From the monthly archives:

September 2008

You Say Tomato

September 11, 2008

So earlier this week, I had a conversation with my friend, who works in the same office as I do, about how to pronounce “clitoris”. You know, whether the accent is on the first syllable or the second and how come no one ever makes the case for the third syllable. He asked, very logically, […]

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Riding The Elevator into the Sky

September 11, 2008

I struggled with today’s post because I wanted to say so much about September 11th, and yet, I wanted to observe the silence. In the end, I’m taking the easy way out, taking the lead (ok, maybe stealing) from MUG. Poems very rarely speak to me, but this one did. And it said “Post me! […]

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Small Talk, Big Talk

September 9, 2008

I can’t stand all forms of small talk. It makes me insane when people talk about the weather and say things like “nice day!” or “hot enough for you?” or “thank goodness it’s Friday!” and “What a week” or any of those phrases that serve as social lubricants for normal people but psychosis-inducing mechanisms for […]

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Twitter, if you please

September 8, 2008

I am addicted to Twitter, the microblogging service. It’s over there, to your right. It’s like a chat that is limited to 140 characters per turn. It really makes you wish that your evangelical uncle was Twitterfied. And maybe some people that you work with. And most everyone else in the world. Maybe it’s the […]

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Is My Son a Poet or a Naturalist?

September 7, 2008

“I want to pee on a tree.”

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Week In Review

September 6, 2008

A Look Back Sunday: Marinka is upstate with her husband, kids, and parents. They decide to go play miniature golf. Kids wage WWIII about which miniature golf course they should go to. Halfway through the Battle of the Unfairness, they realize that they both want to go to the same golf course. After momentarily being […]

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Is Obama a Good Enough Father to Be President?

September 5, 2008

My husband (aka A Wonderful Man), has been away on a business trip for the past two days. This is a huge pain in my ass, because despite the fact that he travels fairly regularly, our kids feel his absence acutely, every single time. They miss him and they also feel the power balance shift. […]

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Woman Stuff

September 4, 2008

And I don’t mean Sarah Palin. Although, seriously? I so would have hated her in high school. And yes, I’m sexist and everything, blah blah blah, but was anyone else sort of expecting her to rip off her glasses and shake out her hair and straddle Giuliani? Please. Like she’s going to straddle him with […]

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