I’ve been doing my best this weekend to wallow in a sea of self pity. Because impending unemployment and Christmas didn’t suck enough, PMS has decided to come for a visit. This makes for a…
Date Archives December 2007
Simon & Garfunkel were probably writing about this place
Sometimes, on Sunday afternoons, it gets so quiet in here the only thing that can be heard is the fizz and pop of the bubbles in the Diet Coke and the ceiling fan. That’s only…
I am not sure how they came to the end
It seems that you can’t shake a stick at a Best Novels of 2007 list without smacking into Joshua Ferris’ Then We Came to the End. The fact that this book have such accolades heaped…
Stop tuning and play Left of the Dial, damnit
I fell asleep this afternoon while reading some story in the sorely disappointing Best American Short Stories 2007. While asleep I dreamt that I was cleaning my teenage bedroom when Jim Walsh and Mike Doughty…
Well on my way to becoming a 65-year-old shut in
Today I had lunch with my all-time favorite former co-worker ever, Jess. It has come to my attention that the moment you find out you’re losing your job you become someone who lunches. I believe…
I send back out of office autoreplies
How many times do you think a semi-sane 35-year-old woman can listen to Jens Lekman’s “A Postcard to Nina” in one week? My guess, about 23. I am not sure though. I’ll have to go…