Etiquette has been on my mind a lot lately. I ponder its nuances on a daily basis. Living alone as I do and being in the midst of Angry Hermit season I often fear I…
Date Archives 2015
Things That Never Get Old: A List By Someone Who is Preoccupied
The word boner. Weezer’s “Pinkerton.” “Parks & Rec” which I have been shotgunning like a madwoman since I finished watching every episode of Top Chef ever made. Speaking of: Tom Colicchio & Padme Lakshmi. Crushes….
Barb Abney, Sleater-Kinney & Being a 40something Woman Who Creates Things
I should have been a Riot Grrrl. The timing was right. I was a politically aware, music-loving twentysomething woman in the early-to-mid nineties, and somehow the Riot Grrrl phenomenon mostly passed me by. A few…
Writing My Obit Before Dying of Rage
Colleen McCullough, the woman who wrote The Thorn Birds died today. This is the lead paragraph from her obituary in The Australian: Colleen McCullough, Australia?s best selling author, was a charmer. Plain of feature, and…
Break-Up Advice for Ryan Adams I am Totally Qualified to Give Because. . .
“Dear Chicago” is my #1 all-time most played song according to Last.fm and of course I have been through my fair share of break-ups and therefore my advice is stellar. First, Ryan, if you would…
16 Reasons I listened to The Decemberists’ ‘Philomena’ 16 times today
Some days certain songs seem to really hit the spot, like in a physical way. The song seems to settle into the space where your ear attaches to the side of your head and just…