Author Archives: didofoot
Fridge-be-gone
Bit by bit this house is starting to feel like home. Yesterday I was sitting in the living room and suddenly said “You know, if we have a daughter someday and she gets picked up by her prom date, we’ll be taking their pictures in front of this fireplace.” (While mentally I was adding: assuming … Continue reading
The Great Re-Reading: Richard Adams
Watership Down by Richard Adams is making me think about the importance of Trickster tales. First, a brief summary: Watership is about a group of rabbits who escape from their doomed warren and set off into a terrifying (from a rabbit’s perspective) countryside to form their own new warren. It’s a fantastic adventure tale, highly … Continue reading
The Great Re-Reading: Douglas Adams
Pursuing my project of reading all my fiction books, I’ve now read my way through all my Douglas Adams. Here’s a surprising thing which I had forgotten: Douglas Adams was a great writer but his editors were kind of out to lunch. (This might explain the acerbic section in the Hitchhiker’s series discussing the lengthy … Continue reading
33 is the new 80!
Some product descriptions from a catalog I received today: – Walnettos: A Chewy Walnut-and-Caramel Matinee Favorite – Old-Time “Toys” Are So Beautifully Detailed It’s Hard To Believe They’re Barley-Flavored Candy And, my personal favorite: – No More Picking Through the Assortment for the Black Jelly Beans Clearly, retailers have looked at my purchasing decisions and … Continue reading
Some are born great
Gene: Wow! You look great. Kris: Thank you. Gene: What’s the occasion? Kris: The new Twilight movie comes out today! Gene: Ah, and you need to look great because all the other girls will look great . Kris: All the other girls will look fifteen. Gene: That’s what I said.
My new ridiculous project
I’ve been thinking recently that I’d like to read all the books in my library, straight through, alphabetically by author. I’m referring here to my personal library, not my city library, but still, it’s an undertaking. This morning I finally did the math on this and here’s what I’ve discovered: I read about 200 books … Continue reading
Dream journal
Last night I dreamed that the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Watson first appeared in Hamlet. At the end of the play, the surprise ending is that Sherlock Holmes killed everybody.
Steal this sweatshirt
“It’s raining,” I told Gene, as we watched the rain stream down the window last night. I am helpful like this. “Yes,” he said. “I’m wearing your best sweatshirt,” I said, continuing my campaign of stating the obvious. “You only get to wear your second-best.” “Yes,” he said. “That’s love,” I said. “That’s theft,” he … Continue reading
Pinteresting
Every now and then I’ll be surfing Pinterest and I’ll think “What a perfect autumn outfit that is!* I need to get something like that.” And then I’ll look down and realize I, too, am wearing a cozy sweater in fall colors and kickass boots. Or I’ll moon over recipes for soups and stews and … Continue reading
Yuck
Fans of the previous post will remember that our landscapers started work today. I had to move my tomato plants out of their way, and there was a giant horrifying nest of worms under one of them. Worms! As if that weren’t enough, I’ve been trying and trying but so far I can’t think of … Continue reading