Having the crappiest day. Several companies are rewriting their stories, which is awful. But then they are insisting we run them, which is much worse.

I was reading Frank Bruni's recent NYT review of Union Square Cafe and had to share this paragraph, which I think is just brilliant ( Read more... )

And the woman on the phone in customer support WOULD NOT stop talking to me as though I were a three-year-old. Even after I asked her! Twice ( Read more... )

We bought three Frigidaire fridges from Best Buy for the apartments in Lynn. One of them, bought on May 1, died this week. Called Frigidaire to get repair company names, called all three, got one to come. She tried replacing the relay, no go, which means the compressor is gone. On a two-month-old appliance ( Read more... )

I really like this guy's paintings. Yes, they're expensive.

If any of you watch Food Network, you'll appreciate this site. Very funny.

Just finished The Piano Teacher by Janice Y. K. Lee. Really worth reading. Well written, good characters, interesting setting. Hong Kong during WWII.

This article is very funny.

This Web site is appalling. Go ahead, look anyway.

Eew. Just eew.

A did two things this weekend she hasn't done in a very long time. First, she sat down and talked with me for about 15 minutes without asking me for anything. We talked about her summer reading requirements and her school schedule for next year. Second, she sat with S in S's room and chatted with her for about 30 minutes while they did their nails ( Read more... )