I’ve been unwell for the past couple of days; I’ve had the cold that has been going around the kids’ school, and while it isn’t devastating, it is annoying in one of those “I just went through an entire box of Kleenex” sort of way. Yesterday was spent in a cold medication-induced fog, the kind […]
Archives for March 2011
Screw you, Daylight Savings. Screw you.
March 14, 2011 by 8 Comments
Edited to add: I just discovered that today is Pi Day! I didn’t even know Pi Day existed, but the fact of its existence has made me so suddenly happy that I almost deleted this post. Almost. But now I feel like dancing around – PI DAY! Please, a note of sympathy for my poor […]
Frivolty in the Face of Tragedy
March 12, 2011 by 8 Comments
So. The day after I post a story about my over-reaction to a water main break on my street, the earthquake and related chaos and possible nuclear meltdown occurs in Japan. I feel like an asshole. How do you talk to your children about such things? Mine are at an awkward age where they are […]
I Also Hate Camping
March 10, 2011 by 5 Comments
Two days ago, Jake and I were driving home from the grocery store when it appeared that my street was underwater. An enormous ark-like flood of muddy water filled my street, and my first thought was that it didn’t seem warm enough to melt that much snow, when I noticed that the water was bubbling […]
I once had a poster of a fish riding a bicycle.
March 8, 2011 by 6 Comments
Yesterday, according to the internet – which is never wrong, correct? – was Booty Appreciation Day. A moment of silence, please, while we all absorb that riveting information. Strangely, Booty Appreciation Day is immediately followed by International Women’s Day – so happy girl power to all of us! Fish on bicycles, women’s work is never […]
A Tale of Two Closets
March 5, 2011 by 12 Comments
Well, it’s one closet really. The other day I was making my bed and I looked up and saw this: From this view it would appear that my husband has bogarted all the closet space. All those shirts, neatly hung on the upper tier, meanwhile I have a couple of hoodies squished on the bottom […]
At that moment I knew. I knew the way you know about a good melon.
March 4, 2011 by 7 Comments
A while back, I read Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP newsletter, something I never do unless my attention is directed to it. This particular newsletter – which I cannot find archived, for some reason – dealt with how to be organized. I was particularly interested because, not to overly congratulate myself here, I consider myself to be […]
