At about 10:30 this morning I took off my glasses, set them on the arm of the La-Z-Grrl, put my face in my hands, and bawled my fucking head off while whispering to myself “I…
Date Archives 2014
Emotional Containment
We’ve now reached the point where I have more fingers on one hand than there are days left of Sister #2 and her family and Walter living six miles away. They leave on Monday and…
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 making Christmas gifts is probably my favorite. Hermit Season usually starts around the first snowfall…
Pretty Sweet
My favorite part of Fast Food Nation when I read it back in 2001 was the parts about the flavor factories in New Jersey. At least I think they were in NJ. I’m going with…
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 a singer I made up. Can you see how this is something to avoid? This…
Anti-Bummers: The Uterus Abides
All the Dots pictured above came out of the same teeny, tiny box of Dots — one of each flavor and no more. It’s like the four-leaf clover of teeny, tiny Dots boxes. And I…