likely have been when I was cast as Captain
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APRIL 10, 2012 9:19PM

filtering my revenge fantasies through the 'hunger games' film


If there's any movie I was going to see in a theater this year, it was going to be Hunger Games.  I read The Hunger Games books--all three of them, and I'm personally responsible for turning many other people onto the books, long before the first film got/… Read full post »
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APRIL 9, 2012 6:00AM

a crash course in film appreciation


Last year, I managed to see every Oscar-nominated film before the awards ceremony.  This year, I failed miserably.    But, in the course of all of my work-related travel, I did manage to see a few more of the nominated films, only I saw them after the/… Read full post »
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APRIL 8, 2012 7:41AM

belching airplanes and horny goat weed


I've fallen off of the daily picture bandwagon, but here are a few that I've taken recently.  I'm going to try to start being better about taking shots.

Firstly, we have this picture I took from the airline club at LAX.  There was a China Eastern/… Read full post »
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APRIL 7, 2012 8:39AM

time to garden!


If you've been following my effort to complete 101 Things in 1001 Days, you've probably read one or another of my posts where I mentioned not being able to work on my list, because I was working so much.  That "year of work" started last April,/… Read full post »
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MARCH 26, 2012 11:35AM

a bunch of daily pics


I'm way behind on pics of the day. And, as we've already discussed, I've missed a day, already.   And, in the interest of full disclosure, I've missed another couple of days, recently, as well.  This is one of those months where I don't really get any/… Read full post »
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MARCH 14, 2012 10:44PM

nude yoga in brooklyn = cheap-ass claim to fame


So, I've been busy and shit, but that's not stopping me from posting.

I wrote something this week for the potty-mouthed blog that graciously allows me to contribute to them, about a nude yoga studio in Brooklyn.  The post is full of snark, so if your/… Read full post »
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MARCH 13, 2012 7:29PM

the weekend i got the flu


Friday night was opera night.  The crystal chandeliers at the Met don't always photograph that well. Alors.


Saturday evening, I started to get a cold, but we went to the theater, just the same.  The off-Broadway revival of Carrie was on my "must-see"/… Read full post »
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MARCH 10, 2012 7:00AM

mints, water windmills, travel, and disgusting feet


I'm way behind on posting my pictures of the day, so I'm catching up, here.

On Sunday, I flew to visit my mom in Florida, on my way to LA for work.  She rung in the New Year with a health scare, so the fact/… Read full post »
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MARCH 9, 2012 7:58AM

kansas city barbecue and steakhouse junket


One of my "things" was to enact a BIG Special Surprise for my spouse.

So, last week, I told him to take Friday off of work, so that I could surprise him with something. He did that.  Up until the night before, I'd told him nothing about/… Read full post »
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MARCH 4, 2012 10:26AM

two long workdays


I had to work on leap year day, and the meeting went way, way late, and they didn't have dinner for us.  So, by the time we cleared out, all I really wanted was business juice.  Of course, I hadn't had anything to drink for two days/… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 28, 2012 6:55PM

gerald ford mania


I had to go to Grand Rapids, Michigan for work, yesterday, and lemme tell ya...those people are nutzo for Gerald Ford.  I took this pic of the day in the airport after I arrived.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2012 6:55AM

howard watches an opera


Yesterday, we had a relaxing day sitting around watching TV while we waited for the Oscars Red Carpet to begin.  The Met's new production of Don Giovanni, with Marius Kwiecien, was being telecast on PBS, and Howard watched it with me.  It was so funny, that… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 26, 2012 4:27PM

scrappy and soho


I'm not sure if we've covered this before, but Little Scrappy, the pug who was abandoned on our doorstep, is pretty much completely deaf.  He spends a lot of time just trying to figure out what's going on.  He's also old and arthritic, so sometimes when he/… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 24, 2012 8:12AM

that groundhog lied to us


Remember when that groundhog saw his shadow a few weeks ago and said we'd have six more weeks of Winter?  Well, I'm not sure how that was going to happen, considering we never had any winter in the first place.  We had a big snowstorm
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FEBRUARY 23, 2012 8:09AM

i can't believe i've saved up all these daily pics


Here we go!  Friday night, we finally went to Talde, the restaurant that Top Chef contestant Dale Talde opened in Park Slope.  Holy Smokes, was it good.  I took a picture of the pretzel chive pork dumplings, and as food photography goes, it's not bad at all./… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 16, 2012 11:17PM

three more pics of the day


So, Valentines Day was this week, and our HR department got me a heart-shaped bakery cookie.  It's not chocolate chip, but it'll do.  I actually had some business juice on Valentine's Day, but that was after no booze for a solid week.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012 11:13PM

citrus press


After getting married last year, we really didn't need any more kitchen gadgets, but one thing we didn't get was a citrus press.  So, I went online a couple of days ago and ordered this one.  It arrived this morning at work, so I took a/… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 13, 2012 8:20AM

watching the grammys with pugs


Yesterday, we had a quiet night at home with pot roast and The Grammys.  While Adele won everything, Howard decided to curl up in a ball and fall asleep next to me.  So, that's my picture of the day for yesterday.
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FEBRUARY 13, 2012 7:50AM

[additional completion] making pickles

Saturday, I found these really cute cucumbers at Costco, and they were the perfect size for making pickles.  And, we had some leftover jalapeños that we didn't use for making chili for the Superbowl.  So, I  whipped up a couple of jars of pickles, since I'd done it… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 13, 2012 12:00AM

lamest picture of the day ever.

This is my 'picture of the day' for Friday.  I took it by accident in my pocket. It was the only picture I took on Friday and if I hadn't posted it, here, I'd have failed in my challenge. Click here to "like" this blog on Facebook./… Read full post »
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FEBRUARY 12, 2012 10:26AM

legal streaming and downloads of best picture nominees on video

Most of the nine films nominated for Best Picture are still in theaters, and haven't yet been released for streaming, DVD/Blu-Ray, or legal download.  A few nominees are available for small-screen viewing, and I've seen all of those, at this point.

Moneyball

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012 12:03PM

guess what i've done for the past two days?


You'll never believe it, but I'm traveling again.  Back to LA.  Uh-gain.  So, my picture of the day for Wednesday was the back of the airline seat in front of me.  That's why you keep coming back to this blog, to see me document my
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FEBRUARY 8, 2012 8:26AM

two days of pictures


I didn't get the picture I took posted yesterday, so I've got two pictures of the day to post today.  On Monday, we went to the Plaza for a schmancy work function and I took the photo above.

Tuesday was not as much fun.  I'd/… Read full post »
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