By Mary on Jun 30, 2009 in lists, report from the field | 0 Comments
…or, “My best friend got married in New York City this weekend and the only pictures I took were of street detritus and the subway.”
Q: Why isn’t the train coming? What do I do? What’s going on?
A: Deal with it.
By Mary on Jun 25, 2009 in a worthy ponder, approved, hail hail | 0 Comments
…it’s not my favorite skyscraper, it’s not the roof of the Met, it’s not the bridges, it’s not the statuary. Mostly it’s the bleary light on the tiles and the free papers in the gutter and the sharp smell of dyed carnations. It’s the traffic island at the mouth of Second Avenue and the sensation [...]
By Mary on Jun 24, 2009 in approved, internet, lists, reading, the meaning of christmas | 1 Comment
Item! Carrie Tryharder is running a sweet summer contest, and you have until Friday, July 3 to enter.
Details are as follows:
The task: Turn this spam headline into something entertaining: Police end funereal striptease acts.
The format: Short story, comic, photo essay, pop tune, whatever, as long as it is bloggable
The prize: A box of awesome [...]
By Mary on Jun 23, 2009 in hail hail | 2 Comments
It’s the gift that will never ever stop giving.
By Mary on Jun 22, 2009 in cheap distraction | 0 Comments
Via the Organic Trade Association.
By Mary on Jun 21, 2009 in approved, cheap distraction, music, the meaning of christmas | 0 Comments
Well well, remember the second tag on this post? Yeah, looks like someone I work with was on that concept months ago. (Click the link and scroll down to resolution #7.) And no, I hadn’t noticed that post before, but it’s pretty clearly a sign from the universe.
ps. Mary, did you wake up this morning [...]
By Mary on Jun 19, 2009 in a worthy ponder, cheap distraction, notes from the trenches, politricks, ugh | 3 Comments
Obviously — obviously — I saw and bookmarked the WaPo “where is he now” story on John Edwards. And obviously (obviously!) I made mental note of the money quote:
Yet as he spends his days in his family’s mansion on the outskirts of Chapel Hill, N.C., Edwards can’t help but fret about how Washington and the [...]
By Mary on Jun 18, 2009 in a worthy ponder, lists, tips | 8 Comments
Ha, so, this. I don’t condone crazed overreaction to innocent mistakes, nor do I “row with a lot of other women who share the same first name,” but I may as well take this opportunity to lay out the guidelines for using my nickname, which, if you have to ask “what’s your nickname,” the answer [...]
By Mary on Jun 15, 2009 in cheap distraction | 0 Comments
In a wide-ranging conversation, she explained that Alex had kind of dated Katie before he went out with Claire so Claire wouldn’t talk to Sarah because Sarah was Katie’s best friend since like third grade.
In a wide-ranging discussion with the dairy case stocker, he said that the nonfat sour cream really did taste different but [...]
By Mary on Jun 12, 2009 in cheap distraction, reading | 0 Comments
Front page of the hometown paper today.