My husband and I have a joke, when we sit down to watch some television. Actually, it's more like a ritual. It goes like this ( Read more... )

Today, I was brushing my oldest daughter's hair (she's six and hates having her hair brushed). I asked her how she wanted me to do her hair for the first day of school Monday. She told me she wants lots of thin braids like her friend from Kindergarten, Serenity, who is African-American. We are, uh, not. I began to try to figure out how to do that ( Read more... )

First off: the gimme. Bon Jovi ( Read more... )

Today was equal parts window shopping, walking, and museum-ing. Tried to go through Central Park, but it was closed where I was walking, due to the pending Bon Jovi concert. I did get to hear a bit of the sound check. (Yes, that counts ( Read more... )

It's been 24 hours of dream-come-true wonderfulness ( Read more... )

I love this song. It's one of the top ten most beautiful songs I know. Most people probably won't even remember it, but some of my earliest memories are attached to this song. I remember the day my dad brought the LP home for my mom, who is a huge Beatles fan. I remember her sitting in the living room playing the whole album over and over, and I ( Read more... )

What is it, like 15 years later? I know, I absolutely know that Wayne Campbell and Garth Elgar should under no reasonable circumstances still be making me laugh.

And yet, I find myself being careful not to spew red wine all over the new sofa...

Today, I discovered one of the outer rings of Hell. Not the Very Special Level of Hell, the level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater. But still. Hell.

I had to go to JoAnn's for some yarn for a project... not coincidentally, I'm making the Jayne hat from Firefly. Had to go somewhere close to work. So I'm in the ( Read more... )

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I am sitting here writing and watching VH1 Classic, my channel of choice when there is nothing remotely watchable on the other 459 channels, and a Queen video is on.

The world is an infinitely smaller and sadder place without Freddie Mercury in it.

That is all.