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Sunday In Greenpoint
2024-03-27 02:39
Searching for burgers Her: What about that truck?Me: (squinting) It looks like they have “respect, compassion, caring, and kindness,” but no burgers. It was raining cats and dogs… Read More
All Lives End; All Hearts Are Broken
2024-03-25 02:30
Caring is not an advantage Met up with my friend the other night. Her: He’s telling me to not fight and he’ll promise to give me the apartment.Me: He broke the trust covenant whe… Read More
Making Concessions
2024-03-22 02:30
Not actually doing it Pez has been busy with life so I’d not seen her in a while; of course, that’s her story to tell so I’ll end here on that point. But I convinced her to… Read More
Sliding Into The Weekend
2024-03-20 02:30
Not no law breakers Her: You know you’re high when you’re googling “How to plant a paw paw tree in front of your apartment building in NYC.”Me: This has to go on the… Read More
Bumping Into Teddy In The Big City
2024-03-18 02:30
Tough leaving The kid’s electric guitar has been on the fritz lately so I brought it into this mega-music store here in NYC called Sam Ash, which was located at 333 W. 34th Street here… Read More
Gonna Be A Spry 92
2024-03-15 02:30
That’s what I tell myself My friends rented out the entire association, so we had the run of things. The kids went upstairs to the animal/game room; I think I had seen it briefly once… Read More
Turning 50 At The Downtown Association
2024-03-13 02:33
Maybe. Someday. Her: Wow, this place is beautiful.Me: (nodding) Yeah. (thinking) This is the first time I’ve been back in like 13 years. The surgeon turned 50 the other night so the ki… Read More
Physical Education And Spite
2024-03-11 02:31
Oh, yeah I raise my son like my parents raised me – after all, it’s all I know. But the one thing that I do differently is to give the boy a sense that physical education is as i… Read More
Square-jawed
2024-03-08 03:30
Tough food=tough people? Still waiting to get my ceiling repaired. BUT the leaking seems to have stopped so I’ll take that as a win. The Firecracker accidentally made butter the other… Read More
Nothing Like Sewage In The Kitchen
2024-03-06 03:31
Grossed out Do you remember when I told you about my upstairs neighbor’s toilet leaking into my kitchen some 14 years ago? Never told you details about it but one thing that drove the… Read More
Swimming In The UES
2024-03-04 03:30
Definitely a winner Me: This is amazing!Him: Yeah, well, I probably paid more than double what I would anywhere else just for the amenities.Me: I’m not gonna lie, I’m definitely… Read More
2024-03-01 03:30
and do other things with rainbows An old friend of mine reached out to me the other day. Her: I thought of you. I thought, “If Logan could survive everything he survived, I can survive… Read More
2024-02-28 03:30
A bar, a shoot, and some chix We had to shoot Scenic Fights again this past weekend so I took the kid out to NJ earlier that week. That also meant that the Firecracker and I had time to hit… Read More
2024-02-26 03:30
A cannonball in Vienna Me: You know what I realized about that musical we saw, Merrily We Roll Along?Her: What?Me: It annoyed me that they told the story backwards but I just realized that&r&hell…Read More
2024-02-23 03:30
Imposing Of course, we’re not the only people with an active social life. Almost exactly three years ago, my son was spending alla his time with this older girl named Annie that told h… Read More
2024-02-21 03:30
Amusing our bouches The Firecracker and I had a low-key St. Valentine’s Day because the NFL Player and I were planning on taking Thor out to dinner at a fancy restaurant later on in th… Read More
2024-02-16 03:30
You never know So, this fella was sitting across from the kid and vaping so I asked him, politely, if he would stop. He said a few rude things to me at which point I asked the Firecracker if… Read More
2024-02-14 03:30
A year later Me: (to Firecracker) Can I fight him?Her: Don’t. It’s not worth it.Me: OK. But if I have to, I’m gonna have to hurt him. The Firecracker’s kid was away w… Read More
2024-02-12 03:30
I’m the guy Her: I am a little sassy.Me: Well, that I could do with out.Her: (laughs) Because the Firecracker grew up with green grass and shade, while she likes living in the big city… Read More
2024-02-09 03:30
