"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in Distractions, videos on Jan 9th, 2012
Stupid things I have been thinking of lately: Dung beetles fighting over doody. We have dung beetles around here, actually. Out in the Flint Hills. When you go out on the gravel roads along cow pastures, it is not uncommon to see a beetle rolling a poo-pellet along the ground. Or several beetles quarreling over […]
Posted in Distractions, Hair issues, Oh, for fuck's sake, Utter Silliness on Jan 8th, 2012
I apparently also have a shitty-pop-cultural situation, because I don’t watch the Jersey shore, except for the clips that find their way on to Beavis & Butthead (which, by the way, the new Beavis & Butthead rules, it rules!!) But anyway, I thought the boy whose hair sticks all up was The Situation, but a […]
Posted in bike commuting, Delight, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Kansas City, Oh, for fuck's sake, Playing With Weather on Dec 14th, 2011
If you haven’t seen the “murmuration of starlings†video on the Internet yet, first things first, go and do it. It is beautiful and impressive and a testament to the wonders and glories of nature. It is also…how to put it…gratifyingly devoid of flying guano. Now, then. This morning, on my way to work, I […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Delight, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Food & Snacks, NaBloPoMo 2011, Notions and Rants, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Nov 17th, 2011
Oh man, I have brainmeats problems. A month or so ago I read an article online where this guy decided to try recipes or foodstuffs mentioned in The Simpsons. I laughed myself silly, as you do. Especially over the notion of Corn Nog, which sounds really fucking disgusting. I mean! Almost as bad as fuzzy […]
Posted in Delight, Distractions, NaBloPoMo 2011, Take A Look At This, Utter Silliness on Nov 11th, 2011
Just got back from taking Joel out for his birthday dinner, and I’m going to go and enjoy the rest of our evening together. I heard this monologue on Slacker radio today (I was listening to a medley of comics while doing some mind-numbing Adobe crap at work) and I completely thought of Joel and […]
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, biking, Distractions, Other Bike Stuff, Ruby the Dog, Sewing, Super-Short Entries, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 5th, 2011
Juniper Berry sachet, a photo by Meetzorp on Flickr. While running the dog, I found a bunch of windfall juniper berries today, so I completely filled my jacket pockets and made several juniper-berry sachets. I put this one in my lingerie drawer, ’cause delicates that smell of G&T are never the wrong answer.
Posted in Art Projects & Making Things, Distractions, dumb things I have done, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Lists, meta, Notions and Rants, Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Well I'll Be Darned on Nov 3rd, 2011
Facebook. Freakin’ Facebook. It’s a love/hate website, that’s for sure. It’s fun to keep up with your friends, see your old schoolmates’ babies, check out your co-workers Spotify picks, hand out party invites, RSVP to same…it’s a daily ritual that many of us enjoy. Mostly. But Facebook has a habit of inventing new ways to […]
Posted in Distractions, dumb things I have done, NaBloPoMo 2011, Recommendations, Utter Silliness, videos on Nov 1st, 2011
So, my dumb ass has decided to participate in NoBloPoMo, or whatever the hell they call it. Because I am crazy. Also because I feel like I could use a swift blogging kick in the pants and that may be the boot to administer it. Or something like that. And because it is late and […]
Posted in Distractions, Utter Silliness, Words I Like on Sep 23rd, 2011
If you’re a fan of Zippy the Pinhead, you probably know that Zippy sometimes gets obsessed with an interesting word or turn of phrase and will get “stuck” repeating it like a mantra. If you’ve hung around me or my website for very long, you know that this is a commonality I share with Zippy. […]
Posted in Distractions, Photo entries, Take A Look At This, Utter Silliness on Aug 20th, 2011
So…the rubber penis is gone. It’s actually been gone a few weeks; it disappeared a few days after I photographed it. I shudder to imagine the circumstances of its departure. They can only be at least as, if not grosser than how it got there in the first place. Anyway, my world has not been […]