RIP, Nicky Joe “Squid” Quinonez (1981-2017)
Paying tribute. Continue Reading
Friends
In praise of #SocialRoadTrip
The power of face-to-face. Continue Reading
The power of friends at work
At a certain level, once you kind of have “a field” in life — marketing, sales, development, HR, etc. — you can learn most jobs. You might switch industries or whatever, but the core tenets of what you need to do —… Continue Reading
Can you make friends after 30?
I just moved a few months ago and I’ve been trying. It’s not that easy. But why? Continue Reading
A completely unscientific look at Ross and Rachel, Danny and Mindy, Jess and Nick and the culture of will-they-or-won’t-they
Yesterday, The Guardian wrote this about The Mindy Project: The Mindy Project‘s Mindy and Danny are TV’s last romantic hope. There is no longer any great ‘will-they, won’t-they’ mystery, because they have (kissed on an airplane, which was amazing), and now they will. The final shot… Continue Reading
Is The Big Chill the best ‘friends-reuniting’ movie of all-time?
In a potential low point for me, I watched the above movie — alternatively titled The Wedding Weekend or Shut Up And Sing — on Amazon Prime Video a couple of nights ago. Basic plot is that the guy from Royal Pains on USA Network gets… Continue Reading