Once upon a friend

Sun, 8 Feb 2004

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful girl named Rapunzel. She lived... What's that, love? You know this story already? Well now, of course you do, child, but you don't know the whole tale, and nor do I. You may as well count all the water-drops in the sea as tell a whole life [...]

Ascorbic acid

Thu, 5 Feb 2004

I seem to have caught the bug Jeff had last week, just as I started feeling cocky. I've been taking it easy for the past couple of days, but that doesn't seem to have helped very much, because I woke up this morning with a sore throat that's much worse than yesterday. I didn't really [...]

Bush toys

Wed, 4 Feb 2004

Jeff and I want Archie McPhee to make a Tickle-Me-George-W.-Bush—you know, you rub his belly, and he says things like We know Iraq has weapons of mass destruction or Average tax cuts of $1,000! Or better yet, how about a George W. Bush Magic 8-Ball? Just fill the die with short, snappy phrases that sum [...]

Friends in middle places

Tue, 3 Feb 2004

Every so often I get an email from Lance Whalen, whom I know through Emily. A few years ago he had an even harder time of it than I did, so I'm thrilled to see that he's picked himself up and is having some success as an indie musician. I finally got around to ordering [...]

Bloody idiocy

Mon, 2 Feb 2004

Murphy's Law of Websites: If there's ever any one person you don't want to read something you put on the Web, that person will find it, guaranteed. And no, I'm not going to tell you what or who. If you think you know, you're wrong. I'm annoyed and appalled at myself, because I hurt someone's [...]

That’s all you need

Sun, 1 Feb 2004

Jeff and I went to his nephew's third birthday party this afternoon, and it was lovely. We were unfortunately late, because I had forgotten to double-check when the party was, and we'd also forgotten to secure a birthday present. We swung by the University Bookstore on the way and chose a lovely little book about [...]