Joyce Griffin-Sobel

@alt_w_v_g Uh oh

Update: boss moved our meeting to Monday at 7am HR is on the invite. Legal might be too. Unclear. I think this is about the email signature situation Last month HR required everyone to add their identified pronouns I complied immediately Updated my email signature to: Best, Ethan Brooks Identified Adjectives: Smart / Handsome HR said "those aren't pronouns." I said the policy says identify. I identified. HR said I was being deliberately non-compliant. I said I was being deliberately accurate. They asked me to remove it. I asked for the policy. They sent it. The policy says "identified." I am smart. I am handsome. These are identified (by me). I offered to add a third. They declined. Anyway. Monday. 7am. I'm sure it's fine. Plz fix. Thx. Sent from my iPhone

Mamdani’s tax plans will ruin many hard-working NYers, who HAVE paid their fair share. But pols like Rep Hakeem Jeffries—who reportedly pays about $250 per year in property taxes on a Brooklyn condo valued at $1.2 million—will keep getting their deals. nypost.com/2022/01/23/rep…

@mikejwhelan Did she die Michael? Im so sorry

Nobody Warns You About the Weird Stuff By Michael J. Whelan Nobody really prepares you for losing the love of your life. They tell you it will be sad. They tell you it will be hard. What they don’t tell you is how unbelievably weird it is. For years there were two of you in the house. Two opinions about everything. Two voices talking over each other about what movie to watch, where the car keys went, and whether the thermostat was trying to freeze us to death. Then one day… it’s just you. And suddenly the entire house feels like it’s looking at you saying, “Well… now what?” Her toothbrush is still sitting there like she’s coming back in five minutes. Her phone still rings; POTENTIAL SPAM. Her favorite chair still holds the shape of where she used to sit. Even the animals seem confused. My dog looks at me like, “Okay boss… you broke Mom. When is she coming back?” I’d like to know that myself. But here’s the strange part about grief. It doesn’t stay sad all the time. Sometimes it sneaks up on you in ridiculous ways. You’ll be crying because you miss her voice… and then suddenly remember the time she tried to parallel park and nearly took out a mailbox, a shrub, and a small portion of municipal infrastructure. Or the time she insisted she wasn’t hungry and then slowly ate half your dinner like a stealthy food burglar. Love leaves you with those memories. And the annoying thing is… they’re funny. You’ll laugh. Then feel guilty for laughing. Then realize she’d probably be laughing harder than you are. What you really lose when your partner dies isn’t just a spouse. You lose your witness. The only person on earth who saw the entire ridiculous movie of your life and somehow still decided you were worth sticking around for. She knew every dumb thing I’d ever done. And trust me, my list is long. Yet every night before we fell asleep she’d still say, “I love you.” That’s the part that echoes the loudest now. So yes… losing the love of your life will break your heart. But if you were lucky enough to share a lifetime with someone who loved you despite your bad jokes, strange habits, and questionable life decisions… Then even after they’re gone, somehow the love still manages to sneak in a few laughs. And honestly… that feels exactly like something she would do.

Taste

Employees of @AlaskaAir are having snowball fights, meanwhile we’ve been on the tarmac at SEA for over four hours. Pilot says there is no one available to open the gate but we may get “lucky” after the next “shift change”. We missed our connecting flight to Tokyo as a result.

@alyssamariiee11 Sure can. Hochul

Name another Governor as worthless as Gavin Newsom. You can’t.

@RomaPete From the cold,?

4 more in the final approach to the South Gate House. Whatever is getting them seems only to affect geese.

I’ve counted 11 goose carcasses on the south side of the Reservoir this morning. #birdcp

I must say I am not too impressed with #NYPHIL upcoming season.

Nyc does this too

Take this in and don’t underestimate what’s going on. An IED was used in NYC against people who protested against Mamdani. An IED. On the streets in America. The left wing has a violence problem. It’s time for everyone to recognize it, confront it, arrest those who engage in it, deport them and/or put them in prison for a very long time. Knowing how NYC works, it won’t be long until the two leftists who did this will be back on the street.

@HarmeetKDhillon Make it a habit. I was never an exerciser but when I started going daily to Equinox, it helped me so much with the stress of caregiving for my husband and work stress.

I need to figure out how to love the gym. Need to do some progressive weight training, given my age and gun training goals. I do push ups and other exercises at home. I kind of hate the gym, belong to Equinox but I don’t go.

After a lifetime of viewing exercise as a chore, something changed in me recently. I love to walk. It makes me feel great. I love the results. It’s “me” time, in a life largely spent supporting or advocating for others. It’s my favorite time of the day. Sometimes twice a day!

@DaveEDanna Absolutely adorable

Guess who’s going to the bbq festival 🤠

@DaveEDanna She is beautiful. You really are fortunate

5 months postpartum - couldn’t be more proud of her 💙

Everybody stop whatever you’re doing and watch this

None of his business what women wear .

All the packages of eggs I have bought have some liquid in the package that smells. Gross

@RomaPete Buy it. Its gorgeous!

Cashmere. €3500. Geez I might finally be presentable in that thing. 🤣🤣🤣

For no reason then it was adorable

@KeruboSk Hell, yes

Serious question: Do people actually exist who genuinely enjoy staying home all day, completely alone, without seeing anyone?

EARLY NY, NJ, CT snow totals - 7:30pm Center Moriches, NY: 3.6" Newark, NJ: 2" Islip, NY: 2" Central Park, NY: 1.8" JFK: 1.7" LGA: 1.7" Bridgeport, CT: 0.8"