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Sun and Super
One good thing that happened yesterday: We went to dinner at Jupiter — always a slightly weird overlap between my past life and my present life, but the beer is good. I have to say, though, I don’t understand how they can serve a pizza topped with bacon and still the pizza tastes like nothing … Continue reading
Dinner Party
Last night I laid awake for a bit considering who I might invite to a dinner party of literary characters, and I thought I would present to you my guest list. This kind of turned into a matchmaker party, so assume that all these characters were somewhere near the beginning of their stories, before they’d … Continue reading
Whapping
Evenings like this make me so glad we bought a house that we can cram a bunch of people into: If you’re wondering, we’re playing Zombie Clue, wherein zombies spawn on each turn and you try to collect weapons and kill zombies and get back to the Hall. Jon proved to be best at zombie … Continue reading
Brain burn
THIS WEATHER! I feel like I’ve been buried for several months and I’m only just starting to poke my head out and see what’s going on. I always forget how important it is to my brain to lie in the sun for several hours a day. I mean, it turns my brain to cheese, yes. … Continue reading
Strange hat
We have this weird little bathroom downstairs: As you can see, it’s just a toilet in a room. Well, in fact it’s a literal water closet, a closet of water. And it’s the only bathroom downstairs. Now, this would be a totally acceptable bathroom if it had a sink, but as you can see it’s … Continue reading
Strategy
I was reading this and I’m just going to throw this out there: my best worst pickup line, when I had a use for such things, was pretty consistently “Are you waiting for your girlfriend or are you going to buy me a drink?” But when in a hurry, I would also go with “So, … Continue reading
‘Your natter’s devoid of all matter,’ I mutter
Last night Gene and I cooked our dinner out-of-doors for the first time in a while. It is lovely to have a yard of our own. “How do you like your land, squire?” I asked him. “I like it,” he said, roaming around and yanking up weeds, even though they’re growing on top of the … Continue reading
True
Me: Have you guys been applying yourselves to that keg? Rob: What the hell kind of stupid question is that?
One good way
A good way to lose all your oldest friends would be this: to go through all the old comments on your blog where they were being super funny at each other and stick those comments into a novel, making them into thinly disguised “fictitious” conversations, and then try and get the novel published, thus profiting … Continue reading
Good news
Gene and I have known each other for 17 years, been together for 8.5, lived together for 6.5, and now that we’re finally married, I’m sure you’ve all been asking yourselves, When are they going to get around to this already? Well, I’m happy to finally be able to announce to y’all that the time … Continue reading