Manicures and Meatballs
Yes, I know. Sounds like the title of an Italian porn movie. But let me explain.
The news has been so depressing lately. Everyone in the newsroom was feeling low today, especially after hearing that our Washington DC bureau is closing. The toll of a crummy economy AND bankruptcy.
So what do I do when I am feeling blue?
I get a manicure.
And meatballs.
You can’t beat that combination when you’re down.
I went to a place around the corner from the studio on 41st and Second. My manicurist, Nicole, and I got into an interesting conversation. She came to New York 11 years ago from Nepal. You don’t meet that many people from Nepal. At least I haven’t and I was curious about her life there and what it’s been like for her raising two daughters in Queens.
She and her husband work long hours. She hardly has a chance to see her children. But at least, she thought, she was building a future for her family, saving every penny and dreaming of moving to a bigger place and maybe not having to work quite so hard. Now she thinks she may have to work even harder to make ends meet. Meanwhile her kids, ages 2 and 8, are growing up fast.
It’s not a unique story. It is the immigrant’s tale. Just as my parents toiled at low-paying jobs after my family came to America.
Have I managed to depress you yet?
But wait! By the time my manicure was dry (color: "Limo-scene"), we were laughing and swapping funny stories. And you know what? I stopped being so bleak. I started riffing on the crazy names they come up with for all those tiny bottles of nail polish. Hmmm...wonder how much THAT job pays? I can be quite creative when pressed.
And then? Yes, dear reader, I went and got an order of GIANT meatballs. Three massive ones smothered in thick tomato sauce. And I ate them. I feel so much better! (People are regularly astonished by the amount of food I am able to consume. I am small but I eat like a truck driver. Truly.)
So may I recommend to you my simple formula? Hey, guys get manicures too! So go pick a silly color and then pig out! I'm telling you, it works. Gotta go do a promo now. See you later!
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I agree we all need to feel better. Thanks for this, Kaity!
Wow! It was very inspiring and funny. As soon as I finished watching the new, I felt curious about manicure and meatballs? Enjoyable to read and inspiring to keep moving our lives!
Manicures and meatballs. M & M's! What a creative concept for dealing with these difficult economic times. You are a breath of fresh air. I also am from immigrant roots. My grandparents came through Ellis Island many years ago - with nothing. And while the story is far from unique, it is a good reminder that life is not easy. Only now, thanks to you, I have a new coping tool. I can M & M it!!! BTW...Limo-scene sounds like a perfect color for you - no matter what it looks like!!!
Kaity, thanks for a great story!!! Yes growing up as an American/Italian there was always meatballs on the stove!! You couldn't come into my house without leaving with having at least one meatball before my mother (rip) would say: Hey sit, have a meatball!
I know "Essi" personally, I can get you that job! OH and the "IBS" is coming up in April if you want tixx I can get you in and you can pick out as many colors as you like!!!
wtf is this station thinking? you feel down b/c someone closed a desk in washington? wtf does that even mean?
and really, the story is cute as long as you forget that these people are serving kaity. guess her economy isn't so bad if she's left getting manicures & pondering.. and still getting paid handsomely
me, i'm more worried about the poor fools who can't afford the manicures...
what world is kaity from, doesn't she understand how marie antoinette she sounds?
please stop offending those of us who atren't making hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. please?
Kaity,I'm sorry, I'm not metrosexual enough to go out and get Limo-scene nails...but I did like the part about sitting down and sharing life with another person and maybe taking care of myself in some little way....I feel better already...
Kaity, thank you for letting us know a little about your day. It's good to know that you care about other peole losing their jobs. You probably know more bad news than ever makes in on TV, and I like your empathy. Also, you're spreading the dollars around to small businesses. I know that you have to manicure, and get your hair done, and the wardrobe, and the make-up. Maintaining all that perfection is a job in itself, and on top of it all, you're a great anchor. Keep on blogging! Social networking is how we keep together!
Very entertaining read, caught me quickly with the pornography reference, ha! But really, this seems to be a choice coping tool. The story is familiar to many Americans and our most productive citizens historically have been immigrants.
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In response to the first comment, I didn't sense anything condescending in her writing. Perhaps I should be taking your words with a grain of salt, due to their reading like a seventh grader's text message. "wtf?"
Jameson, I agree! "Wtf?" Who even says that. Kaity you're a wonderful news anchor and seem really down to earth. You and Jim are great together!
Look if you work hard you have the right to play hard and treat youself when you want to, no matter what anybody thinks!!!
Kaity has the right perspective. As we all work our way through these difficult times, it helps to focus on the little things that bring us pleasure whether it be a manicure, a meatball sandwich or interactions that make another person smile. None of the above is at all bourgeois. I'm more of a pedicure person myself, but I'm all over the meatball sandwich!
Nothing like moms meatballs (rip)
sorry about Kaity, Moms meatballs were the best!
I am going for more of the concept of your article. I think that everyone has things that will relax them. Yours happens to be “Manicures and Meatballs.” I personally don’t like either. But I do understand the concept of what you are trying to tell us! Thanks for the idea!
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It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
The purpose of computing is not numbers but insight.
A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance.
Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done.
