Sunday Night Chili last night started out as a bit of a comedy of errors, or, as I'm choosing to think about it, a chance for me to exercise my relaxed-hostessing muscles. Within two hours of start time, two guests canceled and my neighbor was like, "hey, can my kid and I come to chili?" Which, fine, there was space, except they're vegetarians and ( Read more... )

So: remember, a few weeks back, how I said I had visions of being laughed out of various kitchen-building companies' offices with my smallish renovation budget? WELL. Have I got a story for you ( Read more... )

So, get this: you already know about my fibroid friends (I've tentatively named them Hercules Mulligan, because they're on the inside), but guess who may or may not ALSO have a hernia? Gee, I love being in my mid-thirties ( Read more... )

( Bones: The Change in the Game )

Okay, new theory: if it's Friday, and it's seventy degrees and sunny, and you're hungry, and you haven't messed anything up all morning, and you're an intern and you're not getting paid anyway, you should get to go home early. Right? Who's with me ( Read more... )

So, I'm cat-sitting in Albany again. These people don't have wireless-which by this point is like saying they haven't discovered fire yet, or something-so I'm tethered, for better or worse, to their fancy-schmancy MacBook Pro. Fine. But here's the thing: IT REMEMBERS ME. Last time I was here, I carefully erased my internet history; also, I assume ( Read more... )

Weekends are delightful, you guys. Let's have more, shall we ( Read more... )

Have you guys seen the trailer for Away We Go? I am deeply, deeply conflicted.

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Because: OMG John Krasinski! OMG John Krasinski with beard and glasses! But wow, so pretentious. But does pretentious definitely preclude quality? And what does a Sam Mendes comedy look like, anyway? And hey, I like Maya Rudolph. And Allison Janney! And the soundtrack, ( Read more... )

Favorite things for today: 1) THUNDERSTORRRRRMS! 2) Not wearing tights! My legs are all airy. I feel scandalous ( Read more... )

Because enigmaticblues asks good questions, and because I was bored at work:

1) Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me ( Read more... )