Holy shit, y'all, did everyone else have as much storm damage as we did up here? There are at least three trees shredded across the street from my house. The paper on my back porch roof has been torn off. And the roof of Finnertea's got ripped off, went right over In Watermelon Sugar, and landed smack in the middle of 36th Street, where a telephone ( Read more... )

Apparently, I need to have my wisdom teeth removed.

Dear Dundalk,

Stop getting me lost. It doesn't make me like you any better.

Sincerely,

Hannahchan

*****

Dear YahooMaps,

It might surprise you to know there is no Exit 39 on the Essex-bound side of 695. It sure the hell surprised me.

With much hatred,

Hannahchan

*****

Dear Dundalk Skateland DJ,

Was it really necessary to play the same song three ( Read more... )

I was doing some work-related (I SWEAR!) web-surfing and stumbled on The Pizza Man's Blog, and now I have lost a half hour of my time. If we were a different publication, I would rip this off. As it is, I can only read with delight. Fans of Dishwasher should especially check it out.

I normally don't do these things, but I am sick and homebound and in need of distraction from my bitterness about being sick on the most wonderful weekend of the summer. Plus, as has been well-documented, I am a gigantic dork for Greek mythology. (I always thought Orpheus was kind of a chump. He goes through all that labor to get his wife out of ( Read more... )

And most of my belongings are pretty crappy, which is actually a plus when you're moving. Anyway, in case anyone's broke and needs cheap ugly furniture, I am giving away:

one tall (five-shelf) white bookcase, of the particle-board construction. Holds many many books. You people like books, right?
one wheeled office chair, of the OfficeMax variety, ( Read more... )

I have an extra TV that I never use. It is not coming with me to Portland. It's not big--just a 19-incher--and the mute button on the remote has sadly been rendered useless after years of my refusing to listen to commercials. But it works fine (you can always use the volume controls to mute it). If you have a need for a TV in your spare bedroom or ( Read more... )

People! People! For the love of all that's decent, stop it with the hyphens between adverb-adjective pairs! If an adverb is modifying an adjective, it does not need a hyphen. No, it doesn't.

No, really.

No!

Did you hear me? NO!!!!!!!

Okay, well, yes, there's that whole issue with "well" and a few other weirdo adverbs, but in general, no hyphen. It's a ( Read more... )

Dear Lord,

I know we don't talk much, seeing as how You don't have much of an active role in my life and I'm not even certain that You exist, but still, if You could find it in Your infinite mercy and wisdom to make sure that I don't wind up like this, I'd really appreciate it. I mean, I understand that we don't all get to die in mansions surrounded ( Read more... )

Yesterday I got up and walked Henry for about an hour first thing in the morning. Then I did some yard work, cleaned myself up, and walked over to Girlwithcamera's on the opposite end of the neighborhood for a fabulous pre-Honfest brunch. Then I had time to kill before going to a gallery party, and because I was worried that he would be too hot I ( Read more... )