In an excellent article in the McKinsey Quarterly, Jeff Luhnow, general manager of baseball’s Houston Astros, explained that base runners need to be aggressive. If they aren’t, it will cost the team not only runs but wins over the regular … Continue reading Thrown Out At Third
I haven’t been to the beach yet this summer. The way things are going, I may not get there at all, at least not without a surgical mask, latex gloves, and “water shoes.” Water shoes protect your feet when you’re … Continue reading Have Fun but Keep Out of the Water
I am a native New Yorker. I grew up in New York but moved away for college and did not return to live until eight years ago. This month marks my eighth anniversary back in the Big Apple. I am … Continue reading Time Travel by the Numbers
I am not a foodie. I bought a can of octopus parts to go with the anchovies I planned to spread in a beet juice sauce over white rice for dinner. “Anchovies are rich in omega three fatty acids,” I … Continue reading “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?”
Take Laura Fedora to the beach this weekend. “She rolled her eyes in that way of hers that can make me feel naked (not the good kind) and then marched inside. So I sat there curling and uncurling the ends … Continue reading Mittwoch Matinee
In July, 1518 in the town of Strasbourg, France, a “dancing plague” broke out. The plague started when a woman stepped out of her cottage for relief from the sweltering heat and began moving her body in the breeze, perhaps … Continue reading Donald Trump and the Dancing Plague of 2018
“She turned away to think about what he said, and the book slid off her lap in a flurry of pages to the ground. He bent down to retrieve it and noticed her feet. He had never really looked at them before, not … Continue reading Mittwoch Matinee
