😅😋😍 "Hey," I said to Diana, "if you get a chance while you're in the states...didn't...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017
#HireAWriter
"I was a rocket ship filled with untapped potential.
With Year Up, now the sky is the limit."
Dear Marketer,
Your transit marketing campaign
forces awkward metaphor and leans on tired, old cliche.
You probably spent a lot of money on this shit.
It should be better.
Hire a writer, fer fuck's sake.
Yours,
SuperLowBudge
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Wednesday, August 30, 2017
God is no longer an explanation of anything,
but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining.
God used to be the best explanation we'd got, and we've now got vastly better ones. God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining. So I don't think that being convinced that there is no god is as irrational or arrogant a point of view as belief...
Monday, August 28, 2017
The Great Purge: The Monday After
Dear Diary
Monday. Today I woke up late, ate a buttery English muffin, dropped a whole thing of iced coffee all over the kitchen floor (same floor I'd just washed yesterday, natch) and then I did nothing of any value to anyone the whole rest of the day. Except for cleaning up the spilled iced coffee. If I'd put the coffee into my body instead of onto the floor, maybe I'd have gotten more done today. But here's what I've been doing all week...
I...
Sunday, August 27, 2017
Peaches!
The peach trees are full and gorgeous. H and T say they're gonna pick soon!
I said, "I'm gonna just stand underneath this one with my mouth open....
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Hey, that's perfect for Throwback Thursday
Centre Pompidou, Paris (mid-2000s)
Diana's son is 12, and I only just met him yesterday.
I did everything possible not to make the kid feel weird when we met for lunch.
From his babyhood I've thought he had the eyes of an old soul.
Nice to meet you, son.
I visited Diana in Paris, way back in the early 2000s, just once.
This is us, the only photo from that visit (taken by her *asshole husband.)
We forgot to get a photo yesterday.
We look...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
The Originals: "I Can't Believe I Fell For Another Damn Vampire"
Jenny and I are both binge-watching The Originals on Netflix. I called her today to find out where she's up to in the series. I myself have finished all four seasons in record time. I do not recommend pursuing such specious glory. You will rot your brain, plus your eyeballs might fall out the front of your damn skull. It's just that it's hot out, and I am unemployed at the moment. (Please hire me.)
"Marcel has just taken over...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Please Tell Me What The Rest Of Your Life Is Like
This chick must be some kinda busy.
SarcasmSocity...
Friday, August 18, 2017
Monday, August 14, 2017
I *need to tweet Hal Sparks that this shit really happened today
"Small black coffee, please."
"We don't have small, we only have medium."
"...that's impossible."
(blank stare)
I tried again, "What's the smallest size?
"We just have the one size."
"What is happening right now?" For a good three seconds I thought I was on a reality show. Like Hal Sparks was going to come out from the back and give one of his comedy lectures. Hal wrote this material years ago. Here's the thing. Gen X has had just about...
Say No To Every Nazi
Right now in Trump's America, there are Nazi-like mobs marching for their right to rid America of "defectives" and "take back their country." They wear no hoods or cloaks. They fly Confederate flags high, they call for violence and preach freedom. These are
people who view the concept of diversity and equal rights as a direct
threat to them, personally. "You will not replace us! Jews will not
replace us" is their paranoid battle cry. They...
What Story Will You Tell A 6th Grader?
[Mrs. Dorozinky's class, 1984
St. Margaret's School, Waterbury CT]
I'd say that 6th grade was approximately the age when a poor-to-middling American Catholic school began to guide my squad towards current events and how we connect with history. We were but plaid-clad, doe-eyed whelps with brains of soft clay. Big respect for teachers in general, but double for those who steered Gen X, and threefold for teaching at a Catholic grade school....
Saturday, August 12, 2017
Thrift Stories: Nobody Wants This Jacket? Edition
I saw this jacket at my favorite thrift store for $4.
I'd never fit into it, even at my smallest, but I asked my Facebook friends if anyone wants me to get it for them.
Nobody said yes. Bitches be trippin'. This is a great jacket....
Where did I get this?
Having a smoothie at Union Cafe.
I took out my iPad and headphones...
...and this small white cat figurine.
WTF?
Where did I get this? ...
Thursday, August 10, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Lords of the Ring
Joe had the guys over for Lord of the Rings Risk. This game is Jacob's (in the hat). These guys play these kinds of long, complicated games. I can't even hang through the reading-of-the-instructions. Depicted here, Blake appears to be re-reading some portion of the instructions. That's Chris on the right.
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Sunday, August 6, 2017
Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball
You fantastic, immortal superwoman.The world would be so beige without your brilliance.Happy Birthday, Lucille Ball!...
Friday, August 4, 2017
Polish Mustard
When we finally do leave city life for a more serene lifestyle, the one thing I'll miss terribly is food shopping in the city.We'll have to stock up on staples from our favorite little markets and bodegas.Tonite I'm making Joe a real Polish dinner.He is so excited for brats & cabbage.Mustard is important....