Getting screwed by Biden While I generally like that the boy takes after me in most regards, there are some things that I wish he wouldn’t. Just like I did in May of last year, my kid… Read More
2024-02-07 03:30
Zero nutritional value The Surgeon dropped me a line the other day. He was bringing his kids to an Urban Air in Brooklyn. So, bright and early this past weekend, the Firecracker and I, plus… Read More
2024-02-05 03:30
I’ll always love NY There’s gonna be zero rhyme or reason to this entry cause I went through my camera and found a buncha random videos that I meant to post. Let’s start wi… Read More
2024-02-02 03:30
It’s Chinese New Year soon Her: Wait, you’ve never been to a Sonic Drive-In?Me: I’m not sure I’ve ever been to a drive-in, period.Her: Well, let’s do that then… Read More
2024-01-31 03:31
…is how you do everything My trip to Austria highlighted the fact that my life is very different now than when I was younger. For one, the only real luggage I have is not one, but two… Read More
2024-01-29 03:30
Ithaca is Gorges The Firecracker has met a lotta my good friends, but not alla them. RE Mike and her just never seemed to be able to cross paths but he hit me up outta the blue to tell me ab… Read More
2024-01-26 03:30
Fiddling The kid started swimming lessons again. He seems to be enjoying himself. While he’s doing great, I’ve been sick lately. Spent most of the week in bed but one thing I ha… Read More
2024-01-22 03:30
Being in it Her: Are things like anniversaries important to you?Me: (thinking) Hmmm, not particularly. You?Her: Very. But I get it if it’s not to you.Me: If it matters to you, it matte… Read More
2024-01-19 03:30
Shooting in a dot-com Didn’t have much time to decompress after our trip because I pretty much immediately had to get ready for a two-day Scenic Fights shoot. The last time I checked… Read More
2024-01-17 03:30
Welcome home, then While the Firecracker and I had a pretty great time in Vienna, we were both happy to see our kids again. It’s funny how much you miss someone after only a few days… Read More
Happy New Year, 2024!
2024-01-01 03:30
Wrestling with Angels Was planning on writing this whole entry about my trip to Vienna but I thought I’d take a little sidetrack to wish you all a Happy New Year. The Firecracker and… Read More
Christmas 2023
2023-12-29 07:21
Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza The very next day, the kid and I hopped a train to NJ to see my in-laws. Just like every year, we spend Christmas Eve into Christmas with them – and this yea… Read More
Happy Christmas 2023!
2023-12-25 04:05
Merry Chrithmith! Hope you’re all having a lovely and peaceful holiday! Happy Christmas Chrithmith from the Lo’s! Location: a room with family in New Jersey and the kid tucked i… Read More
Music Together
2023-12-20 03:30
My Son’s First Recital So many people did so many things for Alison, me, and the kid when she first got sick. But there’s a story I don’t think I ever told you about which… Read More
NYC’s Holiday Nostalgia Ride
2023-12-18 03:30
NYC Rocks The next morning, I was getting the kid ready to go to his guitar lesson when I realized that I didn’t have my iPad…or even my bag. Me: Shoot, I think I left it at one… Read More
Four Events In One Night
2023-12-15 03:30
Tiny Tim was behind it all Found myself going to three different places in one night the other night – four if you count one where I dropped the kid off. It all started at Chelsea Pier… Read More
Popping Over
2023-12-13 03:30
A doctor’s visit and a magic show Took the kid outta school the other day because we had to have his annual physical. Me: I’m curious if you have an idea how tall he might be.Her… Read More
Of All The Weird Things
2023-12-11 03:30
You’re my favourite The Firecracker got me a Christmas ornament without realizing how much I value them. And that’s kinda is why we get along so well – we see the world the… Read More
Just Wear A Hat
2023-12-08 03:30
That doesn’t make any real sense The mayor office announced congestion pricing the other day. There were more cops than protestors but I suppose that’s a good thing. At least eve… Read More
Slurping A Norovirus
2023-12-06 03:30
Three things The kid’s been loving swimming lately – he just started doing the backstroke and it’s become his fave. Probably because he can keep his face above water. But… Read More
The Holiday Train Show
2023-12-04 03:22
