Marjorie Ingall

@marjorieingall.bsky.social

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Coauthor, Sorry, Sorry, Sorry & Getting to Sorry. Author, Mamaleh Knows Best, The Field Guide to North American Males. Co-creator, SorryWatch.com. Writer: Lotsa mags & newspapers, including original-recipe Sassy. Elder Jewess.

A work by the Buffalo Pothole Bandit, who fills potholes with … things. This one is filled with Scrabble tiles reading SHRAMPS and six luscious pink shrimp.
A pigeon pecks at a long smear of chocolate on a sidewalk, with tiny pigeon footprints making patterns all around it)
Man with his back to the camera sitting in an NYC diner; his head is shaved except for the Knicks logo, which spans almost ear to ear
Photo of a gorgeous, cranky-looking (BUT NOT ACTUALLY CRANKY) gray Scottish Fold cat with stunning amber eyes, lounging on a lime green velvet chair, in a shop on East 3rd Street
A round day-of the-week pillbox covered in a rainbow of rhinestones and kawaii charms and googly eyes
A photo of a Cybertruck, which has been enthusiastically tagged with yellow and black spray paint, on East 3rd Street in NYC
Novi, a tabby cat, is sitting next to a can of macaroons on a giant pallet of matzah.
Beautiful German handwriting!
A white man on green grass gives a thumbs-up while hugging a person in a giant red inflatable lobster costume, with protest signs in the background
Fabulously manicured hand holding a cute sticker depicting a wide-eyed fluffy puppy next to a heart that says, in looping script, “Leave trans kids alone you absolute freaks”
A tabby cat attacks a gnome on a string, with enthusiasm
A fat and handsome gray-and-white cat intently watches the opening credits of Heated Rivalry on a large tv
Canadian musician Peaches in an amazing pink leather contraption, with matching lipstick, bleached curls, and a partially shaved head.
Seating chart for the movie Melania last night. Only one seat has been sold.
Wheatpasted art on an East Village NYC wall that reads “Protect families.” It shows a red balloon floating above something brown (a flowerpot? a hat?). I can’t read the artist’s name.
Black and white wheatpaste art on Bleecker St two years ago, an illustration of a woman holding a striped kitten and wearing a t shirt that says “don’t be scared to be a bitch”
Screenshot of a gossip columnist's Instagram showing Heidi Klum's 21-year-old daughter Leni Klum ALSO dressed as the main character in A Bad Case of Stripes, but in professionally done rainbow face and body paint, white short-shorts and a lacy white tank.
Cover of the Scholastic book A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon, depicting a little girl with rainbow-striped face and arms in bed, covered by a pink blanket, with a thermometer in her mouth and a pink bow in her hair.
Cover of Coraline by Neil Gaiman (who is dead to us now)
Cover of A Bad Case of Stripes, showing a rainbow-striped girl in bed, with a thermometer in her mouth
A page from The Story of Babar showing the king of the elephants eating a bad mushroom, then turning a horrid green, with wavy forehead lines and swollen eyes and shrunken ears and a limp trunk.
photo of a stack of cashmere sweaters in team colors with team names partly visible — Patriots, Eagles, Commanders (!), Giants, and 49ers.
Diane Keaton in Annie Hall, in her iconic outfit of black vest with top button closed, wide dotted men's tie sticking out the bottom, white button-down, and baggie khakis.
White text in a black square says "Friendship Repair: How to Say I'm Sorry, Accept Apologies, and Ask for One: Episode #166." Beneath the text is a pic of the cover of the book Getting to Sorry, by Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy; the logo of the Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship podcast; and a headshot of Marjorie (that would be me).
Sign in Ikea with the headline, "Make your kitchen work for you" and the copy, "Kosher dietary guidelines ban certain food pairings--particularly the pairing of meat, dairy and pavere. Use these cutting boards to help you keep them apart." The word is "pareve," not "pavere," and it means neither meat nor dairy, and therefore fine with both. You do not need a pareve (or pavere) cutting board.
Vinnie is a gray and white bohunk with his head sticking out the front of a bright blue taco truck cat/scratcher called El Gato Fish Tacos. Novella is a dainty brown tabby hitching a ride on the corrugated cardboard roof, looking quizzical.
Roller derby players in action at LeFrak Center at Lakeside in Prospect Park in Brooklyn
bottles of "mushroom vodka" (looking like perfume bottles) in blue, pink, and light green, labeled VON DUTCH on the front and "A Y2K Deliciousness" on the back
Six wheatpasted posters on an empty storefront depict Andrew Cuomo in front of an American flag, with text on a red-white-blue background reading "Grandma's stories sucked. Grandpa hated everyone. You're welcome." A tag on the right says "Cuomo for Mayor" and a tiny URL, seemoreevil.com, leads to other agitprop posters by Dennard Dayle.
