Free to Be You and Me
Blame it on Twitter. Once I got a taste for typing out any ol’ stupid thing that popped into my head, I realized that 140 characters is not enough. I’m just too verbose for microblogging. […]
Mostly Me
Enough About Me
In 1998 I transitioned from print zine publisher to an online diarist who refused to give in to proper blogging until a late-blooming 2006. Goodies First is said blog; it’s mostly about food. Or at […]
Your House is Worth What?
What kind of questions are you supposed to ask when looking at a house for sale? I don't know the first thing about real estate despite reading blogs on the topic daily and watching all […]
Ida Know, Not Me
I’m still being treated to mystery packages of books arriving on my doorstep every few days. I wasn’t surprised to see my Family Circus paperbacks, but 19 of them?! I had no clue that I’d […]
All-Consuming
There are times when I start thinking about something and then I can’t stop thinking about it, I get obsessive. And OCD of sorts. No, I’m not a freakish hand-washer or locked-door checker. I […]
Window-Closing Weather
Finally, it feels like summer’s over (though it’s still ice coffee weather according to this internet oracle mentioned by Eater yesterday) and I couldn’t be happier. Today was the first day I’ve worn a jacket […]
Heartbreak
I’ve been mamed for thirty years and I’m still. in lovewith the same woman. Ifmy life ever finds out. she’ll kill me . I did it. I broke down and bought a nice Chinese Louis […]
Your Past Really Will Haunt You
As usual, I was simultaneously exhausted and frenzied on my way to work. There seemed to be an abnormal amount of construction, tourists and large masses of people out this morning, which amounted to lots […]
Silver Foxes
On more than one occasion I’ve wondered why there are no female Jack Blacks or Tony Bourdains and now I’m miffed by the absence of lady Anderson Coopers (hell, I’ll even take Taylor Hicks). Yes, […]
The Sweet Smell of Success
I think I just reached the pinnacle of laziness. I was curious what Bond no. 9’s Chinatown perfume smells like (this thought occurred to me in 2005 when it was new and only now popped […]