Hi Darling Ones, Whenever I take a little break from blogging it’s hard to get back on the horse. It doesn’t help that the thin vein of nihilism that runs through my soul is growing ever wider. It widened a bunch during the first eighteen months of COVID and as the Delta Boogaloo continues that vein grows. The fucking abortion nonsense in Texas added another…
Dear Darling Ones, Have you missed me? I’ve missed you a little, but spending this much time with Sister #2 has been super fun. I cannot tell you how many times one of us has laughed so hard we either cried or could not breathe. It’s a lot of times. One thing I have learned in the week my sister has been here is that…
What is going on, Darling Ones? Happy 30th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s Ten to all of you who celebrate. This is a momentous occasion for many reasons. Top of that list of reasons is how goddamn pleasurable it has been to see my GenX brethren celebrating. It’s delighted me endlessly reading all the memories people have of this record in particular and Pearl Jam in…
Hey Darling Ones, As foretold in the ancient scrolls of yesterday, Sister #2 is here from Portland with Walter Hobbes. Fun Fact: Did you know I gave Walter his name? I’ve picked a lot of names for most of my family’s pets: Mabel, Sully, Franklin, and Wendell (before he was even mine). I’m very good at naming things. Right now, it’s only me and my…
Hi Darling Ones, I came to the music of The Rolling Stones very late. Up until I was about thirty I filed The Rolling Stones into the same bin of shit I didn’t care about right next to Pink Floyd, The Doors, and Led Zeppelin. They were all some weird miasma of dude-focused classic rock and I did not have time for that ish. The…
Dear Darling Ones, A long, long time ago at the dawn of the internet age I worked as a copywriter at a software company. It was my first grown-up job and I took it very seriously as a grown up would. Even with all the seriousness I still found time to update my personal blog seven times a day, illegally download songs from Audio Galaxy,…
Hi Darling Ones, Added: I am slowly recovering from my stupid, self-inflicted emotional upheaval, which is good, but has left me a little scattered. So for today you get a listicle of random nonsense, the way the goddesses of the Internet intended when Al Gore invented this shit. I’ve listened to Eddie Vedder’s cover of R.E.M.’s “Drive” roughly twelveteen floppity jillion times. The original song…
To Whom it May Concern: It has recently come to our attention we are in need of a refresher on the procedures & policies that govern this organization. We would like to direct you to the What & When portions of the About section. While you’re at it, you should listen to the song “I Will Dare” from which this website stole its name. While…
Hi Darling Ones, I’m not saying that I’m hooked into the pulse of the universe, but I’m not not saying that either. Exhibit A: On August 10th, I wrote about my dream all-female tribute to The Replacements. On August 11th, those same Replacements announced the 40th Anniversary release of “Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash.” Exhibit B: On August 19th, I wrote about…
Dear Darling Ones, Not long ago I confessed to how many of The Replacements’ lyrics I use in my every day life. It’s an embarrassing amount. Lest you think I am a one-trick 6’5″ Spinster Goddess, I decided to share with you the everyday “Almost Famous” quotes that have become part of my personal vernacular. In case you live under a rock, “Almost Famous” is…
