Merle Milder
@merlemilder.bsky.social
Proud New Jersey native drowning my sorrows over the 2024 election with theater, Disney, and pizza.
Think happy thoughts about the late Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, too, who got smoking banned on airplanes.
December 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Think happy thoughts about the late Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey, too, who got smoking banned on airplanes.
Personally, I miss station wagons. I wish we did have the choice to buy one instead of an SUV. Station wagons could be made with modern safety devices and fuel economy.
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Personally, I miss station wagons. I wish we did have the choice to buy one instead of an SUV. Station wagons could be made with modern safety devices and fuel economy.
“Alumna” is feminine. John is an “alumnus.” Please hire a copy editor.
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
“Alumna” is feminine. John is an “alumnus.” Please hire a copy editor.
Fran Lebowitz is not one of my favorite human beings. She led the (mercifully unsuccessful) fight against a cigarette ban in New York restaurants, stating frequently she thought secondhand smoke was a fraud. She seemed incapable of empathy for those sensitive to smoke.
August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Fran Lebowitz is not one of my favorite human beings. She led the (mercifully unsuccessful) fight against a cigarette ban in New York restaurants, stating frequently she thought secondhand smoke was a fraud. She seemed incapable of empathy for those sensitive to smoke.
My son is a graduate of Elon University and the alumni are circulating this
April 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
My son is a graduate of Elon University and the alumni are circulating this
I made the mistake of providing my email address to the Texas Tribune to read an article and was punished by a gushing stream of spam, all "reply to the Texas Tribune." I suggest avoiding them.
February 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I made the mistake of providing my email address to the Texas Tribune to read an article and was punished by a gushing stream of spam, all "reply to the Texas Tribune." I suggest avoiding them.
I just got off a bus in New Jersey on which a teenage boy refused to mute his LOUD speakerphone conversation. Apparently it’s more a personality thing than an age thing.
February 17, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I just got off a bus in New Jersey on which a teenage boy refused to mute his LOUD speakerphone conversation. Apparently it’s more a personality thing than an age thing.
Same - and I’m American.
January 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Same - and I’m American.
Now I’ve got cabin fever!
December 25, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Now I’ve got cabin fever!
Relieved that you liked it. After all the complaints online about the actors reading the scripts, I had been second-guessing my advance ticket purchase for February.
December 23, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Relieved that you liked it. After all the complaints online about the actors reading the scripts, I had been second-guessing my advance ticket purchase for February.
I had a 1974 Maverick I cherished for the same reason, until my employer demanded I get a new car because it was embarrassing him to have it in the parking lot.
December 18, 2024 at 5:37 PM
I had a 1974 Maverick I cherished for the same reason, until my employer demanded I get a new car because it was embarrassing him to have it in the parking lot.
Actually ultra Orthodox Jews speak Yiddish amongst themselves, reserving Hebrew for the synagogue, and it is not unusual to refer to Yiddish as “Jewish.”
December 12, 2024 at 2:37 PM
Actually ultra Orthodox Jews speak Yiddish amongst themselves, reserving Hebrew for the synagogue, and it is not unusual to refer to Yiddish as “Jewish.”
In the U.S. in the 1970’s and 1980’s there used to be wonderful petite departments with lots of designers but the stores axed them because they determined the average petite customer was middle-aged and they wanted to be associated with youth. It was a crime.
December 2, 2024 at 2:41 PM
In the U.S. in the 1970’s and 1980’s there used to be wonderful petite departments with lots of designers but the stores axed them because they determined the average petite customer was middle-aged and they wanted to be associated with youth. It was a crime.
They remind me happily of the firm Stayman Winesap I used to love as a child, only it turns out they crack on the trees without Alar.
December 1, 2024 at 11:45 PM
They remind me happily of the firm Stayman Winesap I used to love as a child, only it turns out they crack on the trees without Alar.
I, too, had to endure 20 hours of back labor without anesthesia before being allowed the caesarean that saved my life. Doctors and hospitals are bullied by statistic keepers who rate them down if they do too many caesareans and this affects the care they offer.
November 29, 2024 at 1:15 PM
I, too, had to endure 20 hours of back labor without anesthesia before being allowed the caesarean that saved my life. Doctors and hospitals are bullied by statistic keepers who rate them down if they do too many caesareans and this affects the care they offer.
Is there anything upsetting to a child about the fate of the new pig? We heard downer internet rumors.
November 26, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Is there anything upsetting to a child about the fate of the new pig? We heard downer internet rumors.
My husband is always complaining about how filthy the stalls are in men’s rooms. I have no desire to experience that myself. Better to have anyone identifying as female free to use the comparatively immaculate women’s room.
November 22, 2024 at 5:07 PM
My husband is always complaining about how filthy the stalls are in men’s rooms. I have no desire to experience that myself. Better to have anyone identifying as female free to use the comparatively immaculate women’s room.
The Subaru Outback I drive is a station wagon. They’re just afraid to call it that. That’s how it’s different from the Forester, which is high and boxy, as befits an SUV.
October 10, 2023 at 12:59 PM
The Subaru Outback I drive is a station wagon. They’re just afraid to call it that. That’s how it’s different from the Forester, which is high and boxy, as befits an SUV.