Exhibit 5a | Creative Disobedience

The young male accountant is a singular breed. They all dress alike, wear too much cologne, and spend most of their time travelling in groups of five or more through the building. These guys are ass slapping, high fiving frat boys getting older. When they are in an elevator, for example, the conversation is almost [...]

I’ve noticed that Safari has a problem with some of the code used for the Quicktags within WordPress. While I know nothing about the programming involved, Safari is apparently not interpreting the information correctly. When you use the Quicktags in Safari, they tend to add the appropriate tags at the end of your post, rather [...]

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post about an old greenhouse up the street from the house that I grew up in. The day after I visited the site, my dad emailed me to tell me that they had begun to tear the thing down to make way for an apartment complex. I’m [...]

I’m not overly superstitious. I have no qualms about walking under a ladder (after looking up of course to make sure there isn’t a errant flying can of green paint), I don’t shiver when I see a black cat, and I don’t toss salt over my shoulder when I knock over the shaker. Occasionally, though, [...]

It is always interesting to meet the other people who live in your building. In a city like New York, it is not uncommon to go for years without meeting your neighbors other than the occasional passing in the hall. Last night, my super and her husband threw in impromtu barbecue in the concrete garden [...]

A friend of mine just went to see the new comedy “I’m Gonna Kill The President” How many of you want to Google that one and see how quick the men in black sunglasses are banging at your door? This play is showing as a limited engagement at an undisclosed location on the Lower East [...]

I got on an elevator filled with several giggling women. As I walked in, one of them was saying to another: “So, were you, like, ok, after you ate that Korean food yesterday?” “Um, no.” Awkward silence.

1. Fret about a late night press check for a print job that seemed doomed. 2. Drank lots of beer in preparation for said late night press check. 3. Celebrated that late night press check cancelled. 4. Drank more beer. 5. Watched romantic comedy that somehow found it’s way into your Netflix list because it [...]