Tommy Karr

Category: Life

  • Walking for Pancreatic Cancer Research

    This morning I participated in the first annual NYC Pancreatic Cancer Research Walk, part of the Lustgarten Foundation‘s fundraising program in the battle against pancreatic cancer. It was a frigid morning in NYC but the crowd of roughly 1,400 people was eager and ready to go.  It seemed that everyone participating had lost or is…

  • Help Cure Pancreatic Cancer – Call For Donations

    I signed up to participate in the NYC Pancreatic Cancer Research walk on April 3rd and have created a donor page in honor of my mother and grandfather. Both were taken from this world by pancreatic cancer and frankly, it pisses me off and I want to see this disease eradicated before it can hurt…

  • Holy Golden Girls Batman!

    Back in January I helped my friends Addie Brownlee, Jill and Aileen put together a concert celebrating Dolly Parton‘s birthday. The show, featuring Addie along with her special guest Martha Wainwright, was a huge success and we all had an amazing time reliving some of Dolly’s most memorable hits. Cut to today when Jill (who…

  • Why I Will Never Use the Basement Laundry Again

      Tonight was going to be just any other night, coming home, doing the laundry, going to bed.  So far, so good. I had just finished washing my clothes and had one load in a dryer, waiting on one of the other three to become available.  Another tenant arrived and removed his clothes with 18…

  • Subway Moments: The Mumbly Guy and the Zombie Apocalypse

    My commute this morning was longer than the usual 25 minute ride due to some malfunction between 72nd and 59th Streets. So for 20 minutes we sat there waiting in the darkened tunnel for something, anything, to happen. Most of this time I spent reading Kathy Griffin’s book but part of my mind was paying…

  • A Little Tree Goes a Long Way

    I was pretty bummed at not having a Christmas tree this year.  It is such an iconic piece of the holidays and yet, because of time, money, moving, etc., I just decided this year… no tree. I accept that not having a tree is a failure on my part to get into the spirit but…

  • Ghosts of Drag Queens Past and Present

    Back in college I was doing a production of La Cage aux Folles and had not yet seen a real drag show. My mother had. But not me. In fact, when I got the word that I was cast in La Cage I called my mom and squeeled, “I’m in the show!” “Oh yay! Which…

  • Dawn of the Disaster… and then some

    Let’s cut to the chase… today sucked. For the first time in weeks I got up early to get back into my old routine of going to the gym before work.  I have been feeling better and thought I could finally get through an hour and a half of fitness to prep for the rest…

  • Hey MTA… you want to take care of this problem?

    After work today I popped onto the A train at 34th Street, found an empty seat (always a pleasant surprise) and began watching a podcast to occupy my time as the train lurched down the track. At 42nd Street I was pulled out of my iPhone trance when I felt a sharp, stinging WHACK on…

  • Why Hazmat Suits Should Be Worn on the Subway

    Taken at the NY Transit Museum My morning commute was interrupted by two instance of absolute repulsion. Granted, it is not shocking that a ride on the subway included moments of uncomfortability (foul aromas, howling babies, etc.) but today I was attacked by an entirely new level of WTH! In all my little subway adventures…