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I have a fair number of single female friends. Not a ton, but enough to hear a nightmarish dating story or two now and again. Now, I’m not a pro or anything. I haven’t actually been on a ton of dates. But I do know at least a few things about how to treat a…

It was a little disappointing to wake up from a fantastic dream only to find that everything was exactly the same as the night before. In my dream, Iowa looks like Ireland. I’m in a small cottage on the edge of a huge and stormy lake. There’s a small town nearby. I am on vacation.…

I ate an entire batch of Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookies on Sunday. With skim milk, but still. I read recently that the average age for a man of my generation is expected to be 77-years-old. (I’ve also read that the average age for a man of Ethan’s age will be 100, which sucks for…

A recent U.K. poll about life changing books revealed that most men name Camus’ “The Stranger,” while most women name Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” Existentialism vs. romanticism? Disconnection vs. relatedness? Is this really how we boil down? Does Mars vs. Venus hold water? I guess it says something that I’ve only read “The Stranger.” And…

Used to be that Chris would hand Ethan the phone and he wouldn’t say anything at all. Walking uptown on Amsterdam Avenue tonight, though, the conversation evolved. Significantly. “Hi Ethan!” “Hi Uncle Ben-be-ben!” Now, even the worst day in the anals of bad days is remedied by “Ben-be-ben.” “How are you?” “Fiiiiine.” “Are you eating…

I’m not sure how I feel about all these September 11th films. The trailer for “Flight 93” debuted in theaters a few weeks ago. People were having a tough time with it around the New York City. They felt ambushed, scared, traumatized all over again. We rolled it out on the site a few weeks…