Color My Missives

I recently busted out the new camera while sitting with buds Seaton and Johnalynn at a Brooklyn bar on Comedy night. An hour later, Seaton took the mic and absolutely killed. People always complain that when comedy isn’t good, it’s unbearable. This was unbearable for completely the opposite reason — my stomach hurt afterwards.
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These two kids were riding across from me on the train today. One had their dad’s iPhone, the other was playing a game on the iPad. How some people refuse to regard that device as a game-changer baffles the mind.
update:
A day later I overheard the following on an elevator:
one of my kid’s first words was [...]

Years ago I was pegged as a “details guy” by a friend, a declaration I did not dispute at the time. These days, “top-level thinkers,” and “big picture” people abound in my work. It’s all true. I don’t mind one bit. Part of what makes me happy every morning is seeing the smiling teddy bear [...]

When your landlord’s cell phone is disconnected and his land line’s answering machine is constantly full, it doesn’t hurt to pick up a few trade skills: carpentry, plumbing, electrical, and now locksmithing. Yusuke and I mined our parallel ever-growing heaps of non-working tech to find the perfect screw to fix the deadbolt on the front [...]

I love how a color can stretch its boundaries when it interacts with factors like age and light. This garage read as black to the eye, but the camera sees the shadows of the garage as blacker than the garage itself. And what about the sign advertising its price? And the black cars inside?