Today has been the Mondayist, Januaryist, Winter-Malaisest day of all days. Everyone in Minnesota is cranky. All the bullshit minor annoyances of daily life feel 821 times worse than usual because the temperature is Minus…
Posts tagged In love with that song
Questions Raised By ‘The Devil Went Down to Georgia’
Who does the Devil answer to? So the Devil goes down to Georgia because he was in a bind, and way behind. My assumption is that the Devil most have some sort of soul-stealing quota….
An Appreciation of ‘Things’
Here’s the thing. I’ve discovered now that I have a crapton of paying work to do (yay!), I really, really have to come up with some sort of way to reconcile the guilt I have…
But Mr. Mister really was on the radio
The time to come clean has arrived. What I’m about to tell you will shock and perhaps appall you. Some of you will ridicule me mercilessly for this weakness. Others of you will promptly dismiss…
The only thing you need to know about today, my heart’s like a kick drum
Today I discovered Kick Drum Heart by The Avett Brothers. I discovered the song today after buying their album I And Love And You. It’s one of those things I do every New Year, vow…
Great moments in babysitting history
It’s not often that I am proud of my mad babysitting skills. But today, today I impressed myself. The Tibbles were sitting on my lap and we were singing songs. We had already run through…