Going to make grassfed beef jerky in the dehydrator tonight. Delicious, iron loading breakfast for the week!

Some guy/girl/family in my apartment complex has shared a playlist of "LimeWire Tunes." Britney Spears AND Etta James. Bob Marley. Meanwhile, I came up with the term "hip-hoppery ( Read more... )

Finished reading "The White Tiger," which was fun, as well as "The Book Thief," which was depressing.

Toddler conversational snippets:

You not nice!

No, don't kiss me, and I won't kiss you.

You don't like me?

Papa, tell him the candy is not for him.

I've been seeing these print ads on phone kiosks for the new CW television show "The Vampire Diaries." What's next, "The Vampire Texts?" "The Vampire Tweets?"

Although if one were cursed with eternal life, I suppose keeping a diary would help while away the endless years. Or one could knit an awful lot of sweater-capes.

Chronically bored, suspicious and wary.

Not as young as I used to be.

Not as thin as I used to be.

Not as smart as some.

Short.

Emotionally unavailable.

Easy, but unenthusiastic.

Generally competent.

Capable of learning new skills.

In love with nothing.

Likes to read.

The guy who cut my hair was wearing checked shorts, a faux snakeskin belt, and faux alligator cowboy boots. Skinny thing ( Read more... )

You know, when in real life they identify the reality TV celebrity's murder victim by the serial numbers on her breast implants, life has officially become too tawdry for its own realism.

Last week, I ran into my ex-boss and his wife while I was running in the Central Park. We parted on good terms, but it was still rather awkward, mostly due to my nigh complete inability to make any small talk at all. He's in the energy game now, certainly a burgeoning field.

Bought a sledgehamer via Amazon to use as an assymetrical weight.  My ex- ( Read more... )

I learned something new about sink traps and u-bends yesterday: namely, that they exist. Also that if they dry out, they can be the source of unpleasant odors from the pipes and sewers below. This is oddly gratifying to know. Plumbing is kind of interesting, isn't it?