I was going to go with "Shark Fight."

The story went like this: I was in Hawaii, enjoying my Big Island vacation and frolicking in the surf, when suddenly a shark swam up to me all, "I'm gonna EAT YOU!!" and he bit my ankle. So I punch him in the face and knocked his teeth out! But then he smacked me in the face with his tail and head-butted me ( Read more... )

Click here for an update on my triathlon training.

WHO I AM RIGHT NOW ( Read more... )

My sister, the super-rad Dr. M (Google Muntersbjorn--it's all her), has finally started a blog. Sadly for us, it is not the creative outlet for her wealth of funny, touching and otherwise amazing stories about life as a mom, sister, friend, Buffy fan & philosophy professor in Toledo, OH that I've been hoping for for so long. What it IS, however, is ( Read more... )

You can read about all the party-planning insanity here.

I've almost lost 10 lbs, and I didn't even have to resort to vomit.

This just made me laugh out loud.

This morning I encountered this article entitled 100 Books Every Child Should Read. I perused their list and thought, yeah. Decent list. But then I wondered, Where's Bunnicula? What about the oeuvres of Blume and Cleary? Maybe these books aren't masterpieces on par with Carroll & Dickens, but they, too, should be read! And no Wizard of Oz books ( Read more... )

My take on Cloverfield. In short, if you get motion sickness, it will likely make you spew.

Good morning. It's about 9 a.m. January 1, 2008, which seems as good a time as any to look back at 2007, and look ahead to 2008.

I didn't make any resolutions in 2007. Instead, I had a loose list in my head of general "shit I want to do." As it turned out, I did a lot of it. Some things on that list:

• Learn something new
• Pick up a hobby
• Cook more
• Join a ( Read more... )