An adventure in the Bronx Me: (making fun of her) Why would you want to have a purse that looks like that?Her: You should be happy that I like weird quirky old things. (glaring) And I’… Read More
Coming Back To The UWS
2023-12-01 03:59
I’m a (50-something) comeback kid After having Thanksgiving dinner at my family’s, my brother and his girl came back to our pad for a little bit. One of my fave places to bring p… Read More
Thanksgiving 2023
2023-11-29 03:30
Quartering an entire turkey Her: Happy Thanksgiving!Me: Thank YOU! And SAME! (later) OMG, it’s pre-brined! This is glorious. Thank you so much again! A few days before Thanksgiving, I… Read More
Proud Of The Work We Do
2023-11-27 03:30
Korean BBQ at home My boilers been acting up again – I had an emergency appointment the other day because there wasn’t any water in it. A boiler without water can crack so I shut… Read More
His First Concert
2023-11-22 03:30
We’ll see There’s a band that my kid likes called Kidz Bop – really, it’s just random kids that sing clean covers of current and older pop songs. While walking past t… Read More
A Hidden Find
2023-11-20 03:30
The Irish Hunger Memorial Me: (hobbling home after a workout and groaning the whole time)Her: You’re really selling this, “Look at me, I’m so young for 50” thing.Me:… Read More
A Night Of Stupid Human Tricks
2023-11-17 03:30
Silver and Gold Forgot to put up pictures of the cooked purple sweet potatoes (on the left) and the regular purple potatoes (on the right); the sweet potatoes tasted a bit mediciney while th… Read More
Purple (Potato) Eater
2023-11-15 03:30
Unlimited food and Listerine Me: 10 mins to next train!Her: Boo! Been on a different quest lately, this time to find purple sweet potatoes – that is to say, purple fleshed sweet potat… Read More
Date Night!
2023-11-13 03:22
A stellar night Me: I just realized that the kid has a party tonight from 6:30 to 9PM, do you wanna…Her: Date night! A few months ago, I got an email from my kid’s school on a M… Read More
2023-11-10 03:45
My quixotic quest for paw-paws Been having this peculiar Baader-Meinhof moment with alla those paw-paw fruits that I got a month ago. I’ve been noticing the tropical variants on sale e… Read More
2023-11-08 03:30
Wanting but not needing Her: Don’t miss me too much.Me: I can’t promise that.Her: Good answer. I’ve always daydreamed about living someplace completely different, like Oreg… Read More
2023-11-06 03:45
Plus, another ferry ride We went out to Brooklyn again the other day – it was raining cats and dogs. We were there for the Surgeon’s kids’ birthday party. They had it at th… Read More
2023-11-03 02:30
A loss for them It seems that summer’s finally over – it was 80 degrees last week and it dropped down to 40 something this week. Good thing climate change isn’t real. Her:… Read More
2023-11-01 02:44
Everything keeps breaking down I was rolling with my buddy Cruise the other day when I felt this sharp pain in my left foot and looked down, horrified to see my middle toe bent 90 degrees&he&hell…Read More
2023-10-30 02:29
Building roller-coasters Just finished Pax, by Tom Holland – the book that the NFL Player gave us all for his bday party. Man, if you thought Game of Thrones/Wheel of Time was messed u… Read More
2023-10-27 02:30
A serious taco kick Her: (coming out of my bathroom with a Taco Bell bag) Were you eating tacos in your bathroom?!Me: (silent shrug)Her: Is this full?! (opens up bag) There’s a taco in… Read More
2023-10-25 02:30
Hobos and Whores The Firecracker and I trade off on cooking duties, which is nice – although she and I do have very different approaches to cooking on certain things. Me: Do you know h… Read More
2023-10-23 02:30
I cannot oversell them Her: Wait, you wrote two entries but didn’t write what you were searching for? Man, you know how to draw out the suspense.Me: (laughing) It’s not that, I j… Read More
2023-10-20 02:30
Technically, it’s a keyboard Getting back into the city was also fun. We were supposed to head up to Ricky and Kathy’s for some clothes and stuff for the kid, so we headed to the… Read More
2023-10-18 02:30
All over the city Me: You gotta leave Ralph’s place a bit early today.Him: Why?Me: Cause we’re on a quest, kid! Early this past weekend, I grabbed the kid from his friend’s… Read More
2023-10-09 02:51
