The arithmetic of tired

November 21, 2011

On a good day, I wake up around 6:30 am without any alarm. I haven’t used an alarm clock since about 1992 (with only a handful of exceptions, most of which involve inhumanely scheduled air travel). I have a whole rant about how the human body should never be forced awake with an alarm clock, [...]

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Experiencing technical difficulties

November 20, 2011

Despite an hour-long visit yesterday from the cable technician, my internet connection is completely unreliable tonight, so I’m not going to roll the dice of writing something long and having it eaten by the ethers. Two sentences it is!

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Revelation re: the s word

November 19, 2011

I had this amazing realization the other day. I am guessing it will fall into the epiphanies are stupid category for people who aren’t me, but I felt it like a bolt from the blue. Here it is: Shoulds are just other people’s ideas about ways to prevent or avoid mistakes or discomfort. What if [...]

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Movie: Waiting for Forever

November 18, 2011

This movie was surprisingly intense. I had expected something much lighter. There were a few serious continuity gaffes, including my two biggest movie pet peeves: 1) when the action makes it appear that about 30 minutes has gone by but in that time the characters go from just waking up in morning sunlight to wandering [...]

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Movie: Beastly

November 17, 2011

Eh. Could have been a little shorter, a few too many scenes with no dialogue and just music, and I think I liked the alternate ending better (although each had their own total cheeseball line, so it was hard to choose). Decent soundtrack, okay story. Neil Patrick Harris was an unexpected treat. I wouldn’t say [...]

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Book: Shameless

November 16, 2011

Subtitle: How I Ditched the Diet, Got Naked, Found True Pleasure … and Somehow Got Home In Time to Cook Dinner By: Pamela Madsen This memoir about a woman who goes on a rather intense quest to reconnect with her own sexuality was the polar opposite of the last book I read. Instead of a [...]

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The amazing lazy susan

November 15, 2011

Our kitchen is notoriously small and storage-challenged, which is funny because it’s huge compared with the galley kitchens I had in both of my Philly apartments. It’s so easy and human to get complacent with an upgrade and then hunger for more. I imagined a lazy susan would improve one shelf on Thursday or Friday [...]

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Movie: Pirate Radio

November 14, 2011

I saw this one last month, but I didn’t get around to mentioning it. This movie, in the tradition of Kinky Boots, is now on my favorites list. Great soundtrack, great cast that includes Bill Nighy and Tom Sturridge, comedy, redemption. It’s got everything I am looking for in a movie. I highly recommend this [...]

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Book: Leaving Microsoft to Change the World

November 13, 2011

An article I saw led me to read this great book by the guy who started this totally inspiring and wonderful organization. I loved reading the book. It was inspiring and positive and made me happy to read about someone finding his passion and making the bold move to follow it and then becoming wildly [...]

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My hands are on fire

November 12, 2011

Today’s witty blog post called on account of holyfuckingmotherofgod those peppers I cut up are still burning my hands 2 hours later. Ow ow ow ow ow!! See you tomorrow, my friends!

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