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A Turkey of a Holiday

This year for Thanksgiving, I am thankful that I was sick. Okay, that is a lie. I mean, I was sick, that is true, but I was really pissed off about it. Actually, even that isn’t true. I was so sick I wasn’t pissed off about anything. I was just blah. I was really blah, and as bummed as I could muster the energy to be, about being sick for Thanksgiving. The week started out with a surprise... read more

What’s Cooking?

One of my many happy things about being back in the Los Angeles area, is the food. I missed the restaurants, but I also missed the produce and the ethnic markets fiercely. Lately I’ve been enjoying garden bounty: Squash from one person with an overflowing garden. Lemons from another with heavy trees. Tomatoes from a friend who is growing more than her household will eat. It is such a wonderful thing.... read more

Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

We went to Bed Bath & Beyond yesterday, and walked past a display of Eggies. I paused and looked at them, because I get so frustrated peeliIng eggs. I was deeply suspicious. I didn’t buy any, but I did use Google to learn... read more

Squawk

If I was granted 10 wishes, I’d wish to be a nicer person. Fuck you. No I wouldn’t. I was totally lying. You didn’t believe that horseshit, did you? I would wish to be less obsessed with getting it perfect, and a lot more satisfied with getting it done. I’d also wish for world peace, via having a large number of people (think REALLY LARGE) shift to an alternate reality that they... read more

Texting Without QWERTY

My first several cell phones did not have a QWERTY keyboard, and I did more texting on it than I did talking.  It was fine. Then I got the Sidekick II, and entered the much easier world of QWERTY texting. In the meantime, in the non-QWERTY world, they became helpful. Now that I am back to having a non-QWERTY keypad, I am being much pained by this helpfulness. As usual, it doesn’t help me, because... read more

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