oh you think I’m joking? go ahead and open my files. get back to me after you’ve seen the sticky notes i leave myself that say MAKE THIS GOOD TOMORROW

she’s often told me that she thinks of the Wordplay column as a cocktail party, and that her job is just to be a good hostess so that others can enjoy themselves. I can’t think of a more gracious way to write an advice column, and I feel so LUCKY to have been part of the Deb Amlen era

first the false persimmon tomato and now this. also on monday the bagel shop misread “arugula” on a ticket and put APPLE. my courage through this difficult time is to be praised

if I can think of all the people I want to thank, maybe I can begin to describe what I’m thanking them for