We all want things that are not, perhaps, practical. A cocktail dress, for instance, is not the most practical item of clothing for an Alaskan girl who never, ever goes to cocktail parties, but I have several. I also have several huge cocktail rings. If I’m not getting any use out of the dresses, why [...]
One of those sorts of days, the kind where you sit around and feel sorry for yourself and everybody else, the kind where you don’t change out of your pajamas, the kind where you are reading Endgame, a play which has two main characters living in trash cans, and you feel like you get it, [...]
Yeah, I’m not really sure what that pig is about. I was considering the culinary possibilities for St. Patrick’s Day. Green mashed potatoes? Green sugar cookies? Green pancakes? Then I decided on something easier and funnier: I would tint the half and half with green food coloring, as a St. Paddy’s Day surprise for Kurt. [...]
I was doing a Google image search for Lotte Lenya (who was totally awesome, by the way), when I clicked through on some crazy photo and discovered the most wonderful website ever, a joy for somebody like me who enjoys things that are accidentally funny. Go to LP Cover Lover for what may be the most [...]
I was leaving the store today when I noticed this sign tacked up over the pay phone: I thought that was pretty darn funny. I’d love to know more about who made this sign, and what prompted it. I’d also like to congratulate them on properly using an apostrophe, a skill that society has sadly [...]
After MUCH debate, my new hamster-child has a name. Are you ready for this? MRS. TIGGY-WINKLE! Remember? I like how I rejected the name “Henrietta” because it was too long and then ended up with “Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle”. But it suits her! She seems like a Tiggy-Winkle. I made a collage in honor of her christening. [...]
I got my hamster, and she is a doll! Mimi who? She loves her princess castle. She got in, looked around, had a snack, and promptly burrowed into her bedding and fell fast asleep. She lets me hold her, and she doesn’t run away from me, unlike somebody I used to know. I can [...]
It is with a heavy heart and much sorrow that I announce that Martha “Mimi” Mouse is a complete and total ingrate. Not only did I save her from certain death at the hands (paws?) of Sifl the cat, but I also bought her a cage, and pink bedding, and a pink igloo, and gourmet [...]
I am absolutely in love with this website. I’m struck by how hardcore those Danes are. There they are, riding about Copenhagen, no heed for rain, sleet, or snow. I’ll ride a bike in the summer, but in the snow? Forget it. I think maybe it helps to live in a city that is bicycle and [...]
Kurt and I saw Coraline today and we loved it. It was cute and funny and spooky and creepy and altogether delightful. The only part I didn’t like was when Kurt said, “She looks like an older version of you.” Excuse me? “You know, because she has big boobs too…” I may be buxom, but [...]