Since I’m a giant crybaby, I can never use ‘I cried’ as any sort review (though sometimes I try to….
Date Archives June 2012
Ruined by Holden Caufieldization
Sometimes I get tired of the Holden Caufieldization of young adult literature. Why does the protagonist always have to be…
What is wrong with this picture?
Can you spot the problem with the photo below? In case it helps, it’s from the used copy of Don…
Knocked Up
One of my all-time favorite Saturday Night Live moments is a Debbie Downer sketch where Rachel Dratch biffs a line…
Lizard Eye vs. The Fungus Gnats
I’ve been FORTY! for exactly thirteen days and now I have a lizard eye. Specifically, I have a lizard-y eyelid….
Birthday Party! Cheesecake! Jellybean! Boom!
First, I think this 2005 thread about which is more annoying “It’s The End Of The World As We Know…
Things Liam did not want to do even though they started with the letter V
Liam, who is seven, was so booorrrreeeeddd he was nearly ready to die. I asked him what he wanted to…
The saddest sex dream in all the land
Thanks to all the hullabaloo about the Diamond Jubilee last week, I’ve been having a lot of dreams involving Prince…
On babyish fiction & frozen yogurt
My brain/body have decided that 4.5 hours is plenty enough sleep thankyouverymuch and we’ll just get out of bed and…
A few thoughts on turning 40
For most of my life (especially after Sister #4 came along in 1980 and stole my birthday thunder) I’ve wanted…