Monthly Archives: December 2006
Bring me the head of Harry Potter, and other Christmas stories
I love this holiday. For one thing I love the decorating. Like the most of families, my family will cheerfully hang on to ornaments that are cracked, ugly, or created by a five year old, purely for their sentimental value. For example, we’ve got a broken Harry Potter ornament, tragically decapitated in a fall last … Continue reading
Blogger has gotten funnier lately, but not that funny
Local blogger K. Larson has broken an unfunny streak with two recent posts, both of which were reasonably amusing, her friends report. “The thing about MUNI that she clearly invented, the quoting from Sherlock Holmes, and that one entry complaining about her phone service that she posted and then took down again right away, those … Continue reading
Impressing the boss’s wife and other smooth moves
The Lad and I went to his office holiday party last night and had an excellent time. I know, because I woke up still drunk. Even as the gussying-up beforehand is often the best part of an event, the post-party conversation the next morning is always enjoyably illuminating. Lad: I’m trying to remember if we … Continue reading
Girlfriend’s book much, much bigger than boyfriend’s book
San Francisco resident K. Larson announced yesterday that she has begun reading The Sherlock Holmes Treasury. “This book has six hundred and eight pages,” Larson told reporters. “My boyfriend’s book only has four hundred and five, and that’s including the index.” The woman’s boyfriend is reputedly reading Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion, a dense, fact-filled … Continue reading
Syntax Holmes
Yesterday I jumped into Sherlock Holmes for the first time, and ever since then I’ve been splashing around happily like a large dog looking for a thrown stick in a lake but not especially caring if she finds it. I did find this: the wind cried and sobbed like a child in the chimney. I … Continue reading
Things I learned in school
From Age of Humanism notebook: The Tunning of Elenor Rumming (Skelton) – drinking chickenshit makes you look younger From Biological Anthropology notebook: Anecdotal information unreliable. So he says. From margin of Biological Anthropology notebook: Possible jobs: – waitressing – customer service – drunk? consider applying for double major
Ambition and Distraction
A couple of MUNI cops ran a random scan on my train last night to ensure everyone was carrying a ticket. The lady next to me spent several minutes scouring her bag as they worked their way through the car and had emerged with two different transfers when the cops reached us. “Ma’am,” said one … Continue reading