Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on Mar 12th, 2008 12 Comments »
Egad, has life been dull lately. I feel like I should knock off a liquor store or kick a kitten just so I’ll have something to discuss. No wonder I’m having trouble writing lately- my imagination’s gone to sleep. I bet this is what they meant by ‘beware the ides of march’?
But you […]
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on Mar 11th, 2008 4 Comments »
Last night while researching a piece I’m writing, I came across a Kaiser Permanente site devoted to addiction. It had all the standard stuff… a quiz to tell you if you’re drinking too much, and testimonials on how drugs or gambling or skeevy sex has ruined many lives. Then I clicked […]
Posted in Deep Thoughts on Mar 10th, 2008 9 Comments »
I’ve got so many writing projects happening simultaneously that sometimes I just get… jammed. When this happens I try to subscribe to Hemingway’s stellar advice on writer’s block: ‘all you have to do is write one true sentence’
Since nothing is truer than your own story, I’ve decided to stitch together mine one writer’s […]
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on Mar 8th, 2008 5 Comments »
Pat from Euro Like Me has tagged me to come up with a list of 7 random or weird things about myself. This is difficult because (a) I already write about more or less everything, and (b) I’m boring. But I’ve managed to come up with a list of random stuff relating to music […]
Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on Mar 6th, 2008 6 Comments »
With the Texas & Ohio primaries behind us we’re still no closer to knowing who the next democratic candidate for president will be. I think I’ve figured out how Hillary and Barak can up (or maybe lower) the ante.
They need to appeal to apathetic voters on a level the voter identifies with. For […]
Posted in Picture It on Mar 5th, 2008 6 Comments »
Remember when 15 looked like this:
Or this:
It certainly never looked like this:
Keeping boys at bay has become a full-time job…
Posted in Picture It, Wanderlust on Mar 4th, 2008 8 Comments »
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Posted in Same Shit, Different Day on Mar 3rd, 2008 22 Comments »
It started out innocently enough… a phone call; a ‘hey, we’d like to come visit sometime this year’. To which Jim replied: sure, no problem, the only thing we’ve got planned is a trip to London / Wales / Scotland in August for B’s birthday… other than that we’re free.’ Ohh, that sounds […]
Former supermodel turned brain surgeon leaves behind successful career in America to try her hand at hausfraudom in the lovely Saxon city of Dresden, Germany.
Some days are good, some are bad... all are opportunities to learn & grow.
With my sunny disposition and can-do attitude, what could possibly go wrong?
None
The Big Sleep & Other Novels by Raymond Chandler