Prest-o Change-o
If you aren’t reading this from a news reader you’ll notice I redecorated. Procrastinating, yes, but the re-theming has been on my mind for a while. So here it is! Continue Reading →
Category Archives: allaboutme
Productivity be damned
My brain is in overdrive right now. I have far too many ideas swirling in there since Mike and I finished some projects that were monopolizing our writing time. He Continue Reading →
Kiddo’s First Curse Word
Today, Parenting, Illustrated with Crappy Pictures blogged about accidentally teaching a curse word to her youngest. At the close of the post she asked, “Do you have a swearing story?” Continue Reading →
True versus Accurate
Last weekend, This American Life posted a retraction of an earlier episode, one that had touched off much of the criticism of FoxConn and Apple. The person who submitted the Continue Reading →
Where’s my cyborg body parts at?
My right eye is bugging me again. In complaining about it, I asked the above question on Facebook. One of my many smart-ass friends replied, “The good news is – Continue Reading →
Unfinished business
Monday, I went searching through my Google Docs folders for a particular short story I wrote about 6 years ago. (I eventually found it but it wasn’t in my Docs, Continue Reading →
Nine one one
7:15 AM I heard the screech first, then the thump. Instinctively I looked to where the noise came from and saw a body arc through the air, then another thump. Continue Reading →
Burning the Boat
This morning I read Danielle LaPorte’s “burning question” — what boat do you need to burn? — and I couldn’t come up with one. This may be because I’m still Continue Reading →
How much is enough housing?
Earlier today, I got into a conversation on Twitter that prompted the titular question. It started with a tweet about gas prices, I replied, “Sometimes easier said than done, though. Continue Reading →
Last of the Single Screens
One of the albums that defined my tween-hood was Styx Paradise Theater. For those not familiar with it, it was a “concept album,” that is the songs collectively told a Continue Reading →