Known Ho and Social Climber
September 22, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages
No, this isn’t a Swellville entry, tho’ Lord knows there are plenty of both in the world’s most perfect town (hos and social climbers, I mean).
No, the title of this entry is an homage to one of my favoritest pieces in the Fall 2008 issue of Brain,Child Magazine, parts of which (but not all)...
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Watch this. It will make you feel better.
September 08, 2008
Filed in: Alaska, The Way We Live Now
How many hours of lost productivity is Sarah Palin responsible for? Admit it: whether you’re gloating or loathing, you’re getting precious else done.
I’m not going to let her take up another nanosecond of my neurons after this, but three bits to share:
* Normally I hate when people send me...
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Sarah Palin: Yeah, I’m Going There
August 31, 2008
Filed in: Alaska, The Way We Live Now
UPDATE: And the New York Times weighs in on the same topic. Only with, like, more reporting and analysis and stuff like that.
Normally I don’t wade into political waters, especially when so vastly many other writer/bloggers are already peeing in that pool, but as the writer of the definitive...
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Thirty-six months to go!
August 21, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Middle Ages
Today’s my birfdee. Whee. I have to confess, I’m not the happiest camper these days, not about anything in my tiny overprivileged life. But! That’s okay, ‘cause I’m 47 now, and if there’s one thing a 47-year-old knows, it’s not to be afraid of the downs. Just another piece of the puzzle.
Do you...
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Ordinary
August 11, 2008
Filed in: The Home Front, The Way We Live Now
Today I woke up early (6:30) to rain. More rain. I made coffee, fetched the paper off the driveway still in my sleep shirt (the top to a fancy pair of Books Brothers PJs that I bought T but that he never wore) so I could see if it was ever going to stop raining. It wasn’t.
I worked for awhile,...
