Nick Hornby is at his best when he writes about music. He has that inexplicable ability to convey what music means in a way that seems incredibly personal to him and yet universal at the…
Date Archives 2009
Just what I wanted
Even though I babysit the Tibbles every Friday, I rarely get to see my nephew Cade. He’s at school by the time I get there and I leave before he gets home. Yesterday we passed…
Egalitarian Christmas
When I was a kid I was a present counter, strongly adhering to she who dies with the most toys win. Nowhere in the saying was there mention of the most-expensive toys or highest-quality toys….
Smart women covet other women’s coffee mugs
I bought this Smart Women Desk Set for Sister #2’s birthday. I cannot remember the last time I bought a gift for someone that I so badly wanted to keep for myself. In fact, if…
Cookie Bitch
There is much controversy that swirls around the Holiday Cookie Bakeathon. This year, the 2nd annual, was rife with conflict much of it caused by last year’s bakeathon dubbed “The Great Snubbing of Aught-Eight.” Last…