I’m the kind of hermit who gets increasingly anxious and angry when forced to be social too many days in…
Date Archives June 2013
Strange Women Like to Talk to Me When I Go to Target
I had just signed whatever federal warning crap thing they make you sign to get the good, meth-grade allergy pills….
Cold War Kid
In Elliott Holt’s debut-novel You Are One of Them Jenny Jones’ harbinger of doom comes in the guise of her…
Uses for Boys
There’s a lot to say about Erica Lorraine Scheidt’s wonderful young-adult novel Uses for Boys, I hope I can get…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The I Finished the Draft Edition
So the most important things about today is that this happened: I typed those words and then I cried very…
Faux Hippie Hipsters & The Cranky Middle-Aged Lady Who Doesn’t Like Them
I’m pondering changing the name of this website to “Cranky Lady Leaves the House and is Cranky.” Now Part II…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The 27-minute Song Recovery Edition
I spent most of today recovering from all of yesterday. It involved a light nap, some book reading (The Original…
Hypocrisy & The ‘Mats Reunion
In the summer of 1995 I was a twenty-three-year-old bridge-burning sassafrass totally high on the emotions she could incite with…
You Make My Dreams Come True: THE ‘MATS ARE REUNITING
I HAVEN’T STOPPED TYPING IN CAPSLOCK SINCE ABOUT 9:05 P.M. WHEN MY WHOLE WORLD EXPLODED INTO RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS WITH…
It’s Sunday & I’m Boring: The Big Bummer Edition
Once again I eschewed “Meet the Press” to do something else. This time it was running to the unSuperT to…