Piefurcation

Jon over at Yowsa got fed up with all the spam mail he receives and decided to strike back . After getting the following email over and ove...

For You Girl, Because #1

Don't be yourself - be someone a little nicer.- Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook , 1966

After 12 straight hours alone with the kids, there are days when I find myself babbling. I start to say something to one of the kids like yo...

That's the message I received when I tried to unsubscribe from The Democratic Party email list. Get this: you have to wait to get a sec...

So this is what the politics of change look like? Money quote: A senior Obama adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said his boss has...

I wish this book had been around when I was in high school. I realize looking back that I shied away from fully embracing my nerdiness, the ...

Can I tell you how good these are? Silky, chocolatey, sweet bourbon jesus good.

L. Ron explains Xemu in 8 minutes . 8 very long incoherent minutes. Or maybe my negativity is just a manifestation of my psychic trauma and...

You'll enjoy this time-sucking phenomenon . (h/t How About Orange . )

More peaches. Juicy and cold. No peach pie yet because we eat them too fast. But soon. Growing up we had peaches in our backyard. My grandmo...

It's nearly four hours since I left home and I've yet to get the call that Carter cut off his hand so I'm supposing it was okay ...

Yes. That's right. Bet you can't even guess how many is too much can you? I bought a share in our local CSA (right down the road fr...

Oh look how cute this is. I want it. I'm thinking of how much fun the kids would have if they managed to wrest it from my clutches.

This morning we eat a beautiful juicy peach and I've been thinking about peach pie ever since. I'm currently planning a pie-making d...

The strongest/most interesting parts of the book are Campbell's stories of medieval Scottish history and her descriptions/perceptions of...

What is it with summer? Last year I contracted Fifth Disease (you may know it as Slapped Cheek) and had painful arthritic symptoms in my h...

When is a Warhol not a Warhol? Apparently when a Factory boy makes it and Andy doesn't know about it. The title, “315 Johns,” sounds le...

Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. - Lemony Snicket