At about 10:30 this morning I took off my glasses, set them on the arm of the La-Z-Grrl, put my…
Date Archives October 2014
Emotional Containment
We’ve now reached the point where I have more fingers on one hand than there are days left of Sister…
Hermit Truths: The Myth of Pantslessness
We are wheeling headlong into Hermit Season. It is my second or third favorite made-up season. Rewatching Buffy while frantically…
Pretty Sweet
My favorite part of Fast Food Nation when I read it back in 2001 was the parts about the flavor…
Into the MP3 Deeps: Joy
I am procrastinating right now. Hard. I’m supposed to be writing a fake record review for an imaginary album for…
Anti-Bummers: The Uterus Abides
All the Dots pictured above came out of the same teeny, tiny box of Dots — one of each flavor…
The Magic Passed Me By
Celeste Ng’s debut novel Everything I Never Told You has garnered rave reviews all over the place. I know this…
Chicken Shit Bastard & the Serial-Killer Rapist (probably) Upstairs
Aside from a handful of months, I’ve lived by myself for the past fifteen years. I love living by myself….
St. Joan of Jett Deliver Us from Uncertainty
Did I mention that my friend Ray was here this weekend? Ray? RAY! He was. When we talked about the…