Archive for November 2008
novembo no mo
Another November gone, hooray! Done with NaBloPoMo for another year. I’m not necessarily thrilled with the quality of my output, but feel a certain amount of satisfaction at completing it, as well as completing the third year in a row. This exercise would not have been any fun at all without my fellow foxhole comrades,…
Read Moreguilty pleasures mach 3!
[warning: there’s a spoiler below concerning the ending of “The Quiet Man,” starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. You should see this movie!] This is the third year of that I have offered up some guilty pleasures! It’s dismaying that the shame closet is still packed full and that I can keep pulling out the…
Read Moreanother list of links — must be the end of november
Buy Nothing Day is the easiest cause to support, since I don’t like crowds and I’m kind of poor and I don’t exchange holiday gifts with many people. So I can sit here and eat my turkey leftovers and feel smug without changing out of my pajamas! All day! Of course, I’d be a hypocrite…
Read Morethanks!
I had written a weird little post about being unable to rise to the occasion and find thanks for what I have, how Thanksgiving (and NabloPoMo!) makes me grumpy, whine bitch moan. But somehow (a holiday miracle?) I managed to access the Gratitude Gland and the humility, it finally started flowing. I’m sounding a little…
Read Morehaunted by putty-eye neon monkeys
Important Breaking News at the Ventura County Star Most musical headline: Man stabbed, not shot, in Simi Valley parking lot Repeat that headline outline in a singsong manner. Perhaps add another line. And a chorus! Then sing “Stabby Song” to your relatives tomorrow until someone throws a drumstick at your head. The other important story…
Read Moreit was an exception, not a rule!
It has been nearly two years since I consciously took the steps to become a safer driver. I’ve never really wrote about it here, but I was in an accident in December 2006. I hit a bicyclist with my car. It was a terribly unlucky combination of dark, rain, time, and place. I hasten to…
Read Morewhere the magic happens
Many of my gracious readers (well, one reader: Jeana!) requested “After” pictures of my bedroom and the bedroom set that I scored. You can click any of the pictures to get a larger view, or just go off and have a cocktail and wait for a less nest-y and unwieldy post tomorrow! I wish I…
Read Moretoo much and not enough
WEDNESDAY I initiate a high-five with a stranger. I hate high-fives and generally distrust strangers. But there it is. It had to do with my Red Sox teeshirt. So, strangers, sports and high-fives. Do I even know myself anymore? THURSDAY In a hurry, en route to a work appointment, I stop at my local convenience…
Read Moremad meme mashup!
It’s a crazy mishmash meme! I’m just taking bits from memes out there and rocking them here! And, well, I’m just making shit up as well. Join in! JOIN IN, I COMMAND THEE. Draw a Picture with Your Eyes Closed [thanks, hula seventy] This is a robot, outside, waving an American flag and saying “Yay…
Read Moreshocking is the noise
Some humorous bad user reviews I came across while shopping for a printer. It’s very cool but awfully big. I will have to throw my TV out to make room that’s OK TV sucks anywho. PhotoDumb is better descriptor. I thik epson hired a full line of crooks to make this printer. Best think I…
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