Dear Every Store in the Mall ( Read more... )

Dear Hades ( Read more... )

I hate winter. Every year it's the same - Christmas ends, the last twinkles of holly jolliness fade away, and there's nothing left but winter. Cold, hard, bare, bitter winter. When I wake up in the morning and NPR soberly informs me that it's 20 degrees out with a 10 degree wind chill just getting out of bed seems like cruel and unusual punishment ( Read more... )

I am in mourning. Apparently Entenmann's has stopped selling Devil's Food Crumb Donuts ( Read more... )

They say that in order to qualify for government work, you have to already have done the job you're applying for. This principle was taken to surreal extremes this week as I was forced to apply for the job I am currently occupying ( Read more... )

About six months ago Beth and I decided to grow our own herbs. We bought some plants as seedlings and others as seeds, and potted them and watered them and left them in a sunny window and gave them plant food. The oregano, lavender, and thyme never sprouted. The basil made it to about six inches tall, at which point all the leaves except the top ( Read more... )

I have reader's block. Last weekend I was in Borders with $30 worth of very belated Christmas giftcard, and I had the hardest time picking anything out. Normally my challenge is to avoid walking out with the whole store. After months of reading about embassies and management strategies I want fiction, I need fiction, oh baby oh baby, but nothing ( Read more... )

ATTENTION PEOPLE OF THE WORLD, AND RYAN NORTH IN PARTICULAR:

It's "Gandhi", not "Ghandi".

It's not that hard. He was one of the most important people of the 20th century, and when you misspell his name it makes you look STUPID.

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I'd like to bring your attention to the little link at the bottom left-hand corner of this post (and indeed every post) that says "Leave a Comment". Those of you reading this in Google Reader will probably have to click through to see it, but it really is there. Lately I have noticed that the majority of comments come from the same four or five ( Read more... )