Archives: 2008 February

Below is a typical photo from our house—since both my husband and I are utterly lacking in organizational skills, everything tends to be clumped in piles.  I am a sort of strange hybrid creature—I’m not especially clean, but I’m tidy in the sense that I don’t like to see objects strewn all over the floor [...]

The Ferganator strikes again. 
I haven’t been keeping score, but I think it’s something in the range of Fergie 50, husband 0.  By this point, don’t you think hubby would know not to leave assorted cardboard boxes laying around in the backyard?  Apparently not.  Or maybe it’s a another new look he’s fostering—I’ve dubbed this one “shabby [...]

If you’ve read even one of my blog posts, you probably know by now that I’m unorganized.  And  a procrastinator.  But what I’ve failed to mention is that I’m also a pack-rat.  Yep.  That’s correct.  I’m a hoarder.  In fact, I like to think of hoarding as the big red cherry on top of a colossal sundae of [...]

The Internet truly is a wondrous thing.  How else would you describe an entity where your four year-old can be innocently watching volcanoes erupt one minute, and the next be viewing some dude in his tighty-whities, attempting to pop balloons by excessive pelvic thrusting?  (Yes, I’m sure there’s some type of volcano analogy to be [...]

When’s the last time you forgot if you were a registered Republican or Democrat?  Me?  Um, let’s see—-today jumps to mind.  
No, I’m not kidding—I have no clue which party I signed up for.  I suppose it really doesn’t matter much—they’re all full of bunk, it just varies by degree.
See, when I registered the first time, I was [...]

I have actually made a decision.  What is it?  That I’m the world’s most indecisive person.  So it’s pretty miraculous that I’ve come to this conclusion.  I just wish other choices would come so readily.
 For instance, take a gander at the email I just sent out to the other members of a new book discussion [...]