Pecha Kucha!

Pecha Kucha (which is pronounced not like how you’d think it is) is pretty much the most fun thing I’ve ever done, ever. Okay, there are maybe one or two things that beat it narrowly, but it was seriously good, and I can’t believe I will have to wait until January for another round.
What [...]

Yessss!

Finally, after so many years of relatively little civic duty, I have been summoned for jury duty.  I know I might end up wasting a day or serving on some awful, heart-wrenching case.  But right at this moment, I’m excited.

Internal Six-Year Olds and Their Appetites

Growing up, we ate pretty healthy stuff. We liked vegetables and were trained to think that sugar did not belong in coffee or tea (which we couldn’t drink until we were older, anyway), and that Oreos were pretty much gross. Still, when we went grocery shopping with my mom, we inevitably wanted all [...]

Goodness, Gracious. I am Tired.

Sorry for the little hiatus, folks.  I was bridesmaiding in Jackson Hole over the weekend.  The wedding (of the lovely Lacey and Paul) was beautiful, held in a teeny tiny chapel in Grand Teton National Park.  Every detail was so “them,” from the hair accessories to the Converse sneakers the groomsmen wore.  I have to [...]

A (Teeny) Tiny Part of Me Misses Social-Networking Sites

I pulled down my MySpace and Facebook accounts in June, when I was also thinking of not blogging (because it got so tedious there for a while).  I’m glad I didn’t quit blogging, but I went months without regretting the MySpace-free and Facebook-free life I’d created for myself.
Why did I do it?  I was tired [...]

Advanced Search

I worked with someone once (he may have been a librarian) who met his wife online. He raved about online dating, comparing it, candidly, to conducting a search in any other database. In some ways he’s right — just as you might want an article on a certain topic, written in a certain [...]

The Truth

While I’m a good user of the Internet, I’m not a good builder of it.  I am too tired to figure out how to make a sidebar link to my “52 Books in 52 Weeks” spreadsheet.  Sorry.  This is easy stuff for many of you, and makes me feel silly, the way I can’t instantly [...]

Two More Days

Yay, Okkervil River!  Their new album comes out on Tuesday, and I’m so excited.  I’m still sad they’re not coming through Denver.  For an album preview of sorts, check out their YouTube channel, where other bands have been playing the songs from their new album…  Oh, the anticipation.  I can’t get it before work on [...]

Things I’m Glad I Can’t Eat, Part 1

Tasty Tuesday Flaming Hot Cheeto Loaf, shared by Christopher, via the Dlisted blog (they often post Cheeto recipes when they talk about Britney Spears).
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The rules of this series are few but important:
1.) No offense shall be taken.  You don’t like eggplant/Lara Bars/figs/tofu/Wendy’s French fries/anchovies, I don’t like black pudding/salmon (unless it’s smoked)/bubble tea/Nilla wafers/hot dogs/sea [...]

Projection

So I’m taking this abnormal psychology class and really loving it for the most part. The only real issue I have is how absolutely and completely anti-analytical the professor is. The textbook is biased, too, continually praising the scientist-practitioner model of psychology, but failing to mention the mere existence of the scholar-practitioner model. [...]