dreams: Due Date?
Last night during my dreams was a scene in which I was visibly and comfortably pregnant. I was traveling with friends on a train and men and women both paused and gave me that look of either amazement or “awww”...
Category: personal
and time… is still marching on
Oh yeah, it’s that time of year. That explains my mood perfectly! It’s about a month before my birthday and it seems like no matter how carefree I may or may not have been all year, for the next 30...
Get me a dictionary!
In yet another “why aren’t you watching this… and if you are, why aren’t we dishing about it?” entry comes a quick snippet from The Venture Bros. [flv:dictionary.flv 500 282] They had been trying to solve a riddle by using...
I thought it was a figurative term!
Just spotted on the floor of the office Mens Room: a discarded packet for a “Chinese green tea” bag. Is it possible that someone misinterpreted the term?
the most wonderful time of the year
Forget the holiday song, it’s right now, as August makes its slow slide into the cool, crisp and brisk days of Autumn/Fall. I love finally being able to shut off the air conditioner, and actually wanting to leave the house...
In the garden, my soul is sunshine
Sometimes heading to bed early is a good thing. Got up fairly early today and planned to hit the grocery store. I didn’t realize it was going to be mid-60s and sunny outside, even with a little bit of a...
People DO know that we don’t have a cure yet, right?
The Whitman-Walker Clinic has revealed the number of its clients testing positive for HIV jumped from 80 in the first half of 2007 to 266 in the first half of 2008–an unprecedented increase of 232 percent. At each of our...
So don’t let go, of the power of elevation.
Is it bad that during the final battle scene in Kung Fu Panda between Po and Tai Lung, all I could hear in my head was the song “The Glow” from The Last Dragon? “No… I am THE fat panda!”...
Mmm, single-serving whole birds…
There really is nothing quite like roasting birds in the house with plenty of garlic (and thyme or rosemary too). Even if I completely screwed up the hens, the smell in my apartment would have been good enough that resorting...
Sunday Sampler
What is it about elevators that allow them to retain a distinct memory of the aromas of previous riders? In recent days my morning ride down has been filled with the smell of an over-cologner, wet dog and just this...