This is a phrase that popped into my head while I was running an errand yesterday. Stix ideas often come to me while I’m walking somewhere. In this case I think I was influenced by Seth Meyers’s idea for an[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’re old enough, you might remember that Gary Hart had a good shot at the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until photographers got shots of him with a model named Donna Rice. The rumors of marital infidelity torpedoed his campaign.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
These days I mostly draw animals as realistically as possible (which is perhaps not very realistically), but this is a stick figure echidna or stickidna. I think of it as how stick figure Eyeteeth would look as a monotreme.
No, this isn’t about Valentine’s Day, though while you’re here, you could check out this Valentine’s Day card, of which I am quite proud.
Usually the Redactor, my superpowered alter ego, is a hero rather than a villain, but Microsoft Word poisons the mind. I’ve been using it for years, and now that it’s SaaS, I can’t even get used to all the ways[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I am not now and have never been above making the same joke as everyone else, if I think it’s a funny joke.
I’ve been having it for a few days now, apropos of pretty much nothing as far as I can tell. It’s a drag. I’ve been meaning to shop around for a good therapist to help me with anxiety specifically, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Prayers are long, especially when, like me, you have to sound them out because you never learned to read Hebrew, and candles are short, especially Chanukah candles you buy for like two dollars at the grocery store.
Joke by my pal Ignatz, everything else by me—and my sister, in the case of “Chanookey.” When we were kids, that’s what we used to call it. Who am I kidding, we still call it that. Earlier, earlier, earlier. Happy[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Another glimpse into the childhood of a copyeditor.
Click to buy my illustrated version of the book of Jonah! I’m super proud of it.