Last year was a great year for me, and not least because I got back on the reading train in a big way. For the first few years out of grad school, I had a lot of other things on my mind. First, I had to find a new job. Then, I had to learn to navigate a city I’d never really been to while finding a place to live and learning a new job. And throughout all of that, I was honestly a bit burned out on reading.
Continue reading “My personal “Best Books of 2018” list, featuring books not from 2018″
While talking with some friends earlier this week, I came to what I consider a stunning realization: as an adult, I’ve never watched more than a few innings of the World Series, outside of my Mets in 2015 and the Cubs’ historic run in 2016. This, as a huge baseball fan, was astounding for me to put together. Continue reading “A Long Game’s Night: A Short History of the World Series at Night”
Way back in 2009, I drove with some friends to Montreal to celebrate the end of college. Before reaching the border via I-81, we passed the town of Mexico, NY. That name has stuck with me ever since. The fact that there’s a town called Mexico so near the border with Canada is high levels of hilarious to me. Continue reading “Around the World in New York State”
