Sir Laurence Olivier. Memorable quotes on Marilyn:
“She never thinks she’s good enough. That’s what makes her so wonderful…and so unhappy.”
“It’s like teaching Urdu to a badger!”
Today’s amNewYork crossword
36 Down: British mother
Me (filling in answer): “Mum’s the word! Oh…haha.”
Yes, I laugh at my own (unintentional) jokes.
A Happy Family
Inscription on a park bench at Central Park:
For Anne & Michael
May Your Days in The Park
Be Filled With Joy & Wonder.
Love, Daddy & Papa
Happy LGBT families make me happy. =)
Ad on the corner of Bleeker & Lafayette
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What makes me sad:
Christmas trees striped of finery and thrown to the curbside like so much trash. Like new year resolutions, they never last.
I need to read more Sylvia Plath
The sour lemon moon hung in firmament: a rancid rind discarded by a gluttonous hand.
Open House
There is an indoor art installation at 201 Mulberry constructed of astro-turf, plastic trees, and spotlights colored butter-yellow pink, but the laughing kids in the gallery make it an authentic park.
Complaint
No one likes to hear complaints. Sometimes, I just want to bellyache to my friends but what I get instead is: So? [Insert Name] has it much worse than you.
No, I’m not a starving Ethiopian child. But sometimes, I still feel as lonely as one.
Model-T
Today, I saw Santa driving down Adams Street in a black Model-T. Apparently, he’s running a side-operation called Long Hill Carpentry.
Harpsichord
I hate the sound of the harpsichord: brittle glass spider legs creeping over my skin.
RED GLADIOLA 