Nugget

Growing up

I had a thought.  It’s not much, and I don’t even know why I’m feeling it acutely these days, but here it is. It bothers me when people use their singleness as an excuse for continued adolescence. I don’t want to use my singleness as an excuse for continued adolescence. That’s all.

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Understood

Finally.

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Truly?

I never thought I’d see the day, but sure enough. Like the Terminator, like Backstreet… Scrunchies are back.

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I need both

Nashville is a squeal of delight. But Seattle is a sigh of relief.

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A recent IM conversation I had at work

Me: “Don’t you want to roll your eyes at people who don’t know the difference between stationary and stationery?” Him: “It’s an easy mistake – the only way I remember it is that e goes with envelope.” Me: “I remember it because e goes with letter… which, now that I think about it, is a…

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Forever nerd

Emma is a very cool place with very cool people. But on Sunday, PZC asked me, “So, now that you work at Emma, are you going to be one of the effortlessly hip?” “Um… no, probably not.” “I know,” he replied.

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Julie made a great joke

Me: How can they tell how old an eagle is? Her: They measure its crow’s feet!

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As of tonight

Number of times my car has been towed: 1

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Place holder

A blog is coming after lunch. Patience, my people. I’m moving a little slow today…

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I THOUGHT I smelled rodent…

I share a front stoop with my next-door neighbor. As I approached my front door today after running errands, she and 2 men were hauling in a gigantic plywood-and-wire cage, approximately 6’x4’x3′. Me: “What is that?” Her: “This is a cage for my flying squirrel.” Ladies and gentlemen, without even trying, I have found the…

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