Ah, the minds of children
Casey: Patrick, say the first thing that comes to your mind. Patrick: Poop. Lightbulb. Bird. Turd.
comedy the family
Author: theogeo
Cats. Typefaces. Bad jokes.
project 365
Day 90 — Leadfoot Mama
She lapped me and both her kids and left us in the dust. Project 365
the internet is fun
Holy krap
Pardon me while I have a moment of nerdy star-struck giddiness: Twisty linked to my MySpace profile. Whee! Oh, man. I’m a dork.
movies the family
Everyone’s asleep
Except me, naturally. We had a good day, as far as I can tell. My sister and nephews cruised into town around noon, and we sat and caught up for an hour or so before swinging by Phil’s to pick up his brother and cousin, and driving down to the Gibson factory for the 2 o’clock tour. It was really interesting to see people making shiny, $3,000 guitars from blocks of wood. We couldn’t hear…
project 365
Day 88 — Felix in a Box
Not quite as popular as other things in boxes, but still quite cute. Project 365
the family
Oh my god, I’m having company tomorrow
There is a time in every slob’s life when she is struck with an acute pang of realization that, in less than 24 hours, there will be actual people — family members, no less — coming into her apartment and making themselves at home for many, many hours. Such a realization floods the brain with recognition of previously untapped talents, such as eagle-eye vision (“Holy crap, that is a huge dust bunny dancing under my…
feminism patriarchy-blaming work
Empowerful women and their empowerful publications
Working for a big corporate media behemoth has its perks: Decent pay, health insurance, air conditioning, cake when people get awards, etc. But there are drawbacks, too. [Disclaimer: I like my job and would like to keep it. I am only writing this here at my personal blog because these are points I would be happy to make to any of my superiors if consulted; I write better than I speak, so I am, in…
movies randomosity the family they're coming weather
Newz and notez
• I finally watched Children of Men. Wow, what a depressing film. And yet, it was gorgeous. Alfonso Cuarón has a remarkable talent for making abject despair and urban decay seem achingly, surreally beautiful. I had initially expressed concern that the film would be a reactionary piece about underpopulation (based on today’s popular anti-immigrant fervor), but I’m happy to report that it’s actually much more complicated than that. Amanda Marcotte wrote an interesting post about…
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