Technology Betrays Me Yet Again

So my phone rang last night when I was off doing something else. Probably having a pee or looking thru the fridge for something to quell the nausea. It rings a lot lately but it’s always these wrong numbers being dialed by a) a harried business man who thinks I’m his secretary. His office phone [...]

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End Of The Road

I’ve always thought it was in poor taste to write blog posts about things you just bought–unless it’s a house. New houses are one of those momentous life events that have more to them than basic acquisitiveness. So I don’t think it’s a bad idea to chronicle that journey. And I also don’t mind the [...]

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Lost: Shards Of (n)Arsehole

There are slightish spoilers in this discussion of tonight’s episode of Lost. But then again, they aren’t that spoilery if you’ve watched any past episodes featuring Jack. All the ads in all the magazines say that this is the final season of Lost. We’ve been promised answers to the myriad questions posed by the last [...]

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TANSTAAFL, Round Zillion

This started as a comment in a below post, but it evolved into a post of its own. And since it’s on a topic I’m keeping a weather eye on, I’m glad to promote it. Because we’ve GOT to watch this mess. —- Adam, It’s not that I don’t appreciate having you get up in [...]

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Don’t You Hate It When You Turn Up In A Dylan Song?

Sick man looking for the doctor’s cure Looking into his hands for the lines that were And into every masterpiece of literature For Dignity

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Because The Truth Doesn’t Sound So Hopey Changey

I was gonna present this without comment…. But I can’t. I’m just so seething at this. As though that smilingly benevolent father reaches into his pocket and gives out money HE’s earned to help you with tuition. I guess “Tuition $ from your hardworking, taxpaying neighbours, granted through highly dubious and possibly unconstitutional means” isn’t [...]

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Mrs. H

Back in high school I got in an argument with a substitute teacher about music. It was my birthday and my parents had left me to stay with a friend, separated from my siblings, while they went on a trip with the Senior Class. I felt lost and abandoned and alone and the last thing [...]

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A Novel Afterglow

In the past two weeks I’ve either read or re-read a dozen Women’s Fiction novels. Some good, some bad. All pretty predictable–which is why I think those of us who read them do read them. We like the comfortable sameness and the home-cooking feel. I was in the mood for something different and decided I’d [...]

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If Weird Had A Home, It Would Be Today

So I’m half asleep, at 1:45 am, when I’m possessed with the strangest urge. A compulsion, really. I knew deep down that I had to–just HAD to–make a lasagne from scratch. I have no idea where that came from. I haven’t even been able to stomach more than chicken fingers and hawaiian punch for the [...]

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The Lace Makers Of Glenmara

The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Heather Barbieri My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book has the (dubious) distinction of being the first novel I’d ever seen a book trailer for. I had no idea how fitting that would be. Because this book was actually more of a movie. Albeit a movie without the [...]

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