My backyard on a summer's evening is a satisfying experience ( Read more... )

Would it be: button-n-hole, velcro, hook-n-eye, snap, or zipper. They are all made up of co-dependent components. And with each relationship, one part feels more dominant than the others. The scratchy side of velcro strikes me as downright abusive, and the zipper somewhat threesome-esque ( Read more... )

Thus it was written ( Read more... )

I must find some green to cover my ass ( Read more... )

I've discovered that to cook potstickers, one harnesses the explosive pockets of steam that occur when you drop water into hot oil. Or something like that. It was loud and delicious ( Read more... )

Halloween was crazy wicked busy. Although we were exhausted, Kaia and I did dress up and go out afterward, so as not to be robbed of our Halloween by facilitating the Halloween of others ( Read more... )

Tonight the third Andrew I've known with an interesting testicle-trauma incident in his life, insisted we watch a filmed-in-the-theatre/posted-on-the-web edition of Tropic Thunder ( Read more... )

Today I replaced my toilet's wax seal; something the home inspector said should only be done by a licensed contractor.
Ha!
Could putting together the rain barrel be far behind?

I am glad of this triumph, after my failure to cultivate dreadlocks. Alas, some bits of me are too straight.

or any tree of a similar height and form ( Read more... )

I refer not only to a Monty Python theme night, but also to the foreseeable effort it will take to get Kaia up-n-ready now she's fallen asleep ( Read more... )