I generally walk to work in the morning and sometimes I’ll walk the crown of Queen Anne before I head into the office. Seattle is lovely in the mornings…
Meghan
Product Review: The Anti Cat Barf Device
I have two cats with two distinctly different feeding requirements. Roxie Loves to Eat Roxie is a fat cat. Her favorite hobby is what one might call “gorge and purge“. The rules of this activity are simple: Eat really, really fast. Relocate from hardwood to carpet. Barf all recently consumed food onto aforementioned carpet. Return […]
I Traveled Back in Time to a Beatles Concert
Time travel is cool. And as someone who has read more than her fair share of SciFi and Fantasy involving time travel, I’ve always entertained thoughts like: “Wouldn’t it be awesome if I could go back in time and {fill in the blank}?” This blank I have often filled with things like: Meet Douglas Adams […]
Cats are the Best Part of Dying
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 […]
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
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. […]
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 […]
eDating Fun – Rejection, Phase II
My favorite rejection is the mutual kind: where two individuals meet and both can tell that there’s just no chemistry or common ground. At the end of the date, there’s a slightly awkward hug and someone says, “It was really great meeting you, I’ll talk to you soon,” but both parties know there will be […]
eDating Fun – Used Fish
For today’s eDating story, I’m temporarily abandoning my shoe analogy for the worn-in maritime “many fish in the sea” analogy. It appears that though there may be many fish in the sea, there aren’t quite so many in the eHarmony dating pool. Twice Hooked: The inevitable day finally came when Sassy Pants and I were […]
