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No Man's Mistress
The title refers to the book I have most recently thrown across the room.
As a reader of romance novels, I have learned to suspend disbelief. In a genre rife with secret babies, amnesia, violet-colored eyes, and names like Stonehenge Gravel, an ability to to suspend disbelief is key.
It's also good to be able to overlook certain anachronisms. My ( Read more... ) -
How long is summer, anyway?
I worked an 8-hour shift today ( Read more... ) -
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I want to kick the free-range kids lady in the shins. Hard.
Dear fucking sweet feathery Jesus, I am tired of it. Either you are shamefully neglecting your child or smothering him/her under a blanket of oppressive pseudo-love.
And although the people who are like, "OMG, you LEFT YOUR (nine-year-old) CHILD IN THE CAR WHILE YOU GOT A PRESCRIPTION?" ( Read more... ) -
Banana bread, because I love America
My banana bread has been threatened by coffee-boarding. As a Democrat, I must say this is really really bad a lot and then do . . . something else. Since I am not a congressperson, I'll do something useful and post my recipe!
This is from Cooks Illustrated, with some tweaks of my own.
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
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delightful house guests
Stacy came for a visit with her two younger daughters, Brista and Sara. It was completely delightful.
Highlights:
I was explaining trash drop-off to Stacy, who lives in a civilized city with trash pick-up. I told her how sometimes the nice trash guy will get the trash out of my trunk for me . . .
"That's one of the nice things about--"
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I am off today, so today was our Mother's Day. Crash and I had blueberry pancakes for breakfast, then we ventured out to the local skating rink ( Read more... ) -
end of semester meltdown/to-do list
1) Call child psychologist and ask them to fax over school excuse for Cal from Tuesday, because I lost the bloody excuse note ( Read more... ) -
God has strong opinions on jewelry
Tonight's moment of Zen, to steal from Jon Stewart, was the woman who pointed to a cross pendant and asked suspiciously, " "Is this a Catholic cross? Because I don't want one of them -- I want a Christian cross ( Read more... ) -
Rumors of my death, etc., etc.
I am not dead, just swept up in school, work, and Crash. Crash is delighting me. School is killing me.
Work is definitely on the "killing" side of the scale, but it provides me with moments of entertainment. Of course, tonight I had to clean the women's bathroom, so it also provides me with moments where I lose my will to live.
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playing hookey
My killer A & P test was postponed, which might make me consider the existence of a benevolent deity again. Speaking of that, I posted something last night on Facebook about what you do when you're overwhelmed, and my friend Claudia posted that usually "God plays Garth Brooks' The River, and I know I can go on." I am a very bad person because I ( Read more... )