Beth is right, I am an Olsen twin. I've been writing online about my life in one form or another since I was 15 years old. That is more than a decade ago ( Read more... )

In class this morning, a young woman asked what our weekly quiz this week would be covering. It seems she'd looked at the website and saw that we should be reading Chapter 7 for this week, and so she studied that. The quiz is on what we did LAST week, which was Chapter 6 ( Read more... )

There's this song I heard a few years ago by the Old 97's called "Question ( Read more... )

I love me some Aaron Sorkin. Okay? Let's get that out of the way.

But.

He keeps reusing lines. Over and over again. I accepted it for a few episodes. I accepted it during "The West Wing" because, well, I love me some Aaron Sorkin.

But really? This far into a series?

"Fire me, or shut the hell up!"

I still love him.

I saw John Scalzi read last night and YOU DIDN'T.

Also, he signed my book.

Also, I wish I lived in the city. It was wonderful to eat outside in Dupont last night.

When something happens, like when a millionaire radio show host denegrates a group of hard-working young women who are in the top of their game, figuratively in the classroom and more literally in the gym, and is summarily fired from his high-paying prominent position in entertainment, some people start crying about "free speech ( Read more... )

Ode to the characters in "The Office"

I really hope NBC sees this as being AWESOME and doesn't try to get all lawyer-y.

Oh, Amy.

(The above links to a YouTube video of Amy Winehouse and Charlotte Church covering "Beat It". Amy looks to be drunk as fuck and not even trying to hide it.)

This really makes me want to see Amy Winehouse live. A lot.

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I figured out (with help) how to rip DVDs to my iPod Video for watching on the Metro when I am bored. I started watching "Dead Like Me" but after a few episodes kind of petered off on the ripping ( Read more... )