Writing the good read
I love doing crossword puzzles. My late grandmother used to do them when I was a small child, always in pen. I’ve never done one NOT in pen. When I was pregnant, I gauged how much my brain had shrunk and when it was back to normal by whether I needed help with the Sunday…
My dog died coming up on four weeks ago. That’s kind of misleading. We put her down. She was something more than 17 years old, a lab mixed with something else, probably pit bull from the shape of her head. She was deaf, increasingly blind, and so stiff from arthritis that it got hard for…
I do a lot of reading. The picture here is me peaking out of the pile of some 80 books that I’ve read in the last 18 months. Actually, I’ve read more than that. Some I’ve filed already (once blogged about, they’re shelved) and others I’ve loaned to friends (who know they have to give…
The best way to deal with illegal immigration isn’t to send police off questioning anyone with brown skin who isn’t speaking English. If you want to stop the flow of illegal immigrants into the country then you have to prevent them from getting jobs, because as long as there are people who need to provide…
Okay, so not everyone in the world is famous. Still, I wanted to introduce you to a bunch of people who probably would like to be famous. They’re all participating in the third annual Word Count Blogathon, which I mentioned on sister blog Eat, Read and Be Harried a couple days ago. So do everyone…
When you unveiled this zorchy new design for an oil platform, you said there was no way anything adverse could happen. This from today’s Seattle Times: “In its 2009 exploration plan and environmental-impact analysis for the well, BP suggested it was unlikely, or virtually impossible, for an accident to occur that would lead to a…
I’ve been thinking a lot about writing lately. I do it for a living — or should I say “living”, but more on that later — so it shouldn’t come as a shock. But it’s the eve of the Third annual Wordcount Blogathon which will require me to write every single day. Here’s where the…
Don’t watch porn at work on work computers, and don’t store said porn in your desk drawer. Someone always finds out. And if you work for the public, it makes you look like an ass. Lisa * Actually, anyone who has a paying job, since there’s millions of other people who don’t and would love…
Here is a list of all the things I do that make me mean: 1. I don’t buy white bread and if a sandwich is purchased in my presence, it’s gonna be on something whole grain. 2. We only have dessert once a week, on Friday nights. Birthdays, holidays, and times when there are guests…
Mia, dearest, I never want you to call me again, ask what to make for a dinner party, and then inform me afterward that you just ordered a pizza instead. So here is a lovely dish that takes just a few ingredients that you should have in your pantry anyway (go look at the first…