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Archive for May 2006

they're living on nuts and berries

Already discussed-to-death article on “lad lit”(I am always late to the party)—the author of this thing seems to hearken back wistfully to Catcher in the Rye as a novel about a young dude who did grow and change, an implication that I question. I mean, if you value idealistic doofus-ism over disaffected cynicism, that's fine—but […]

take thee this thing and give it unto that guy, so that he may do things to it

IN RANDOM ORDER 1. Confession: I suck at dirty talking. It is the only time I am ever at a loss for words. In theory, I agree that a certain amount of bedroom patter can be hot, but when it comes down to it I am usually like “um.” Describing the action seems weird, because […]

knocking on the coalshed door

NORA'S LOST WEEKEND: GIRLS GONE WILD WEDDING STYLE Last Friday, Nora went to preschool, which may be only 2.5 hours long but which always tires her out. Then we got right in the car and went to Grandma's, where she was played with and fussed over. Then we made her get dressed up in foofy […]

monster daddy takes the wheel

MORE PARANOID THAN BLACK SABBATH I just spent an hour freaking out about bird flu, and then I forgot about it and got back to work. My freakouts tend to be intense but short-lived: I Google, I freak, I obsess, I what-if, and then I wash my hands a lot and get on with my […]

thirteen thousand five hundred years ago

PDF LINKS TO FORMS I AM REALLY TEMPTED TO FILL OUT AND SUBMIT I might like to do some mosquito research. This phone is crap! Get me a better one! Your opinion matters: do old people suck? I bought a low-flow toilet; now give me sixty dollars. SOMETHING NEW TO WORRY ABOUT (SORT OF) I […]