June 2010
24 posts
Saying only "I'm sorry for your loss" when...
This never did anything for me, except letting me know that you’re filling a social obligation, similar to saying “Bless you” if I sneeze. I don’t feel that you’re in any way making an effort to share my pain.
I know words can’t really do much….but try to do better than that.
Three Years Ago This Morning
Positive home pregnancy test.
Three years ago this evening: First wave of nausea.
Morning sickness. At night.
Three years ago later this evening: Privately decided that I only wanted to be pregnant once.
Not Fair
A friend of mine lost her sister to a brain tumor last week. Her sister was 35.
Her sister just got married in October of last year.
She was kind. She was funny.
She was too young and hadn’t gotten to do much living yet.
I got a college scholarship from Robert Byrd
Even at 18, I had reservations about taking money from a Klansman.
Even at 18, I realized “Hey! Free money!” and happily paid for books with it.
“Police told the man to leave after he informed them he was fighting for the...”
– NewsOK.com
News from my home town. h/t my friend Karen.
Geek Confession
I had my iPhone for almost 7 months before syncing it or backing it up. I don’t even know if those are the same things. That was over a month ago and I haven’t done it since. I just don’t care. I figure I don’t keep enough of my life on the phone to really care if everything were lost.
I don’t care about the new iPhone OS. I don’t even know how to get it....
Symbolic Pizza
What he meant when placed a half-eaten slice of pizza in the sink:
Nothing, or
I will get to this later - before end of day Monday, since I am planning on emptying/loading the dishwasher
What I assume he meant:
Disposing of garbage properly is women’s work
I have more important things to do than to properly dispose of garbage; Amanda’s time is less valuable
I know this is one of...
It is better to think oneself unpopular
Than to send out a bunch of unacknowledged invitations and remove all doubt.
Just figured something out
Emerson was sent home with diarrhea today. Rod has her now.
I’ve been feeling horribly uneasy since I got the call from the daycare.
I think it has been because every time Em gets diarrhea now, I recall the ten day period that Emerson could not go to daycare due to diarrhea when she was six months old. We did not know when it would end. If it was some horrible virus that was slowly...
I bet all of the oily wildlife in the Gulf are...
In my post about glasses and dogs...
I in no way meant to imply that since the avatars of Michelle and Dan were not wearing glasses that they are dogs.
I thought “have a thing for” implied a propensity toward and not exclusivity for, but Rod said “Michelle and Dan aren’t wearing glasses” and in the chance Rod isn’t just being a difficult know it all a-hole I thought I’d clarify.
I’m...
Is there a way I can opt out of Father's Day...
Because when i see things like “Amazon Kindle: The Perfect Gift for Dad” - I always mentally add “Assuming he wasn’t dead”.
And that’s probably not healthy.
OMG I *Know* her →
I feel like Buddy the Elf when Santa is going to visit the store where he works.
Brittany Novotny has been one of my good friends since the 9th grade. She is now running against Sally Kern, who is known nationally for her anti-gay remarks.
Feel free to donate to Brittany’s campaign here and let your friends know too!
Sweet Merciful Crap
I cannot stop thinking in the form of “song parody”.
It’s horrible.
I've worn makeup since I was 11
Foundation and powder.
I don’t see it as a “I need to be pretty” issue.
I do it because my face oozes about 15,000 barrels of oil a day without it.
It gets gross and slimy. It makes my glasses gross and slimy. It makes my hair gross and slimy.
I wear chapstick so that my lips don’t crack and bleed.
But I’ve recently started wearing a little bit of eye...
Not to sound too girly
But please send me or link to your favorite reasonably easy, reasonably inexpensive, reasonably healthy recipe. Preferably meatless. AShankle at the only free email service that is taken seriously anymore.
I’m trying to do this thing called “cooking”. Trying to lay off the fast food and pre-made dinners. But there are so many recipes out there. And even the...
