Tag: Everything Else Drawer

One of the best songs ever invented, on the Best Day of the Year. The Captain and I have palindromic ages this year.

It’s like the house party you’re at and you’re stuck in the kitchen listening to the Worst Life Story Ever, and all you want to do is leave but you don’t want to be rude to the person you’re talking to and you’re a little worried that the hosts might

Most of us were raised with the adage from the Gospel according to St. Matthew (7:1, in case you’re interested in looking it up) – “Judge not lest ye be judged”. We often aren’t reminded that the last bit of that particular chapter is probably the most interesting (7:6) –

Okay. So this is happening. It’s a play, and I’m in it: But ‘cept tickets for Friday the 19th weren’t selling fast enough, so that show’s been cancelled. But I’d like to invite you to the play. I’d forgotten how much I missed this stuff. If you need more incentive

I have a question for you. Here is the preamble: people are, in general, awesome. Most people in the world are lovley, caring, giving humans. They want to share; they want to help. We’re conditioned to look for the bad bits, but if you switch that over to ‘look for

Here’s my new favourite dress I always wanted. The photograph doesn’t do it justice. It’s a kind of frosted strawberry pink with lighter pink ruffs on the bottom which gradually fade to white. The belt is solid rhinestone and it’s actually a strapless little number. Contrary to what you might

I saw a ticket lying in the gravel by the side of the road. Really, it was just on the other side of the kerb from the parking lot. The ticket had once been red, half of one of those drink tickets or 50-50s you buy at kids’ hockey games.

I am not strong right now. I am small, doubtful, and full of sorrow.

His Nibs: “I thought you said we could only have one book each.” Me: “I’m picking one out for the cat.” his Nibs: “The cat has no thumbs.” (note HN did not say ‘the cat cannot read’.) The Captain: “Hey. I thought you said we could only get one book

His Nibs: “Ummmm. Why is there a handful of blue nitrite surgical gloves in the pocket of your pants?” me: “I have no idea, but was wondering where they went.” His Nibs: “…” me: “It seemed like a Good Idea when I was high on morphine, to grab a bunch

The top ten reasons I hate lists: 1) They’re dumb.

Something my friend @schmutzie posted made me think of things. She’s good for that, you know. Making you think about things. In fact, most of my friends are particularly good at making you think in general. That’s just one tiny aspect of what makes all y’all awesome. (Incidentally, you can

When’s a phone not a phone? When you’re not using it as a phone. [Insert some pithy argument here in which we talk about Socrates and the Aristotlean ideal or Platonic Forms. We could actually have this argument, but in … Continue rea…