General
Some stuff I am glad about
In the style of Mindy Kaling, here are a few things I’ve bought (or someone’s bought for me) that I love. Cheap finds from Warehouse Deals This is the online store where Amazon sells stuff that got slightly damaged in their warehouse. I got the complete set of The Thin Man movies for $11, and … Continue reading
Unhappy ending
I think maybe the massage chair at the nail salon fucked up my back. This has never happened before. But I was sitting in the chair about ten minutes longer than I usually do, and by the time I got up I was feeling like I’d overdone it a little. (Also, the chair had managed … Continue reading
Well, thank goodness
I’ve been internally debating over whether or not to “throw my vote away” (also known as “vote for the candidate I actually want in office”) on Kucinich in the primary, but now he’s dropped out of the race. Thank heavens, right? Now I just have to decide on the lesser of two evils, just like … Continue reading
Something I have hold of has no head
I’ve at last tracked down a copy of Thurber’s The 13 Clocks and The Wonderful O, as illustrated by Ronald Searle, and my delight in having found it is only surpassed by the fact that it turned out to be well worth finding. Thurber’s prose, especially in his kid books, rattles and giggles and riots … Continue reading
The Human Database
I review a lot of different businesses for my various gigs, and I always find it absurd when a business doesn’t have a website. This is true for my personal life too: I don’t like going to a location blind anymore. I want to read the menu before I get there, I want to see … Continue reading
Best Books of 2007
Hoping I am not too late for a retrospective post, I present to you my best reads of 2007: Classic Fiction: Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald “Sometimes I think Gene and I are like Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald,” I told my dad after reading this. “Yes?” my dad said, choking on his burger … Continue reading
The Notebook
While shopping for stocking stuffers before Christmas, I found a tiny — I mean TINY — notebook with a hot pink metallic cover (not unlike Dianna’s notebook, but so much pinker). I briefly considered buying this for Sean. Sean is a stand-up comic and humor writer who carries around a notebook which is about three … Continue reading
The Datevine
Mostly I don’t want any of you reading my professional writing, but every now and then I get proud of something and want to pimp it out. Today it is The Datevine. I was recently hired to edit the SF page. Similar to Yelp and City Search, The Datevine SF is a database of user-generated … Continue reading
Free wig and wig-outs
It’s important to package your gifts not only with attractive wrapping, but with a catchy slogan. In stores they might use something like “Free gift with purchase!” Personally, I’m going with “free hair with tape.” Yes, customers and valued friends, for a limited time only, every piece of tape on every package you receive from … Continue reading