Quoting Coulter is kind of like quoting Joe McCarthy; no doubt it does well when you're pandering to a group of like-minded hate mongerers, but it earns you a well-deserved reputation as a vicious, mean-spirited airhead and intellecual lightweight in more analytical and dispassionate circles.
You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.
It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.
It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.
A hen is only an eggs way of making another egg.
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Jesus may love you, but I think you're garbage wrapped in skin.
Anyone who starts a sentence, 'With all due respect ...' is about to insult you.
Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it.
Researchers have discovered that chocolate produces some of the same reactions in the brain as marijuana. The researchers also discovered other similarities between the two but can't remember what they are.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
A poem is never finished, only abandoned.
If electricity comes from electrons, does that mean that morality comes from morons?
Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them.
A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important.
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A fast word about oral contraception. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said 'no'.
The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
You have a cough? Go home tonight, eat a whole box of Ex-Lax -- tomorrow you'll be afraid to cough.
I agree with the reforms, but I want nothing to change
It's strange, isn't it. You stand in the middle of a library and go 'aaaaagghhhh' and everyone just stares at you. But you do the same thing on an aeroplane, and everyone joins in.
Real Programmers always confuse Christmas and Halloween because Oct31 == Dec25 !
Why was I with her? She reminds me of you. In fact, she reminds me more of you than you do!
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
When the rich think about the poor, they have poor ideas.
A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
To err is human -- and to blame it on a computer is even more so.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Thank you for sending me a copy of your book - I'll waste no time reading it.
I'm not going to get into the ring with Tolstoy.
I hope life isn't a big joke ... because I don't get it.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.
Raymond's Law of Software: Given a sufficiently large number of eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.
If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no-one dares criticize it.
I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam; I looked into the soul of the boy next to me.
If the United Nations once admits that international disputes can be settled by using force, then we will have destroyed the foundation of the organization and our best hope of establishing a world order.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. The opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Incrementing C by 1 is not enough to make a good object-oriented language.
I took a course in speed reading and was able to read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It's about Russia.
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
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I must confess, I was born at a very early age.
Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour.
If it wasn't for C, we'd be writing programs in BASI, PASAL, and OBOL.
A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.
If you need more than five lines to prove something, then you are on the wrong track
The only way to combat criminals is by not voting for them.
There is a country in Europe where multiple-choice tests are illegal.
If a man does his best, what else is there?
Be tolerant of the human race. Your whole family belongs to it -- and some of your spouse's family too.
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Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.
When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.
When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
A printer consists of three main parts: the case, the jammed paper tray and the blinking red light
C++: an octopus made by nailing extra legs onto a dog
Computer Science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes
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2 + 2 = 5, for extremely large values of 2.
2 + 2 = 5, for extremely large values of 2.
2 + 2 = 5, for extremely large values of 2.
I could not possibly fail to disagree with you less.
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The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.
I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.
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If you are going through hell, keep going.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.
A bird in the hand makes it hard to blow your nose.
Descended from the apes? Let us hope that it is not true. But if it is, let us pray that it may not become generally known.
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
Quoting Coulter is kind of like quoting Joe McCarthy; no doubt it does well when you're pandering to a group of like-minded hate mongerers, but it earns you a well-deserved reputation as a vicious, mean-spirited airhead and intellecual lightweight in more analytical and dispassionate circles.
Far too many development shops are run by fools who succeed despite their many failings.
I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it.
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
A camel is a horse designed by a committee
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.
Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
Ah well, then I suppose I shall have to die beyond my means.
I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
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I failed to make the chess team because of my height.
You never really learn to swear until you learn to drive.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.
Do illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.
My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden.
I have yet to meet a C compiler that is more friendly and easier to use than eating soup with a knife.
It was God who made me so beautiful. If I weren't, then I'd be a teacher.
Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
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I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
If you think it's simple, then you have misunderstood the problem.
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where she is!
Mother-in-law = A woman who destroys her son-in-law's peace of mind by giving him a piece of hers.
I never miss a chance to have sex or appear on television.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
Roses are #FF0000 Violets are #0000FF All my base are belong to you!
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If you put tomfoolery into a computer, nothing comes out of it but tomfoolery. But this tomfoolery, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow enobled and no-one dares criticize it.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
It is much more comfortable to be mad and know it, than to be sane and have one's doubts.
Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo.
You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.
Early to rise and early to bed. Makes a male healthy, wealthy and dead.
Invading Iraq after 9/11 was like invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor.
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.
The great thing about a computer notebook is that no matter how much you stuff into it, it doesn't get bigger or heavier.
Look at you in war. There has never been a just one, never an honorable one, on the part of the instigator of the war.
It was the experience of mystery -- even if mixed with fear -- that engendered religion.
After every 'victory' you have more enemies.
When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.
If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.
If you are going through hell, keep going.
Invading Iraq after 9/11 was like invading Mexico after Pearl Harbor.
I have spoken many a word, therefore, it is fact.
I have spoken many a word, therefore, it is fact.
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance.
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
Black holes are where God divided by zero.
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself.
Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Support your local Search and Rescue unit -- get lost.
Comedy is nothing more than tragedy deferred.
The use of anthropomorphic terminology when dealing with computing systems is a symptom of professional immaturity.
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where she is!
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where she is!