five years ago tonight, iwilldare.com blinked into existence. oddly enough, the first post quotes a replacements’ lyric. or at least i always identify it as a replacements’ lyric. i started iwilldare.com because my friend orangetim,…
Date Archives July 2005
family legend
this week’s This American Life is a rerun about Family Legends. it’s about the stories families tell over and over that become legend. sort of like the story the sister club tells about our mom…
sometimes i’m a little ashamed of myself
laziness is definitely my strong suit, but today, today i was so lazy that i feel a little ashamed. here was my schedule. 9:30 – 10:30: wake up, check e-mail, listen to NPR 10:30 –…
i couldn’t wait around, i couldn’t wait another second
it’s official. i have hit the wall. i’m washed up and out. i think it’s the past three weeks of 50-60 hour work weeks combined with not-relaxing weekends. i’m done. i need to crawl into…
i bet my money on the bob-tailed nag
last night the sister club ventured out to Canterbury Downs in Shakopee to watch the horse races and take advantage of $1 night. we usually only make it out to the races once a year,…
all in the family
earlier this week, sister #2 and i were chatting on the phone. i had just called her because our weird cousin Keith had randomly knocked on my door (more on that later). after we were…
the people’s republic of chocolateyolicious
one of the big priorities in my life is to remain on the very cutting edge of confectionary technology. i take this seriously and try to remain abreast of the latest news from candyland. i’ll…
free free set him free
roland has been released into the tender loving hands of DHL. if i had an iPod at the moment i would listen most unironically to the that cheezy sting song and perhaps shed a little…
yeah, i can’t think of a witty title at all.
first of all, i don’t know how y’all without iPods do this listening to music nonsense. CDs? Are you kidding me? second of all, when i’m not so busy i totally have to write about…
crying at work, again
Maureen Dowd’s homage to her mother A Woman Who Found a Way to Write, made me cry.