#14: August is for hating Robert Moses

Death By Consumption 8/5/24 - 8/11/24 August used to depress me. It always felt liminal, all the awful heat but none of the promise or excitement of early summer. I'm sure residual back-to-school trauma is responsible for a lot of that feeling. But, as

#13: Good movies, bad TV, and annoying writers

Death By Consumption 7/29/24 - 8/4/24 Do you remember when it wasn't 100 degrees every day? Me neither! Even worse, the MTA decided to make sweaty-back season even worse for me, personally, by essentially shutting down every single subway near my apartment for the

#12: Glen Powell, that rapscallion, has charmed me

Death By Consumption 7/22/24 - 7/28/24 Spent the week in Wisconsin with the family, where we consumed a fair amount of culture in between laying around, going out on the boat, and eating various grilled meats. We also consumed a lot of Paxlovid, as, one by

#11: The context of what came before

Death By Consumption 7/15/24 - 7/21/24 My first time sending one of these from an airport! I am writing this on my phone, waiting to board a plane to the far-off land of Appleton, WI, so forgive any formatting errors or stupid opinions — nothing counts if

#10: Shot in the face by consumption

Death By Consumption 7/8/24 - 7/14/24 A shorter than usual DBC this week, thanks to work obligations and also, like, it's just too damn hot. I can't even think anymore!!!!!! Between back-to-back weeklong heat advisories in NYC (sorry if this is dumb,

#9 Stories of sisterhood, and Gwyneth's soiled sheets

Death By Consumption 7/1/24 - 7/7/24 This week went by like a blur — it started with ungodly long work days, and ended with a slow, hot, lazy 4th of July weekend, so as a result, there wasn't a ton of cultural consumption — it was

#8: We're all gonna die but at least we have culture

Death By Consumption 6/24/24 - 6/30/24 Pride is over. Did you have fun being gay? Well, STOP IT RIGHT NOW. No more fun! That was for June; July is all about maximizing profits for the shareholders and denying the President is sundowning on live TV while

#7: In the Azores With the Manson Family

Death by Consumption 6/17/24 - 6/23/24 I spent the week in the Azores with friends, doing my favorite kind of travel — impulse plane tickets, minimal research, no idea what the vibe even is over there, just winging it day by day. As a result, we all

#6: Renaissance Freaks

Death By Consumption 6/10/24 - 6/16/24 A shorter DBC than usual this week, as I‘m writing to you from the Azores (next week’s will most likely be very annoying; you’ve been warned), and I simply must get back to consuming delicious food, wine,

#5: Pride Cometh

Death By Consumption 6/3/24 - 6/9/24 What did you get me, your favorite gay emailer, for Pride? I accept Venmo! Last week I read gay stuff, watched gay stuff, and ate gay stuff. My job tried to ruin the first week of Pride with a slew