Archive for August, 2008
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 [...]
Categories: life
Tags: apartment for rent, cats, cheating boyfriends, chewing puppies, classifieds, dogs, fiance, incontinence, parole officers, smoking
Comments: 1 Comment
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 [...]
Categories: life, parenting
Tags: bliss, Mother's Day, school, Viking raid
Comments: 2 Comments
August 21, 2008
How is anyone supposed to get dinner on the table?
Categories: parenting
Tags: bad dancing, toddler
Comments: 3 Comments
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 [...]
Categories: life
Tags: Barry Manilow, breasts, IPod, Las Vegas, Star Wars
Comments: 2 Comments
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. [...]
Categories: life
Tags: heat, horses, Las Vegas, new media
Comments: 5 Comments
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. [...]
Categories: life
Tags: ATF, bike safety, donuts, sno-cone, Vietnamese take-out, West Baltimore
Comments: 3 Comments
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 [...]
Categories: life
Tags: city flora, diversity, gambling, Rikers, Vietnamese
Comments: 5 Comments
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