"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Imports from old blogs on Oct 21st, 2004
If you're like me, and have a hard time using a public restroom when there's somebody else in there, then you probably know these thoughts and feelings all too well. Say you're working away at your job, and it occurs to you that you need to take a leak. You walk briskly to the loo, […]
Posted in Imports from old blogs, Words I Like on Oct 14th, 2004
I love words and I love the English language. Etymology is a joy to me, and the quirks and pecularities of English grammar are like a compelling puzzle to me. Just as well, considering I devoted six years of my life to acquiring two degrees which basically hinge upon my being eloquently full of shit. […]
Posted in bike commuting, Imports from old blogs, wrecks on Oct 5th, 2004
In my lovely little bike-wreck on Friday, not only did I bruise my right knee and elbow, I bent the back wheel on my bike. Talent, eh? No worries; I borrowed the back wheel off Todd’s bike, since he isn’t riding these days anyhow. In other news, I’m hving semi-asthmatic allergy reactions as the cats […]
Posted in grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Imports from old blogs, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Oct 2nd, 2004
Let’s talk weird a moment. Suppose you work a quiet, busy, somewhat dull job in a file room somewhere. Suppose there is a large, fluffy, microfiber featherduster hanging on a corkboard in your office for no good reason. Suppose one of your co-workers brings in a child’s toy plastic sword that she might use with […]