Unlucky me, I caught one of the plagues going around the office. I spent the last two days in bed accompanied by the giant wad of mucus in my face, a sporadic fever, and two cats. Though I was drifting in and out of consciousness, I did notice how differently my cats behave on days […]
Product Review: Toilet Seat Assault
When I first moved in with CJ and we were putting our home together, he indicated he wanted to “upgrade” our toilet to a Japanese-style toilet. He described a terrifying device that was meant to replace our toilet seat and toilet paper. I can’t remember the exact phrasing he used, but whatever it was painted […]
NaNoWriMo Update & My New Year’s Resolutions
Happy New Year, Friends! We survived! It turns out that the Mayans actually just got tired of creating a calendar for long after they ceased to exist and made the assumption someone in the future would pick up the slack and extend the calendar before it ended. Luckily, that happened. I bet the Mayans […]
I May Be Crazy
You already knew this, but here’s more evidence to support it… After over a year of not writing creatively in any capacity – meaning no blogs, sonnets, journal entries, prose or anything – I have decided to participate in NaNoWriMo. That’s right. After months and months of nothing, I have committed to attempting to write […]
Holier Than My Friend Count, Part 2
As promised, I posted at least one atheist quote per day throughout the month of April, and am now (finally) reporting back with the results of my little experiment. Comments Comments for all quotes totaled 121 – about half of which were on a single and somewhat inflammatory thread. The remaining comments were dispersed throughout the month […]
Holier Than My Friend Count, Atheist Quotes
An atheist believes deeds must be done instead of prayers said. [He] strives for involvement in life and not escape into death…He believes we cannot rely on god or channel action into prayer nor hope for an end of troubles in a hereafter. He believes we are our brother’s keepers and keepers of our own […]
Holier Than My Friend Count
I recently read this article on Mashable about women and their Facebook friends. While I can only really relate to two or three of the categories of Facebook friends defined, I do believe an important one was left out: Holier-Than-Thou. The Drama Queen and One-Upper are indeed annoying, but the type of Facebook friends I […]
Eulogy for My Yahoo! Email Account
I work in the tech industry, therefore, I must always have the coolest new gadget, the hottest smartphone, and use the trendiest web apps. Yes? Hmm…no. There are many cases where I find myself clinging to older technology just because I’m reluctant to abandon something that works well enough for something slightly faster and shinier. […]
Dingleberries vs. Heterosexual Domestic Partnership
Hooray! It’s time for me to doff the afternoon bathrobe and slippers! Time to untangle my hair and cease and desist muttering to my cats in a language all my own! Yes, it is true. While I still proudly count myself among the legions of crazy cat ladies, I am no longer living alone convinced […]
The Return of the Angry Sonnet
During my years at UVA, I was incredibly lucky to study under Roy Wagner. Roy is, without doubt, one of the most brilliant anthropologists who ever muttered the word, “culture”. He’s also a phenomenal writer. I was luckier, still, that Roy took some interest in me as a writer, which resulted in a very pleasant friendship. One […]
