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 […]
Bear Hugs
Is it too soon for another interspecies friendship? Nah, it’s never too soon for hugging huskies and polar bears. I’m not even fond of canines and yet I found this little dose of kindred Yukon […]
APB On a Missing Table Skirt
I am old. It's official. I just wrote (ok, emailed–I'm not 80) a letter to the editor of The Gresham Outlook, my hometown paper. And it's not as if I don't have a million genuinely […]
Scoot Over
If two’s a trend, then scooting dogs with anal gland issues are all the rage. I was first mesmerized a few months ago by peculiar Stanley Steemer ad where a mom gets so wound up […]
Rainbow Coalition
As much as I’m biased against the unshakable ‘80s fetishization in fashion and music, I am excited to see ‘80s make up colors being produced by drugstore brands. I loved rainbow-hued makeup in middle school […]
Name That Animal
I really kind of love the Colombian hostage release story. I guess because I’m fascinated/horrified by being held captive for such extended periods of time. (I’m still not over that Austrian woman held prisoner by […]
Unbearably Cute
It’s been a while since I’ve stumbled upon an adorable interspecies pairing. Apparently, a black cat and similarly colored bear have forged an eight-year long friendship in a Berlin zoo. Who couldn’t use a companion […]
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 […]
Looking for the Silver Lining
First it was chain restaurants, today The Times taps into another of my fixations with “New Math for Men: Subtract Just a Little Gray,” complete with a how to lesson. Yes, men enjoy holding onto […]