So, I've spent the better part of today finding places to buy men's clothes in 1860 in the 25 largest cities in the US. It's an amazing world we live in. Someone is paying me for this. I have no idea, however, what some of the distinctions they draw are about. (What is the difference between a “tailor” and a merchant tailor ( Read more... )

Feeling a little better. Plus, I get to see baseball tomorrow. (Well, if the Mets count as "baseball".)

Still despondant. Not even TWO... count 'em... trips to Asbury Park made anything better. Though, I did have a really interestering coversation with a homeless man about the history of the city. I leaned a lot, presuming (and I think it is fair to do so) that he was a relatively reliable source ( Read more... )

I had one of those nonending, terrible goodbyes over the phone last night with P. I suppose it was a long overdue parting of the ways -- neither one of us is doing the other much good, really, but I miss her terribly ( Read more... )

So, I'm back from the Island again, after another Amazing Adventure in Retail. Maybe I should chuck in all of this higher education nonesense and rock the retail as a full-time gig ( Read more... )

Damn. I had a whole exegesis of my day, but it seems to have vanished into the ether. Sadness ( Read more... )

No one reads this, do they?

So, I ended up on the standard bureacratic adventures that are my school today (more to come tomorrow -- you never get it done in one trip. I rewarded myself by catching an afternoon movie (Road to Perdition). It a ai'ight, I suppose, though it seems to be overpraised in my humble ( Read more... )

Right, so ( Read more... )

(In Which Our Hero Cleans, Dines, Tells Tales of His Misspent Youth, Rocks Out to Madonna, Has a Near Death Cab Experience, and Reflects on the Meaning of Friendship ( Read more... )