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  • The Milk Incident.

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    I don’t know anything about milk. Actually, I know it’s white and it’s filled with mucous. I know that people love it. And I know that it upsets my stomach. I know that the cow offspring that naturally drink it have five stomachs. I know that sort of makes some sense as to why mine…

  • A Month of Visitors

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    Tonight, both Nico and George are coming into the city to see Antony and The Johnsons at Carnegie Hall. I’m going to try and see it with them, if there are tickets still available AND I can leave work in time to get there. I have two phone interviews scheduled for tonight so we’ll see.…

  • My Cats Are Totally Punk Rock.

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    They are called Soft Paws and the first time I saw them I almost went apeshit on the person whose cat it was because I thought she painted her cat’s toenails. Ummm, no. They are glued on, Lee Press-on style. (The glue smells the same and everything. Not that I would have any way of…

  • Michele (Quotation Mark) Crazy Nut! (Quotation Mark)

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    When I was a kid, I really, really wanted friends. I wanted them to worship me with as much passion as I had with the idea of having them. I wanted them to want to be with me and buy me presents and I’d buy them presents. Some of you have seen this image before.…

  • Moscow Cats Theatre

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    I just purchased two tickets to see The Moscow Cats Theatre perform in Tribecca on October 14th. The performance combines my most favorite living creatures with on of my most feared: cats and clowns, respectively. (Damn New York Times helping me throw away my savings.)

  • The Upside to Being Told No, You Can’t Have a Pet

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    I didn’t have animals growing up. I used to temporarily steal the neighbors’ animals, but I never had one of my own. I was the neighborhood cat watcher and a damn good one as I not only fed the furry beasts but I petted them as I was deprived of such a pleasure all of…

  • In Retrospect

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    This morning, after reading about the history of why the black cat is considered bad luck, I started to wonder about things. Black Cats: In ancient Egypt, cats were regarded as spiritual creatures, and among the most exalted Goddesses was Bast, a black female cat. But in European culture, the black cat became an animal…

  • Hurricane Isabel Arrived Two Years Late

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    Yesterday afternoon, Toby and I heard thunder rolling in over the city. I love thunderstorms. One of the reasons I wasn’t able to embrace the West coast – more specifically, San Francisco – was due to its predictable weather. There is nothing more intriguing that the schizophrenic weather of the Northeast. Growing up with it,…

  • Do Not Pass Go. Do Not Spend 200 Dollars. Go Directly to Home.

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    Last night, after dinner at the falafel joint on Bedford Avenue, a drink with Gerry (on a patio), a brief affair with Tasti D-Lite, Toby Joe and I headed home to flip through our 1000+ channels. Time Warner has been good to us. We should probably learn how to spend more time with him instead…

  • The Wojcik Curse

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    Many years ago, after my grandfather passed away, Toby Joe and I inherited his couch. The couch is (forgive me, mother) sort of ugly. While it’s comfortable, it’s also a little homely. It’s green and blue and there are tiny gold diamonds all over it. Of course, it doesn’t help that the cats, specifically a…