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Archive for July 2004

the cinder-block plinth of the discount center

On 29 July 2004

BOOTYLICIOUS BABIES, VAGINAS, AND PANTSLESS ROCKNora's word for her behind seems to be “booty.” This is most definitely the fault of me and LT. When we were clueless new parents, inwardly screaming oh my god we have a baby approximately eighteen times a day, it took two of us to effect a diaper change. That […]

atom smashing good time

On 27 July 2004

Look, fake heads. And fake heads with clear plastic faces. Creepy head vases. Fake heads are better than real heads when it comes to duck taxidermy. THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED WHEELSThere is a sign in the window of BED, BATH, AND BEYOND! (second comma and exciting end punctuation added) that really bothers me. I […]

very well-defined swooshing at regular intervals

On 22 July 2004

My friend S. is learning how to be a massage therapist, and thus she is experienced with many things that, at my current HARD-EDGED SCIENCE type of job, are considered to be mumbo-jumbo. That is certainly not my opinion. Obviously some Chinese herbs are pharmacologically active, acupuncture makes something happen (it seems to work on […]

the box, then, is the basilica of the unbuilt.

On 20 July 2004

A MEDITATION ON MESS. ALSO: YET. MORE. POOP.What a good thing it is that I am not an EMT, trauma surgeon, firefighter, or anything else that requires leaping into the middle of a great big mess without thinking very much. Two situations recently reconfirmed my tendency to stand, mouth agape, in the face of a […]

bacon is the gateway drug

On 14 July 2004

My vibrator is broken. I thought it was just a battery issue, but new batteries have been purchased and installed and the Barry White vibrator* still is non-operational. Although I confess that I am more consistently an analog, rather than a digital,** girl when it comes to doing the Darling Nikki thing, I am kind […]

romance, colonized by the market

On 9 July 2004

MIMI'S GUIDE TO THE MEDICAL LITERATUREThree cases occurred in young to middle-aged men–hanging, electrocution and inhalation of a zucchini. INHALATION OF A ZUCCHINI. I think that is my favorite part, although a close second would have to be the charming use of “whilst.” Believe it or not, I actually found this by searching PubMed for […]

a precarious but admirable heap

On 6 July 2004

Woe is me, and also you, probably, as we come to the end of the long weekend. Mine was even longer than normal, as my office was closed both Friday and Monday, and I took Thursday as a vacation day. So let me help you with the math, that makes FIVE DAYS. I got a […]