Mark Watney is fucked. He says so in the first line of Andy Weir’s sci-fi sensation The Martian. Mark’s been left for dead by his other astronaut buddies after an accident. While the rest of…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
Some Thing is Trying to Get into My House
I think it was the wee small hours of the morning on Friday, like 2:30 a.m.ish. Paco, my sixteen-year-old cat, made a few noises that woke me from the dead of sleep. It started almost…
It’s Thursday & I’m Boring: Celebrating Freedom Edition
Since I forgot to make this morning’s coffee last night, I decided to indulge Liam, the youngest Tibble with his most favorite breakfast in all the land: a sausage burrito from Taco Bell. I pulled…
I Got a Creepy Box in the Mail & Dyed My Hair Blue: Unrelated Incidents
I arrived home this afternoon from my babysitting job to find a big, heavy box propped up against the front door of Supergenuis HQ. Since I’m a book blogger I’m used to having unordered packages…
Well I Lost My Heart, it Didn’t Take No Time
I warned everyone that I had big plans to cry through Jeremy Messersmith’s “It’s Only Dancing” when he played it at Rock the Garden on Saturday. And I did. I cried through most of his…
Anti-Bummers, an idea stolen from Carrie Mesrobian
My friend Carrie does this thing on Twitter when life is working her last nerve and she realizes she’s ceaselessly cranky and needs some help gaining perspective. She lists things that are Anti-Bummers. I’m having…