By Mary on Mar 17, 2009 in cheap distraction, lists, money | 3 Comments
Right now, honestly:
1 part orange juice to 4 parts water, room temperature (cold things hurt)
Rite-Aid brand “Non-Drowsy Head Congestion Cold DayTime [sic] Severe Caplets”
My inhaler, or “puffer,” or “lung crutch”
Kombucha, not that I’ve been able to find the kind I like in this fungusforsaken town, making do with some weaksauce oversweetened junk
ARS, first into the [...]
By Mary on Mar 8, 2009 in lists | 0 Comments
No no no no no:
“tweeps”
“tweetup”
“twitterati”
“commentariat”
“apps”
“Michele Bachmann”
By Mary on Mar 4, 2009 in lists, reading | 0 Comments
YOU Or the Invention of Memory by Jonathan Baumbach and via Lauren Cerand’s brilliant New You Project
Contemporary Economists in Perspective, Vol. 1 Part B, Henry Spiegel and Warren Samuels, eds.
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (FINALLY)
Captain Freedom by the aforementioned G. Xavier Robillard (with whom I conducted an interview, here)
The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005
The [...]
By Mary on Jan 5, 2009 in a worthy ponder, lists | 0 Comments
Don’t be catty with people who post New Year’s resolutions a week after the new year starts.
Don’t be catty with people who post New Year’s resolutions for you. They are just trying to be helpful.
Get a library card if you don’t have one. Use it! Also, have a conversation with the librarians while you’re checking [...]
By Mary on Dec 30, 2008 in lists, notes from the trenches | 0 Comments
Piece, when used in reference to something someone wrote and published: “Did you see that New Yorker piece about the soaring cost of pastrami?” No. No you did not. You saw the New Yorker story about the soaring cost of pastrami. Or the New Yorker article about the soaring cost of pastrami. Or the New [...]
By Mary on Dec 22, 2008 in hail hail, lists | 1 Comment
Top 10 albums
10. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
9. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
8. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
7. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
6. Phantom Buffalo – Take to the Trees
5. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
4. The Mountain Goats – Heretic Pride
3. The fun part of the Beyonce record
2. The Mountain [...]