If I have to read the word "folksy" one more time, I may cause myself serious bodily harm.

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Or perhaps more accurately, a forced tour of the Triangle. Forgive me for the novel here, but I would like to remember this one last hurrah before pregnancy hormones dismantle the memories. While our gleaming new and old hardwood floors were being sanded and refinished with delightful baby-killing chemicals, ansatz and I went on a mini-vacation around ( Read more... )

Having a tree fall on your house while you are at home alone studying for the bar exam.  Especially when said tree lands on the grill that you have never used.

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I don't know if anyone else out there has heard of Opinionista, but she is a former big law firm associate who anonymously blogged about her soul-crushing experiences in the big city, and has recently come out, as it were, to the public at large. She's quit her job, got an agent, started writing a book - in other words, she is living the dream, my ( Read more... )

Even though I have not seen most of the movies nominated for this year's Academy Awards (damn my stupid career!), I thought I would share whom I would like to win, not necessarily based on the performances, but rather on personal inclinations.

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Arrested Development is even funnier when you're drunk.

We've had a very exciting weekend so far, for us, anyway.

Friday night was a party with some of ansatz's grad school friends. I mean, wow. You try to get together with some math grad students and see what kind of zaniness occurs. In case you don't get those kinds of opportunites, I'll share a little bit with you. Twister was involved. There was ( Read more... )