Tomorrow I will share my personal resolutions. Here’s some that I made for Citizens of the Internet. I’m guilty of more of these than I care to admit. Feel free to add your own. It’s…
Date Archives 2014
A Few of My Favorite Lyrics from 2014
She spoke to me and provoked my band, and I broke in two in the heat of her hand. from “Summer Noon” by Tweedy. The first part of this line puzzles me. How did she…
Bragging: The Gifts I Made for Christmas
Pictured above is my seventeen-year-old niece, Jaycie, and the crocheted Grumpy Cat I made for her. Also, I made the blanket that’s in her lap, but it wasn’t nearly as popular as the cat. This…
My 2014 Christmas Wish for You, Darling Ones
Yesterday, as I sat making a mental checklist of all the things I needed to do before a Very St. Martin Christmas, I heard someone pull into the driveway and a flurry of doors open…
It’s Monday & I’m Boring: Seven Stupid Confessions Edition
Confession 1: I was going to complain about busyness and how I loathe it and how in my head I make fun of people who mistake ridiculously packed schedules with importance/a full life. Eye roll….
The Problem with Dude Rock Interviewers & Learning to Not Apologize
Yesterday morning I spent an hour of my time listening to a Grantland podcast. These are the kinds of words I would never expect to say about myself. First, I am not a podcast listener…
Very Much Meh
Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven a post-apocalyptic tale of a theatre troupe is a much-beloved National Book Award Finalist that seems to make people incoherent with swoony love. However, I don’t get the adoration….
Swagger & Suspicious Minds
People don’t go upstairs at Supergenius HQ very often. There’s not much up there, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, the laundry room, and a beautiful loft filled with nonfiction books, my desk, and more dust &…
Stop Using the Term ‘Dad Rock’
First they came for Wilco, at least that’s the first time I heard the term. Wilco was “Dad Rock” and it made me laugh, because at that point “Sky Blue Sky” had just come out…
Loyal: An Unsponsored Post About Brands & Betrayal
A few weeks ago I hosted Family Dinner at Supergenius HQ. Sister #3 had requested chicken noodle soup and since soup is not easy to tote around in mass quantities, the Fam came to my…