* It’s been a year since Sumi died. Finally on a beautiful Sunday afternoon we walked to where Grand Street ends and spread her ashes into the East River.

* The first presidential debate: dorky smart woman beating the shit out of the slacker bully who thought he could just wing it with his ignorant antics….

* “And I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things” -clearly articulated by Tyrion Lanister