While it has been quiet around here lately, I’m not really trying to lure readers by throwing around random references to sex toys in the titles of my posts. I swear. I want to talk about my favorite Christmas present [that was not my baby]. And the present in question was NOT a vibrator, contrary … More This is not a post about a vibrator
Believe it or not, I’m late on purpose this month. This month is special, because a year ago this month you were a dream in the making, and I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting about what life was like before you became a reality. I also went back to work this month, and after spending … More Al la mia cara Mia: 3 months
I have finally caved and purchased Photoshop. I don’t understand Photoshop, really, but during my 30-day free trial I discovered a few cool features by accident, and I decided that with some instruction I could make excellent use of the program. Please, if you are a Photoshop user, explain your favorite features and how you … More In the market for a tutor
I drove by the site of my former workplace yesterday. It’s REALLY gone now. Nothing there but a concrete foundation and a flagpole. If I hadn’t known were I was, I wouldn’t have known where I was. It was eerie, but completely unemotional. I think knowing that my stuff is no longer accessible is actually … More Assorted
Can anyone tell me the part of speech of the word “yo”? As in, “Get up off my ass, yo!” or “Yo, what is this shit?” Because the next time I hear it, I’m thinking of making the offending speaker define it, provide its etymology, write and diagram 10 sentences containing it, and then swear on … More Word of the day
I have been skipping breezily along for the past month believing without a doubt that I was losing weight. Yesterday I got on a scale for the first time in a month and was shocked and saddened to discover I have only lost 3 pounds! In a month! Eh? I have been eating well; I have cut out sweets; … More I feel bad about my butt
I was watching the tape that’s been in the video camera since Christmas day, and there’s a scene from my hospital room the day Mia was born that nearly makes me wet myself every time think about it. In the background music is playing–specifically, Joan Baez’s Dark Chords on a Big Guitar. There is a song … More Is it because we are from West Virginia?
I wonder if this is what Pompeii was like in the weeks and months after Vesuvius blew, ash and broken furniture littering the rooms where children played, friends laughed, where music and literature, science and mathematics drifted like smoke through the open doors and windows. There are no stone encrusted bodies here, clinging for dear life, no vacant-eyed … More Gone
I am almost afraid to announce that I actually had an entire planning period all to myself today. I got to make seating charts! I got to grade papers! I got to make copies! Oh, will the joy never cease? The good news is that I shouldn’t have to cover any more classes this week … More Sub-terranean
Guess what I just finished doing DURING MY PLANNING PERIOD FOR THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK!!
one small corner of the universe 