Some people use a set of beliefs to guide their lives, maybe tenets or a code of ethics, perhaps commandments. I like to use policies. It sounds official, and yet at the same time open…
Date Archives March 2010
A few of my new favorite things, a list by the eater of entirely too much peanut butter
Almonds on salads Brian K. Vaughn’s Ex Machina series Ignoring I Will Dare like I don’t have anything to say Not turning on the lights until 7:30 Dan Connor Cheese, specifically Gouda lately Interpreting The…
Macaroni & Cheese you are my Everest
“I can’t even make banana bread there’s no way I could make meth,” I told Robert (of Inglorious Bastards/Bitches, my new writing group, fame) on Tuesday night. We were talking about how you get carded…
Still scary after all these years
For nearly twenty-five years, the story of Blackbriar haunted me. When I was in sixth grade, Mrs. Mullins read it out loud to our reading class. Even in the fully-lit classroom surrounded by kids the…
Probably the nicest thing I do all year that makes me want to kill people
I have survived my second Overnight Website Challenge. It is a Herculean task and you should be impressed. Be impressed damnit, I’m running on six hours of sleep after being awake for twenty-eight and a…
Financial advice from Liam, who will be five next week
“What are you doing?” Liam asked, his back to me while he played MarioKart. “I’m working,” I said. “Why do you work?” “Because I need money.” “It’s not all about money,” Liam said. “Oh,” I…
It gets so hard in times like now to hold on, R.I.P. Alex Chilton
We used to have this really awesome radio station in Minnesota called Rev105. It was my post-college, pre-real-job savior while I worked as a gas station attendant. They had this great little feature they called…
Top 25 2009
Sure, sure it’s March, but it’s time to announce my Top 25 most listened to songs of 2009. I got my first iPod in March, so March – March is my musical year. My friend…
The feminist takes a bath & her head explodes
As you may recall I am listening to The Feminine Mystique in the bathtub. If, sometime soon, you hear that they found my dead, bloated body in a the tub with blood running from my…
My new favorite TV show has a lot of bad hair
As I type I am watching what is going to be my new favorite TV show. It is The Celebrity Apprentice. Feel free to unsubscribe from the RSS feed right now. Sharon Osbourne, Cyndi Lauper,…