July 2010
72 posts
How much do I hate speaking on the phone?
Enough to make all my appointments in person.
“It’s quite possible nothing could ever compare to the exhilaration of...”
– From the Nissan advertisement in my mail.
Confession
I have two folders in my picture files*. One’s labeled “T.” The other is labeled “A.”
*Double encrypted password-protected private picture files. Just in case.
Truthful Tuesday? You've got to try a little... →
Otis Redding, the quickest way to my heart.
Current Status: Bejeweled.
Amy found a lost peacock in Treasure Isle!
Amy achieved Islander Status in Treasure Isle!
Amy wants you to try their new recipe for traditional Trifle in Baking Life!
Amy is such a thoughtful friend and just watered Deborah’s withered looking plants in Garden World!
Amy cleaned Nicole’s tank in Fish World!
Amy just traded in the Pine tree collection in Frontierville!
Amy...
“Then again, since — unlike Vietnam — only a tiny portion of war...”
– Glenn Greenwald, on the recent WikiLeaks leak on the US War in Afghanistan
New American Strategies for Security and Peace... →
MS: David, distinguished guests, friends, and there’s some overlap between the two categories. It’s very touching to be introduced by a close friend, a colleague who worked very closely with me for four years, with whom we tried to forge policies that would be responsive to the realities of power and to the demands of principle.
To the extent that there were any accomplishments to which I can...
Composing a "professional" email...
type type type
delete delete delete
eh. [?] yes, delete.
inappropriate banter… delete…
type type [reference text] type
[questionable brown-nosing]
DELETE.
type type [appropriate name-drop] type type
eh. question. question. decide…
KEEP.
question.
type type type [check spelling] [correct spelling] type
KEEP.
Thank you? Sincerely yours? Sincere thanks? With impeccable...
I owe you one Walter.
Some of you on here are familiar with SST: Super Sexy Thursdays. It’s a tumblr meme, and like most memes, it can be fun to play along. For me, while I do on occasion enjoy sharing what I find to be a “nice” picture of me, I also like to be silly with it. The picture I used in the post prior to this one for SST is one I’ve had for a few weeks, just waiting for some...
Going by the smell coming from the to-go box in my...
Delicious moist ass.
Why is Jamie Lee Curtis not all over this? She... →
(There just aren’t enough robots that poop, y’all.)
Inception : Solipsism : Philosophical Poverty
“Philosophical poverty:
Some philosophers, notably Bertrand Russell, hold the viewpoint that solipsism is entirely empty and without content. Like a ‘faith’ argument, it seems sterile, i.e., allows no further argument, nor can it be falsified. The world remains absolutely the same — so where could a solipsist go from there? Viewed in this way, solipsism seems only to have found...
Video of Soldiers Returning to Their Families →
Stupid video making me cry like a baby.
It was the dog that started it.
I just scored a bunch of University yearbooks from...
Related:
Some lady in the financial aid office is really excited to have some nasty old shitty books out of her office.
1:24 am
Sleepy-tired can’t sleep Amy is always full of simple worries and thoughts.
The night sky is so infinite. It makes me feel small. I like knowing the sunlight is just a few miles around the globe from me, and really, the sun is just a skip away.
But it’s late. And I hate wasting hours that feel unproductive. I imagine all my years ahead and worry I’ll never squeeze enough out...
My Daughter Watches Design Star. She has her own...
Host: Dan, you will not be getting your own show. You've been eliminated.
J: Now to the left you'll see the dragon...are the cameras still on?
Joyless Parenting →
“If you’re having a baby for reasons of self-gratification, of course you’re going to be miserable. Becoming a parent is less about enriching your life than it is about up-ending it entirely to make room for another human being.”
Being a parent is one of the most amazing and rewarding experiences you can have. At times, it’s also one of the most miserable. When your...
(confession of something shameful)
My default setting is “patronizingly nice” when I have no idea how else to interact with certain people.
I learned this in the ministry. Praise his holy name.
It comes down to
Being liked by a few for who you are.
or
Being liked by many for who you are to them.
jonathanwithaj replied to your link: I write like...
“I tried several different times: Dan Brown twice, Stephen King once, Charles Dickens once, Kurt Vonnegut once. I had no clue all of these men wrote erotica as well.”
You should be reading jonathanwithaj’s blog. You could enjoy gems like this golden nugget:
“We were all very busy during this time. War is hell, and that picture of me with the Dr. Phil haircut was killing...
Dear Tumblr iPhone app makers:
Make a goddamn “reply” button.
This shit can’t be that hard.
Goddamnit.
I write like James Joyce. →
My high school English teacher said my writing style always reminded her of James Joyce. Guess she was right. (Math algorithms never lie.)
Thankfully, he’s one of my favorite authors.
Analyze your own writing style here.
(Link from Jas508. Thanks.)
Truthful Tuesday?
I have never done illegal drugs. I never drank in high school. I never played “hooky.” I never snuck out of my house in high school. I never stayed out past curfew. I still cry when I disappoint even the most insignificant people. I cry when I’m nervous. I cry at commercials. I cry throughout entire movies I have seen a half-dozen times- even movies that are cartoons. I have...
I've been singing this to my dog a lot today. →
It’s * our * song.
Judging by my diet, I am a proud...
So now I will end up devoting way more time than necessary to daydreaming about visiting Lebanese delis in Mexico and Mexican restaurants in Lebanon.
I bet they’re frigging delicious.
“In times like these I cling to the words of CS Lewis: ‘Keep yo swag til...”
– Frank Del Corral
Since you asked.
You’re terribly attractive when you look remarkably out of place. Mostly because you look like a total mess. But even your apparent lack of concern over your appearance is attractive.
(Have I mentioned I’m terrible at compliments?)
You’re adorably humorous even when you don’t want to be and even more so when you look frustrated. In fact, you make me laugh as often as you make me...
Watching "Harry Potter and the Order of the...
J, age 9: Who's that?
Me, age 32: That's Luna Lovegood. Everyone thinks she's crazy, but she's not, she's really nice, just different.
N, age 7: She's looney.
Me: That's just what some kids call her to be mean.
N: Did you know Luna is the name of the moon, and looney means crazy?
Me: Yes, people used to call crazy people lunatics because they thought a full moon drove them crazy.
J: But her name isn't Looney?
Me: No, it's Luna-
N: ...tic.
It is a sad realization to know my undisciplined,...
Oh well.
Back to dreaming.
I have an awesome dachshund named Shannon (yes, he’s a boy with a male name). Shannon is 7, and has been paralyzed twice from the waist down and recovered. He has degenerative disk disease. We are well aware that he will probably die from it one day, but until then, we’re quite content watching him chase away cats in our yard, eat trash and curl up next...
Noah just took a bath at 11pm. Now he's watching...
Steven Colbert: Now I don't like to brag folks, but I am the most handsome man on TV.
Noah: *snort* No he's not.