My Nick and Scratches

On the playground of Woodrow Wilson Middle School, Edison, NJ, 7am, 1997: To be the biggest nerd in middle school sucks. To be the second biggest one is better. But only mildly.   Trust me. I know. Your only true friend is the biggest nerd, but your greatest fear is being supplanted by him, of becoming…

My Chi Chi

As a kid, I loved cheese.  As an adult, I still love cheese.  Obsessed.  Nowadays, it’s a socially acceptable addiction as long as you can say a thing or two about cheeses with silent Ts. Roquefort, camembert, brie…the frenchier the better. Brie doesn’t have a silent T but just making sure you’re paying attention. And,…

My Shoes

Our shoes decide what kind of person we are going to be.  There I stood directly in front of this phrase contemplating its meaning. It was printed in a flourishing script worthy of a constitution or declaration of rights. It’s the kind of quote that makes you think. It’s the kind of quote that might…