Wisdom and whimsy in moderate doses
As I was rushing to a very important hair-cut appointment this morning, I heard about 15 minutes of “This American Life.” It was riveting. In fact, I immediately searched for the podcast to download it to my phone, but it was not yet available. When I returned home five hours later, I found it. Today… Continue reading Weighing words
Plastic bags are evil. We all know that. (You knew that, right?) But for some reason people still end up with a few around the house. I try to re-use them, but no one wants a wad of plastic bags jumping out of a cabinet or closet — or to carry them around to Target… Continue reading How to fold plastic bags
Curling seems to be the game of the Olympics this year. The St. Louis Curling Club is trying to get started, and will meet Saturday for two reasons: 1. To talk about curling and give newbies (um, me) a chance to ask experienced curlers all sorts of questions. 2. To watch the bronze medal curling… Continue reading Join the curling club
Easter is scary. There’s the story of a man rising from the dead. There’s the candy with beady little wax eyes. And there’s — Aw, look! It’s an adorable bunny! Wait. That’s not a fuzzy bunny. That’s a chocolate bunny! It’s just cleverly packaged to look like a real bunny. Yay for chocolate bunnies! Until… Continue reading Aw, look! It’s a bunny!
Bearcat likes to type, but it’s never in English. I’ve caught her trying to instant message people. Usually, I think she’s swearing in some secret cat language. This time, I’m pretty sure she’s judging what I was trying to write in my self-evaluation for work.