Author Archives: didofoot
The biggest difference between working in an office and working from home is…
I use my federally-mandated fifteen minute break to take a shower.
C is for Cement Horizon’s birthday, and Cement Horizon’s birthday is for you!
“So, you’re inviting a bunch of strangers into your house?” a friend recently asked me. “That’s right,” I said. “Aren’t you worried people will steal things?” she asked. We both looked around for a minute. “No,” we agreed. In fact, there are certain things I’m sort of hoping people will steal, like the pheasant-print loveseat … Continue reading
Happy birthday, Michele!
Here’s to one foxy lady. Happy birthday from me and the entire animal kingdom!
An inconvenient, embarrassingly small truth
Apparently, San Francisco is part of a global trend of shrinking cities now being studied at Cal. “The shrinkage forces at play include swift economic change, declining birth rates and smaller households,” the Chron explains. Imagine what kind of shrinkage we’re going to have when global warming covers half the city in cold, cold water.
Birthday Party
When we were living in Seattle in 1999, I came home from work one day to find the Lad bent over several pieces of paper covered in elaborate charts. It looked sort of like a giant family tree, but he explained that he was actually designing a webpage. The design was finished three years later, … Continue reading
Odontologists study teeth
I’m reading a book I bought at the library sale this weekend. The book is translated from Danish, and one part reads: “He was bitter that it was the forensic odontologists and not him who were the big stars…” In pencil, a previous owner has neatly crossed out that “him” and in a spidery cursive … Continue reading
I change the dictionary
Words that should not exist anymore: aggregate optimize premium Words that should exist from now on: struggly pinkle twile
Watching Beauty and the Beast with the Lad, who was forced into it despite manly objections
“Be Our Guest” Number Me: You know, if I had an entire cast of singing, dancing flatware to charm and impress people with, I could make beautiful young girls fall in love with me too. Beast shows Belle the library Lad: [in falsetto] Oh, the books are so beautiful! Can I start organizing them right … Continue reading
Aftermath
Our house after New Year’s Eve, as viewed by: Prince Humperdink and Count Rugen Prince: Someone has been beaten by a bottle of rum. The loser ran off alone and the winner was put in the pantry without a lid. Rugen: Shall we track them both? Prince: The hangover is nothing. Only the bottle matters. … Continue reading
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