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Here be dragons
Heh. We live in denim! And distressingly close to wasted years. This is not my awesome map.
Beautiful things that make you forget they’re beautiful by being intensely something else
swimming pools “A Perfect Day for Banana Fish” eight year old kids Margot Kidder
Catch up
I began the week 5000 words behind on my NaNo word count. But I’ve been catching up, slowly and steadily, writing 6.5 pages a day, partly because Michele’s rabid production levels are shaming me into it and partly because I was offered a blogging job this week for a furniture design website and realized, my … Continue reading
A tip
Spending your time reading your favorite celebrities’ idiotic tweets is a good way to disillusion yourself in small, manageable doses, instead of letting the world do it for you with one big smack.
Dry, delicious
“The towels are definitely great for doing everything you expect a towel to do […]. So these are great for showers and typical towel activities.” I love Amazon reviews.
Mock Turtle
Sean, bless him, led me to this lady, which led me to this article she wrote on “How To Make Your Husband A Nice Dinner.” I don’t get it though, is she trying to be funny? Because this is pretty much how I do it, especially #14. For example, Gene and I went to the … Continue reading
One of these things is not like the other one
Interesting article on the Obama marriage in the NYT, but this paragraph was a little disturbing: “It was essential for the Obama campaign to present some sort of accomplished female counterweight to Hillary Clinton, to convince Democratic women that they could vote for Barack Obama and a powerful female figure besides. Consciously or not, Michelle … Continue reading
Does this happen to other women, or…
…is it just me? Sometimes when I am brushing my hair too rapidly, the ends of my hair snap up and hit me in the eye. It really hurts. Either my hair is too long or my brain is too small. But which is it?
Fear
I thought of a way to scare my neighbors for Halloween. First I carved a pumpkin, but I didn’t make it scary, I made it sweet and goofy and fun. Then I put it outside my door, in the lobby — boo! An adorable pumpkin to grin at you when you come home, neighbors! Then … Continue reading
Ride in style this weekend
Berg Injury Lawyers is offering free cab rides around the Bay (but not across the Bay — they’re lawyers, not wizards), starting at 10 p.m. tonight and lasting until 4 a.m. on Sunday, in an effort to prevent all the morons who like to drive drunk from killing themselves and others. For your free cab … Continue reading