The Diatribe * net

I am poking my head out of the rabbit hole to make this post… I feel I owe an explanation for my absence, but I got nothing. At work, I don’t have time to surf/read anything and when I get home, I really don’t want to be on the computer. Plus, I’ve had nothing good [...]

They say New York is the city of cities, too small to be a country, too large to be a town. The city of possibilities. The city of everything. The city of right angles and tough, damaged people. The city of wakeful dreaming, fortunate accidents, random meetings and sudden engagements. New York is the city [...]

Brandon and I went to see Willy Wonka a few weeks ago, in Times Square at the AMC 25, hands down best movie theater ever. It’s got great roomy seating where the seats really lean back. It’s stories and stories high. And you can go outside onto balconies that overlook Times Sq. Atomsphere, digital, surround [...]

I know. I know. You’re gonna say what Brandon said last night when I got home at 1 a.m, “You’ve really got to stop doing that.” That being the fact I ended up in the inferno of the wrong subway station on the wrong island in - you guessed it - Brooklyn. How I got there’s [...]

Last Friday, LTJ met me after work and we had our first explorations of Manhattan in the Soho area. We putzed around and stumbled onto a major Harry Potter event outside of the Scholastic store. People were lined up to get into this fenced off area, where they had all kinds of wizard shops from [...]

LTJ absolutely despises shopping for apartment stuff. I can’t really blame him. It’s not exactly a guy thing to do, poking around stores looking at lamp shades, pillows, window treatments, and decorative accents. And I don’t exactly like going all the way to the mall by myself. Don’t get me wrong though. He’s been a [...]

In my head I picture some punks gleeful over their latest destructive escapade. I am taken back to the Beavis and Butthead era. “Whoa, cool. You blew stuff up huh huh. Do it again.” But this isn’t some kids blowing up bugs with firecrackers. It’s NASA. Now I know large numbers — ludricous numbers — [...]