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Back in the saddle again
Or at least I've been wanting to be. I haven't gotten back on my bike since, let's see... I think the last time I went for a ride was with Herr Doktor last summer when my folks were babysitting. I was hoping to get some more cycling underway last year, but then I learned that you really can't take infants on the road until their heads are big ( Read more... ) -
Baby Mama
After a few gaffs about not remembering who I've told, I've decided to make a major announcement online. Yes folks, I'm pregnant! I'm in the middle of week 14 (or 15, depending on how we're counting) and due around November 17 ( Read more... ) -
Your food pr0n for today
This is where I had lunch:
Kenny and Zuke'sOh my good lord the reuben is amazing. Thick cuts of savory, cured and smoked meat slathered in a tangy mustardy sauce. (No lowly Thousand Island dressing used here!) And real rye bread with the caraway seeds. Num num num ( Read more... ) -
May, not April, is the cruellest month
So after my little May Day glee, I got an awful comedown today ( Read more... ) -
Happy May Day!
I've really come to enjoy working downtown because of all the colorful characters in the area where I work. Within 4 to 5 blocks of walking from my car to the office I have the possibility of crossing paths with construction workers, food cart vendors, designers, businesspeople, rehab folks, bike messengers, and culinary students. This might not be ( Read more... ) -
QotD
I just got back from Live Wire this evening, where one of the featured guests was Ursula Le Guin. During a reply to a question about what it was like being a woman writing science fiction in the 1950s, she brought up a remark from Norman Mailer where he said that "it takes balls" to write. She got the most quizzical look on her face at that point ( Read more... ) -
RIP Mrs. Savage
I don't make a habit of reading eulogies--that is, unless they're disguised as a sex advice column by a witty gay man:
A Heartbreaking Work of Savage Genius
Sounds like you had an amazing mom, Dan. Hope you give her a wake that's worthy of her!