It is nap time. I have had a nanny-ing gig for the last two weeks while some friends head to Italy. All in all it has gone well but I think it is accurate to say that we will both be relieved when his parents return today. I will be pleased to sleep past nine o'clock without a tiny human alarm clock going off ( Read more... )

The climate of fear in this country is mind-numbing. Observing people willfully, and proudly, choose to promote an uninformed lifestyle is nothing short of shocking. When did ignorance become so fashionable ( Read more... )

Holed up in sunny Kentucky after having spent the better part of a week in Chicago. Nashville, TN, Missouri and Arkansas prior to that. I wound up buying one of those ipod doodads that hooks into your car lighter after noting that the cd player was broken. Nothing like driving across the "Heartland of America" listening to static filled ( Read more... )

Days like today make me grateful that I am able to work from home. Headphones in, Doves rocking, while adjusting all things Lebowski on the site is a great alternative to venturing out into the downpour outdoors ( Read more... )

I have been avoiding this due to my knack for turning emo. That terrible habit seems to have faded quickly. These days it is all rocking chairs on the porch in the warm southern sun. I suppose I can begin again.

i think i may skip my birthday this year.

two very capable humans said the following to me ( Read more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/01/health/research/01mind.html?em&ex=1199336400&en=b8158dc2535f3204&ei=5087%0A

this city's been dead since you've been gone

r.i.p. mr. wizard