WARNING: THERE IS DISCUSSION OF FEMALE ISSUES IN THIS POST. Sam Brown, explodingdog.com My camel did not make it. It had been days since he’d died. I found myself trudging through the desert, my skin burning, sand in my throat… Hot wind blowing around me, almost through me. I could feel sand on my…
I am totally crushing on Emma Stone. She is perhaps my new favourite person in the world. Not only is she a great actor, articulate and funny, but she does this?!? She killed the battle, AND if that wasn’t amazing enough, her first song was Hook, by Blues Traveller – an obscure blast from the…
Nope. Wipe… How ’bout this one? Nope. Wipe… Wait, wait, wait… this one’ll be the one… NOPE. Scrub. Wiiiiiiiiiiiipe. Why do I even have these?!? Lipsticks. How many should a gal have? You know… in the drawer of your vanity, or bottom of your make up kit. 12? 22? 116? I have an entire drawer…
My adolescence was so much fun the first time around, I thought I’d give it another go. That’s me trying to pretend like I have any say in what’s happening now. It’s not so much a choice, as an involuntary action. I’ve had a week folks. Oh, have I had a week. A week that’s…
We don’t have a kitchen ‘work triangle’ per se. It’s more a kitchen ‘assembly line.’ Our kitchen sink is 21 feet away from our freezer. It goes like this: Sink, drawer unit, stove, dishwasher, fridge, old kitchen island, new butler’s pantry and then you get to the freezer in the closet of our foyer. Why…
It seems like such a good idea when I’m lying in bed staring at the ceiling. I look up at the outline of where the closet had been. I see the damage of the torn-asunder drywall plugs – the drilled screw holes, the decimated drywall. Why had it been bothering me so much? Yes, there…
Where does your 68 year old mother like to shop? My Mom’s a pretty typical grandmotherly/motherly type. She bakes cookies, knits sweaters, sends cheques for Rissa’s RESP. Rissa has a cute pet name for her. She calls her Mor Mor,which means ‘mother’s mother,’ in Danish. My Mom has a grey pixie cut and shops at…
Toms and Kittens, Strays and Collared, the Curious and the Curiouser… Step right up!!! We welcome you to the Best, the Brightest the most BREATHTAKING of playgrounds! A veritable CAT CARNIVAL! Mainzer Cat Circus circa 1950s Never in your cat lives have you experienced such Magic, such Mayhem, such MAGNIFICENCE!!! Stare for hours at…
It didn’t really come as a surprise that it’s dirty. The basement, I mean. Seeing as its floor is comprised of dirt and gravel. And seeing as the foundation leaks a titch, it should also have come as no suprise that the dirt part of the basement has a tendency towards muddy after a…
It’s spring. Honest-to-God, grass-greening-up spring. Warmer air, buds on the trees and… cats. The cats are outside once more. Lazing on sidewalks in sunbeams, trotting up to you when you “puss-puss-pussssss…”, rolling around on their backs, begging for a tummy rub. There I am, walking back from the bank – I’d already had my cat…