An open book exam While I didn’t have the best time around Columbus Circle the other day, got a chance for a do-over with the help of the NFL Player. He invited me and my buddy Thor ov… Read More
2023-10-06 02:30
5 Columbus Circle After I saw the musical with the Firecracker, we had this talk. Her: Do you ever want to start new somewhere, Lo? Like sell this apartment and move someplace completel… Read More
2023-10-04 02:30
It was a huge day The Frenchman and my friends around the way met up the other day for tacos and beers near my pad, along with the Firecracker. Not soon afterward, we all went to the ABFF&r&hell…Read More
2023-10-02 02:35
My kinda weekend The kid and I had quite the weekend. On Friday, he went to watch The Super Mario Brothers movie with his school – we originally didn’t have tickets but one of hi… Read More
2023-09-29 02:30
Running into old ghosts and possible pasts Told you once that I used to work on Times Square. That entry was a long time ago – I had just started seeing Alison then – and when I… Read More
2023-09-27 02:30
Not great Me:Her:Me:Her: That was…Me: …not great. The Firecracker invited me to catch Merrily We Roll Along with two of her favourite actors, Daniel Radcliffe and Jonathan Grof… Read More
2023-09-25 02:27
16 Million Views Firecracker: Did you know that the guy that invented the single-rotor helicopter only flew it once and then immediately gave it to Henry Ford? It’s still in the Henry… Read More
2023-09-22 02:39
Intellectually, I know My buddy Ricky stopped by my pad the other day because he was in the neighborhood… Me: The Firecracker baked cookies, you want one?Him: Sure! (later) Is that re… Read More
2023-09-18 02:40
School again Him: I’m a little worried.Me: That’s normal. Everything’ll be fine.Him: You promise?Me: Yup. Promise. The kid started school recently. The Firecracker was swee… Read More
2023-09-15 02:30
Believing it I think people move a lot in NYC – or in general. Like, the Firecracker’s moved six times in the last decade. Me: Wild.Her: Yup. My college buddy and I moved into my… Read More
2023-09-13 02:30
Being a world-class jerk It was a pretty hot night for alla our activities but the Firecracker’s kid and my own were starting school soon, so we figured we’d make the most of our… Read More
2023-09-11 02:30
Spending the kids’ college funds As much as we wanted to stay at the MOMA all night, we had other things to do. RE Mike sent us an invite to head to Time Out Market but he wasn’t… Read More
2023-09-06 02:30
Met up with her cousin Her: Do you wanna meet her?Me: Sure! What about Chinese food in Chinatown? The Firecracker’s cousin was in town for a few days so we decided to meet up with her… Read More
2023-09-01 03:33
A Burger and a Pool Pak invited us out to a little thing he was having with his friends. His pad out in NJ has a pool so I brought the boy to go for a swim. The boy and I were at my gym and… Read More
2023-08-30 02:30
All the good and nonea the bad Just a random story; in the middle of our vacation, it seems a small fire broke out somewhere on the ship. I was pretty alarmed and went to make sure everythin… Read More
2023-08-21 02:30
First Class and With Children Robert Benchley once said, “In America, there are two classes of travel: First class, and with children.” Well, I recently traveled with two kids, a… Read More
2023-08-18 02:30
Coffeetime? Me: Man, this coffee is great…wait, what time is it?Her: (checking watch) 3:23?Me: Dammit! When we were out in Long Island, the Firecracker and I chatted about being paren… Read More
2023-08-16 02:30
My mom’s tribe After we finished our coffee, we drove by this once-small mall that I used to go to – it expanded quite a bit over the last few years. Me: When I used to come here… Read More
2023-08-14 02:30
Adult Conversation Because the kid and his cousins on my side have been getting sick constantly, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to see my mom and sis. But it was my nephe… Read More
2023-08-11 02:30
Venus and Flowers Her: Out of all the Logan Lo things about you, this has got to be the Logan Lowest thing.Me: It was from the neck up! This isn’t the actual picture I sent in, but you… Read More
2023-08-09 03:19
Phrasing! Me: Did you pack your lunch?Him: Yes.Me: Are you sure you packed your lunch?Him: Yes! The boy got strep throat the other day. It was a comedy of errors. I’d dropped him off… Read More

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