Thursday, November 26, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Yesterday's News
On her way to Los Angeles for Thanksgiving, a New York friend filed this report:
My deranged neighbor harangued me for quite a while yesterday about stealing her newspaper. The doorman found it in recycling bin, she had read it, thrown it out and forgotten. She was mean and crazy fifteen years ago but now it is very sad although she did tell me to fuck myself.
She also asked me if I was taking the 20th Century Limited to LA and if so I should leave a week ahead since the train took quite some time. I said I was flying and she looked amazed.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Key Moments in Child Development
When I think of some of the stupid things I did growing up, it’s a wonder I made it to adulthood. Jumping from high places, exploring storm sewers, playing on construction sites, running wood scraps through the table saw …
I had an extensive key collection, and one day when I was quite young I decided to play keymaker. Lacking the hardware store’s machine, I scanned my room for a substitute, eventually settling on the electrical outlet next to my desk. It didn’t look much like a key cutter, but the slots were perfect.
As I remember, I plied my new trade several times before the inevitable occurred. When it finally did, the shock was as much mental as physical. Here I was, just trying to do my job, when I was savagely attacked by an invisible assailant. What the hell?
I went running to my mother, forgetting momentarily that she wasn’t the coddling type. When she got the details out of me, she said, “Well, what did you expect?”
I had an extensive key collection, and one day when I was quite young I decided to play keymaker. Lacking the hardware store’s machine, I scanned my room for a substitute, eventually settling on the electrical outlet next to my desk. It didn’t look much like a key cutter, but the slots were perfect.
As I remember, I plied my new trade several times before the inevitable occurred. When it finally did, the shock was as much mental as physical. Here I was, just trying to do my job, when I was savagely attacked by an invisible assailant. What the hell?
I went running to my mother, forgetting momentarily that she wasn’t the coddling type. When she got the details out of me, she said, “Well, what did you expect?”
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Pussies Galore
From Kristine, who says: "if i had to choose, i think i would rather be a crack addict. at least that's 'fun.'"
Monday, November 16, 2009
Once Around the Living Room
"Homosexuals should be addressed as Mrs. or Miss,
depending on their age."
A Lady's Guide to Throwing a Party
depending on their age."
A Lady's Guide to Throwing a Party
Friday, November 13, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
On the Fly
In the diaspora following the Walk to Defeat ALS, a friend texted this:
Just peed next to Al Sharpton. He does not wash his hands after going. Just saying. At airport now. Heading home.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
White Noise
[I]f Tea Party Republicans do win big next year, what has already happened in California could happen at the national level. In California, the G.O.P. has essentially shrunk down to a rump party with no interest in actually governing — but that rump remains big enough to prevent anyone else from dealing with the state’s fiscal crisis. If this happens to America as a whole, as it all too easily could, the country could become effectively ungovernable in the midst of an ongoing economic disaster.From Dan.
Sunday, November 08, 2009
T.R.A.A.A.P.D.
One day when I was 15, I was headed somewhere with my mother. We got in the car, which as usual was parked in front of the garage. (I've heard rumors that some people actually put the car in the garage, but I'm skeptical. Where, then, would they keep their towering piles of junk?)
For some reason, she put the car in drive instead of reverse. Luckily, several feet of driveway lay between us and disaster. She hit the brakes, and I burst out laughing.
"That does it!" she snapped. "You're not getting your driver's license."
"Why?" I protested. "I'm not the one who almost plowed through the garage door!"
"No, but you thought it was funny."
I sure did, but not as funny as this.
For some reason, she put the car in drive instead of reverse. Luckily, several feet of driveway lay between us and disaster. She hit the brakes, and I burst out laughing.
"That does it!" she snapped. "You're not getting your driver's license."
"Why?" I protested. "I'm not the one who almost plowed through the garage door!"
"No, but you thought it was funny."
I sure did, but not as funny as this.
Saturday, November 07, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Today's Top Story
Those in a bad mood outperformed those who were jolly - they made fewer mistakes and were better communicators.This bolsters my long-held suspicion that most cheery people are just too dumb to be depressed. Conveniently, it also explains my razor-sharp mind.
From Riley.
You Who?
A friend wrote this the other day:
[A]m laughing at my Mom for singing loudly and dancing around to entertain my baby while I loaded groceries into the back of my minivan... only it wasn't MY baby. Identical minivan next to mine with the side door also open to reveal similar-looking baby. Boy, was HIS mom surprised when she looked up from loading her groceries into the trunk.Which reminded me of two incidents:
- At a local strip mall one evening, I was sitting in the van while Dan strapped down my chair. (You knew I was into that, right?)
A young girl came running up, then stopped dead. You could see the wheels turning in her cute little head: Wait a minute ... Our van doesn't have a ramp ... or a man in a wheelchair!
Glancing over, I saw a similar red minivan parked just beyond. Standing next to it was the girl's mother, doubled over with laughter. - Long before the wheelchair and the minivan, I was working out one day with my friend Eddie, an inveterate tease and prankster who delighted in making people squirm. Toweling off after the shower, I thought: I'm gonna slap Eddie on the ass. He'll love it.
I swung around and delivered such a perfect blow that a loud crack shot through the room, causing every head to jerk in our direction. My victim turned, surprised ... but not nearly as surprised as I was when I saw he wasn't Eddie.
My jaw dropped open. "Oh my god!" I babbled. "I thought you were Eddie. I thought you were someone else. I'm so sorry! I'm really sorry!"
"Well!" he said, brilliantly deadpan. "Good to meet you, too."
Our audience laughed uproariously as I scurried away, mortified.
The Sun Also Rises
The mayor of London has decreed that Westminster Bridge will be closed
in the early afternoon on sunny days due to a strange phenomenon
that occurs when sunlight passes through the balustrade.
in the early afternoon on sunny days due to a strange phenomenon
that occurs when sunlight passes through the balustrade.
From Zana.
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
Monday, November 02, 2009
Kiss and Tell
From a friend:
i am staying at the w hotel in new orleans for work. it is also voodoo music fest weekend. i drank some wine (by myself, like a loser) at the hotel bar to console my over-worked ass (and all of my work friends arrive tomorrow, so i am all sad and alone) and sat next to some rocker dude who looked obviously rich and famous but could have been joe perry for all i knew. then i saw the unmistakable gene simmons and realized that i was (quietly and unassumingly) "partying" with kiss.
they scared the shit out of me when i was a kid.
gene simmons is just as ugly in real life as you would think.
i texted [my husband] and he told me not to sleep with them. um, no probs.
Later she added:
they were hanging out with women 30 years younger (who had on rings - i looked) or at least had good plastic surgery. some guy was taking cell phone photos, with permission, of gene simmons' shoes and jeans pockets (weird). i was in no mood - i pretended i didn't give a shit. which i actually didn't. good enough to email my friends about, not good enough to actually talk to them. what was i supposed to say? "um, i, also, want to rock and roll all night, and party every day, but i have an annoying job, which is why i am here in a business suit drinking wine at a hotel bar with my blackberry on a friday night"?
Sunday, November 01, 2009
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