Last night at Rock & Roll Bookclub somewhere between the homemade chili with chorizo and three different peppers and the divine butter cream chocolate dessert, I decided it would be a good idea to drink…
Date Archives February 2010
New britches
Back in December my friend Adam, who I do the OxPod with, made a crack about how when I get ready in the morning I throw on my “work jammies” and trot downstairs. It’s funny…
Things I’ve been doing instead of updating I Will Dare
Playing Plants vs. Zombies on Ziggy, my iPhone Working That’s it. It’s been dreadfully boring and mostly productive (except for the hours spent playing an addictive as cracker jacks video game). It’s been totally productive,…
Love in bloom
I remember breathlessly telling my twelve-year-old niece, Jaycie, that if Amy Bloom’s name were on the cover of a phone book I’d read it and enjoy every line. I’m a bit of a Bloom fan,…
Choral reading & the scariest book ever
Mrs. Mullins had thin, curly white hair. She looked like she had dandelion fluff on her head. If we blew on her, she would have probably gone bald. She was a tiny woman who taught…
It?s the state of constant peril that appeals to me
My friend Al, the cutest girl on Earth™, is the only person who unsurprised by my absolute love of the winter Olympics. I’m sure it’s because the memories of 2006 are fresh in her mind….