Posts Tagged ‘postaday2011’
contagion corn dehydration madness. plus: snow pants.
I will not and cannot officially draw a parallel between anyone I know and the hungover Ann Perkins from Parks and Recreation: She woke up in snow pants! This episode features some silly drunkenness and then some aftermath hangover hilarity. I happened to watch this particular episode very recently, which was appropriate for no reason…
Read Morethe most dangerous game
Thanks to the lack of wi-fi during the New York leg of my vacation, I have used way more data on my iPhone’s plan than usual. Currently, I am at a little over 94% with four days to go in my billing cycle. I will incur annoying fees every 200MB I go over, so this…
Read Morelet’s table this discussion! ha hahahaha
Behind the brochures, across from the steam tables. Again. I seem to attend a lot of Conferences (and am a member of countless Coalitions, Committees, and Clans). More often than not, I set up and staff the (dreaded) Resource Table. I kind of have it down — tape down the banner, tablecloth on top, fan…
Read Moreproject curmudgeon
Boring Curmudgeon Topic A: Weather That’s quite a palette of weather, no? Not quite as dramatic as the transition on the east coast last week from picture-perfect warm fall weather to the first recorded October snow in umpteen years, but c’mon, we’re in crappy, mild, we-complain-too-much Southern California. Besides, today’s weather report fails to show…
Read MoreEEK!tober — this holiday is so commercial
Final, timber-shivering post for the year. Happy Halloween! Traveler’s Novelty Catalog 1978 Oh, you must peruse the novelties, courtesy of Secret Fun Blog! [link] All You Wanted to Know About Stretch Armstrong and his Friends Via the wondrous Plaid Stallions blog. [link] Carvel – Dumpy the Pumpkin and Witchy the Witch [link] Magic Manor Halloween…
Read MoreEEK!tober — let’s have some drinkies
Color Changing Cocktail “This drink smokes elegantly, changes from a calm blue to fuschia as it cools from room temperature to drinkably cold, and tastes like a dirty martini.” [recipe] Shrunken Heads in Cider [recipe] Bleeding Heart Martini 2 ounces dry vermouth 8 ounces premium gin Ice cubes 4 pickled baby beets, each placed on…
Read MoreEEK!tober — a fish story
It’s the Fourth Friday Challenge for October. My friend Paul and I, both posting daily in 2011, decided to give each other a job 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 requested that his challenge be spooky,…
Read Moreeek!tober — scary but oddly cute and/or compelling animals
It’s Halloween week, time to shiver your timbers. Cave spider! [link] Reef sharks! [link] Evil turkey attack! [link]
Read Morewinging my way
Getting up at Painful O’Clock sucks, no two ways about it. Especially getting up for the privilege of a $40 cab ride, being selected for an extra-special TSA body inspection, and being jammed in a truly inhumane lack of personal space. Seriously, man ahead of me, he’s in my lap and not in any good…
Read Morekeys keys to your heart heart
My dear friend and ex-lovar D offered access to his New York City apartment while I’m there. D doesn’t live in the country, so this sweet pad in a very prime Manhattan location sits empty most of the time. Perhaps I’ll just move there and not tell him. The only things that I promised to…
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