Archive for January 2011
gentlemen of the road
Another monthly challenge to myself: read a book, and report on it here (to keep me honest.) These will not be terribly in depth or insightful reviews. Of all the challenges I am giving myself in 2011, this is one of the hardest. I am so out of the habit of reading books, particularly fiction,…
Read Morecompletely non-lucid dreaming
My visual interpretation of the below. I was at a New Year’s Eve party somewhere in New York. The party was inhabited by not-friendly strangers. I was in a hurry to leave — I needed to stop at my friends’ house before I caught my flight, which was later in the morning. As I drove,…
Read Morecraftbox: jaws!
One of the weirder crafts I completed for the holidays was for my friend Violet. We were at a nautically themed eating establishment last fall; there were shark jaws hung on the wall — a not-surprising bit of decor. Violet mentioned offhand that it would be cool to have some jaws on her wall, but…
Read Morelet go
My friend Paul and I, both posting daily in 2011, decided to challenge each other once a month to keep things spicy. In his words, “we want to push ourselves to do something more interesting than we might otherwise.” I will put his challenge to me at the bottom of this post — it’s your…
Read Morefood, glorious food
This is my sister Annie in 2006, when she came out to visit. We were eating the best brunch of our lives. I am starting to feel better and am struggling to get back into my Sensible Regime of Food and Fitness. No more reality TV marathons and buttered crackers. Sigh. Since I have a…
Read Moresometimes impurities sneak in
In December I went to a yoga class that was taught by one of the handsomest men I’ve ever seen. Definitely hands-down winner of cutest yoga teacher — even cuter than the tattooed (and straight!) Jivamukti instructor in San Francisco. And that, let me assure you, is saying a lot. This guy, apart from possessing…
Read Morea brief overheard monologue
I am going to make a drawing once a month and post it here. I feel rusty, especially because I can’t play iSketch (online Pictionary) since yet another graphic tablet died. I am allowing myself to draw a couple drafts in advance, but I am not allowed to overdo it and, when I scan the…
Read Morevintage video – groovy news edition
The WITI team gets me going! I isolated the audio, turned it into an MP3 file and brought it on my road trip with Molly. We played it when we needed a boost in the mornings as we hit the road. [direct link] And now, meet the groovy staff of WOUB, 1977 team: [direct link]…
Read Moreblack lung and brain rot
After a whirlwind, week-long courtship, I have finally said YES to an utterly cruddy cold. Since I seem to have inherited lungs from a chronically tubercularesque ancestor, the cold has settled in my chest. As is my norm. Cough, wheeze. I gave in to becoming one with my bed and sucking on the pipes that…
Read Morethat’ll show ‘em
I took my Elderly Relative to the urologist. I will not share with you the uncomfortable details, including the getting to hear the latest in Urology Humor. I will share my frustration with how thoughtlessly the doctor and the other medical personnel treated my relative over two appointments, leading to anger and embarrassment and total…
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