Thoughts: 1. I’m watching Clear and Present Danger. I love this movie. 2. I used to have some incredibly beautiful scars running up and down my legs. A legacy of playground dust-ups childhood mayhem. I thought scars stuck around for life. But they’re all gone. The only ones I have left are around my eye: […]
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Gram Parson died 35 years ago today. Strangely enough, I was watching Gimme Shelter last weekend, which my first exposure to Parsons. When I was 12 my stepfather at the time sat me down and we watched the documentary. He was a lot more excited about explaining who the Flying Burrito Brothers were than about […]
I went out to dinner with moms tonight. She was craving a burger so we went to some chain that was supposed to have good burgers. And they did. But that’s neither here nor there. When we were done eating, we got up to leave and for some reason I stepped wrong on my shoe, […]
Sunday Odds and/or Ends. Dreary day today in the cities. I spent it working on a bunch of miscellany I wanted to get done before the week starts. I’m planning on focusing on one client for the entire week, and needed to make sure I wasn’t leaving any client tasks hanging out there. I think […]
Apparently today was Take Your Mother to the Grocery Store Day. I went to pick up a few things and there were about a dozen middle-aged women with their mothers in tow. So in every aisle there were these pairs of women shuffling along and trying to decide exactly what mom wanted for dinner. And […]
Holy crap! Shhhh! You can not tell anyone about this. You have to pinky swear, okay? I found some GIFs from my ex-employer online. Tell no one! Eh, screw it. I don’t work there and they’re online. It’s not a crime. It is however… well: It’s the animated part that is the most awesome. Click […]
I just spent the last hour or so updating a site for a client who is an activist and is actually doing something to bring about change in the world. Unlike me. Anyway he had some updates he needed done. And so I was going through this and just marveling at all the things he’s […]
Friggin’ Geek Squad. If there wasn’t a more poorly named bunch of maroons out there you’ve got me. I went to take my recycling out and noticed the ladder and the truck outside my window. Which. Fine. Some apartment neighbor feels like hiring some dolts to install something? Be my guest. Only (and here’s the […]
So I actually ended up going to the RNC yesterday. It was a little trippy. I have never seen so many people in suits before. Or flippin’ flag-flavored outfits. I was tempted to snatch a badge from one of the CNN guys wandering around, but thought better of it. Still, it would have been cool […]
You know, in the beginning I thought “Hm. Big misstep choosing Palin.” Because I think it was. And as a sidenote? Bristol. Willow. Piper. You fail at naming your kids. Yuck. I digress. I first thought it was a misstep. Now I think it was distasterous. If that moron-and-a-half gets elected with his lameass runningmate […]
So. Right. I get that Comcast is the Evil Empire. No, totally. I’m there. I get it. But I am apparently the one person in the world who has never had an issue with them. If I knew nothing about their record I would tell you that they’re all a bunch of saints. Take today. […]
I was watching CNN and saw a clip from Sen. Obama talking to Anderson Cooper. And I got it. I just got it. Call it a moment of Zen. Obama as president of the United States needs to happen. Really it just whacked me in the face. I mean, I was already voting for him, […]
Bush appears to be on Spring Break. Every time I see him I get this “Dude. Being President ruled. But I’m not running again. So let’s party.” It’s quite disconcerting. I called complete bullshit on any stupid person that would claim that the RNC would be scaled back in St. Paul. Complete bullshit. I told […]
Oh for gods sake. Apparently the entire friggin’ world is moving in to my apartment building this weekend. Another truck just pulled up. So maybe the people I walked in on will be gone. You want to hear that story? Great! It’s not that bad of a repeat: 03.02.05 I’m waiting online for an email […]
Insomnia strikes again. The bastard. It’s 5:08 am and I can’t sleep. I tried for a bit around 2:30 am but there’s only so much staring at the ceiling one can do before it’s time to change tactics. I contemplated trying to give myself a concussion, but then realized that might not be the best […]
I’m not claiming to be obsessed with hot male actors lately, but I was watching The Cleaner tonight and the junkie of the week was Chris Camargo (of Dexter fame). Woof. Although maybe it’s something about strung-out junkies. My mom has been watching Eli Stone lately and was 1) shocked that Jonny Lee Miller was […]
It is, arguably, 120 degrees in my apartment. Which is awesome when I’m dealing with a Minnesota winter. But not so awesome when it’s summer. It’s friggin’ warm. […]
So on Project Runway we have drag queens tonight. Here’s my problem with drag queens. They are way more fabulous than I have any right to be. The fierceness that they contribute to the world is beyond my comprehension. In other news: have I mentioned that Max Martini is on Burn Notice this week? […]
So I get a little screamy when I see actors I adore in other TV shows. This time? Friggin Max Martini on Burn Notice. There’s so many things wrong with that it makes my head explode. But the main point would have to be that Max Martini is so indescribably awesome it’s just not right. […]
So back in… uh… 2004, come to look it up, I wrote about Madame Shoo Shoo, which was (as far as family lore goes) painted by my grandfather on the side of a bomber during WWII. Today I was over at my mom’s doing laundry (yay clean clothes!) and finally grabbed one of the two […]