Archive for August, 2008

The Illegal Classified

August 30, 2008

We have a small duplex in a no-name town that has a vacancy.
Responses to my classified make me question my faith in humanity’s IQ. This is the one I want to write, but various laws prohibit me:
Seeking Tenant for nice 2 bedroom home.

Washer/dryer hook-up, wood floors, newly renovated, efficient heating system. Pets by audition only.  That means that [...]

The Vikings Have Left the Building

August 27, 2008

School started.
When I left for work this morning, the house looked like a viking raid had just passed through.  Dirty breakfast dishes everywhere, cereal crunching underfoot, wet towels on beds, and assorted shoes all over the mudroom floor that “just don’t go” with the outfits chosen the night before.
The debris of a hasty, haphazard exit.

 

But I am [...]

The Men in My Life

August 21, 2008

How is anyone supposed to get dinner on the table?

What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas.

August 19, 2008

…and we should all be grateful for that.
Only in Vegas do you:

share an elevator with Yoda. She (!!!) is actually from the midwest, and here to partake in the “Star Wars Trading Card Collection Championship Fan Faire”.  Yes, of course I asked, and she paid $1500 to attend the ”conference”.
see an IPOD vending machine.  You can get digital cams, and [...]

The Horse Died here

August 14, 2008

I am in Las Vegas for a New Media conference. 
I have been to the Sahara.  I have been to the jungles of Central and South America.  I have even braved Washington DC in the summer. 
I have, however, NEVER been in weather like this.  Never.  
Why would people settle here?  What made them stop, look around and say “Yeah.  [...]

West Baltimore?

August 11, 2008

Today was Vietnamese take-out night.
Matt was running late, so I thought it would be nice for him to come home to dinner at 6 pm., because that is the kind of wife I am.  The gang and I headed out to pick up dinner.
After I bought spicy #13 and #20 with tofu, we headed home. [...]

Not museum-quality

August 5, 2008

As you probably know, one of our motivating factors for moving was to live in a more diverse neighborhood.  Hence, these overeducated,  die hard liberals thought it would be a great idea to move to the neighborhood used for refugee resettlement and low income residents.
It appears that our diversity is not museum quality, but the real [...]