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I’ve been watching this show obsessively for the last week. Mostly I’m thinking things like: is Damien Lewis hot? Sometimes yes, sometimes no (those of…
Fiona Maazel
Feb 7
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In which I get bratty about language
So, yesterday a friend reported to me with some pride that she’s been thinking recently about the importance of words. This is the context of data and …
Fiona Maazel
Jan 28
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Do you talk to strangers?
Many years ago, during my Paris Review days, I was in the anteroom of some bank, waiting for a colleague to get some money, when I struck up a conversa…
Fiona Maazel
Jan 22
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OMG, folks
I haven’t forgotten about you. But I *have* been consumed by the fate of democracy, and pretty tongue-tied as a result. And it’s not like any of you ne…
Fiona Maazel
Jan 10
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Predictable or pleasurable?
I’ve started watching “The Umbrella Academy” on Netflix. I think it’s bad for a number of reasons, but what’s annoyed me most that it’s predictable. SP…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 28, 2020
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People who take care of themselves? I don't get those people.
Do you? Lately (and by “lately,” I mean: always), I’ve marveled at people who not only want to be healthy, but who take the necessary steps to get ther…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 22, 2020
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The horror that is the culture that enables predators like DSK
Remember him? President of the IMF who attempted to rape a housekeeper at the Sofitel hotel and then didn’t even get prosecuted because he’s white and …
Fiona Maazel
Dec 17, 2020
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Are you really your fridge?
Maybe the only fun part of this year’s election—I know, I know—was that bit the NYT ran on whether you could infer a person’s politics based on the con…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 15, 2020
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The Stupid Saga
of my washer/dryer
Fiona Maazel
Dec 11, 2020
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The Shower Cap
A meditation
Fiona Maazel
Dec 7, 2020
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Do Something!
I’ve read that people tend to regret action that ends badly more than inaction that ends badly, and for the past few days, I have been trying to educat…
Fiona Maazel
Dec 4, 2020
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Some sports are
more of a thing than I realized,
Fiona Maazel
Nov 30, 2020
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