A surly-looking tabby and an aggrieved-looking dilute calico, lying on a blue-green couch, stare balefully into the camera.
Small bright painting depicting a green-skinned girl-coded humanoid with red lips and 7 eyes and a long blue braid, wearing a chef’s hat
Photo of hand holding a bifurcated/conjoined carrot that gives vaguely Jessica Rabbit vibes
Photo of two cats sitting on cardboard boxes of just-delivered Passover wine staring intensely at each other.
Catalog photo of a Jonathan Adler-designed seder plate without any of the traditional ritual objects, only two tangerines and a sprig of parsley.
A Duolingo screen displays, “¿Qué tienes en tu oreja? ¿Queso viejo? Tienes que ducharte ahora, por favor.” (The user has filled in “ducharte” from choices listed, including “ducharse” and “te duchas.”) The translation below that reads, “What do you have in your ear? Old cheese? You have to take a shower, please.”
Me in my Packers shirt and my cat Vinnie enjoying the Big Game which if it couldn’t be The Pack had the correct outcome
Image of the book cover of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl, showing Willie Wonka and Charlie floating in a trippy lilac and blue swirl
Ad from Cameo reading "Heartthrobs for mom are 25% off" with images of Kenny G, saxophonist; Chris Noth, Actor, Sex in the City; Jesse Palmer, host of The Bachelor; and James Lafferty, actor, One Tree Hill). The text continues, Make mom blush with a DISCOUNTED CAMEO from one of these stars.
Scene from the great classic movie The Women
George Stephanopoulos, on the set of GMA, holds a copy of Gayle Forman's new young adult novel After Life. Behind him is a bright yellow circle reading Good Morning America Book Club superimposed over a wallpaper pattern made from the book jacket.
photo of a white t-shirt lying on a brightly colored quilt. the t-shirt says THE GRIN WILL WIN in green capital letters, next to a drawing of a peanut with a huge toothy smile.
3 tiny paintings: an Awful Awful (with its bizarrely deadpan tagline printed on the cup: “it’s a drink”) on a pink background, a bottle of Autocrat coffee syrup on a blue background, and a cup of Del’s frozen lemonade on a yellow background)
A gorgeous tattoo by Joey Ramona, in blues and purple, featuring Yael from the Hebrew bible with a tent pin and hammer, getting ready to kill General Sisera
A gray and white tabby appears unimpressed by a hand in front of him with a manicure consisting of various shades of blue and a menorah nail sticker from Midrash Manicures
Photo of winter boots next to a stencil on the sidewalk reading FUCK ERIC ADAMS
photo of white girl in santa hat and seasonal sweater passed out in a car with vomit on her face, the window, and the side of the car
SantaCon Bingo card, featuring squares such as "peeing against building," "sobbing elf," "elf yelling in drunken rage at sullen santa boyfriend," and "bartender wishing for the sweet release of death."
Sepia-toned photo of a dark-skinned person in a tank top, seen from behind, standing in front of a mural depicting Haring’s dancing figures and three-eyed smiling faces
A wheat-pasted poster on a graffitied wall, depicting the Go Fund Me logo, the words “Basic School Supplies,” and two children looking at a manicured hand holding out a dollar.
Side of a bus shelter depicting the Bluesky logo and the words “No incels” with an illustration of a white man screaming into a headset, surrounded by the crossed-out red circle that’s the universal symbol for NO.
Vintage postcard depicting three turkeys, and musical notation and lyrics that read "My turkey tis of thee, sweet bird of cranberry/of thee I sing/I love thy neck and wings, legs back and other/things/I love thy good stuffings, o luscious bird"
Photo of chalked graffiti in Manhattan’s East Village, reading, “America is back with the ex who said he’d kill her.”
One person's shoulder and another person's wrist, next to one another. The shoulder has a fresh tattoo of an illustration from the book Bread and Jam for Frances (by Russell and Lillian Hoban) and the wrist has a tattoo of a jar of jam and a piece of bread from the book's endpapers.
Plastic cups printed with the Prozac and Lexapro labels.
Vintage doll wearing a sash reading "Miss Union Made" and an attached floral corsage; her dress has a voluminous ruffled white skirt printed with a repeated logo of the ILGWU, the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.
Vinnie, a gray and white tabby standing on a table, laps daintily at a tall iced coffee that does not belong to him.
Image from Ruth Krauss's 1960 children's book Open House for Butterflies, along with Maurice Sendak illustration of three screaming children. The text reads "A screaming song is good to know in case you need to scream"
Vinnie, a gray and white tabby, is resting his face and paw on his human's arm.