The other day I was considering starting a blog. Not just any blog, a themed blog.

I've noticed that the blogging world has changed. No longer do you sign in, titter in text about your day, and expect the natural sparkle of your written words to weave together the random knick-knackery of your life for your readers. If you want a good following, ( Read more... )

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Played racquetball for the first time on Wednesday - Jon roasted me. I've never played the game before, but I like it better than most that I have played. I like the thinking, the running, the swatting, the poingy sound the ball makes. And what a great sport to take up - a court with no room or windows for spectators, rules that require no referee ( Read more... )

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These are some of the things that have been rocking my world lately:

- Rainy days in spring. I like to have the clouds block out the sunlight so that you have to turn the lights on inside. Not every day (Seattle, pay attention) but every once in a while it's refreshing and cheery. I feel like we should be playing Heads-up 7-up or mancala on our ( Read more... )

I saw Enchanted this weekend and laughed, perhaps inordinately. I thought of Sarah's roommate, April, whose hair and singing voice conjure up a singular label: Disney Princess. She's young, she's in love, and she's perky as a sparrow. I think singing squirrels make her bed and dancing cockroaches clean her bathtub like a team of spindle-legged ( Read more... )

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O, that this too too sullied flesh would melt ( Read more... )