Good Grief!

Last week, Whitebait tagged me for the “meme of four” that’s been going around. It’s a dilemma. As someone who was always picked last for the kickball team, I appreciate getting tagged; however, I’m not big on memes. Therefore, I present a consolidated meme, narrowed down to one question: name […]

Did you know that Electrasol dishwasher detergent powder—though gluten-free, chlorine-free, animal fat-free, and Kosher certified—is a skin irritant? Therefore, Electrasol is not a good substitute for kitchen hand soap.

klutz miscellaneous fluff

Wouldn’t it be embarrassing if you were at a Thanksgiving celebration with smart and cultured people like college professors and opera singers and writers and astronomers, all of whom are connected to the best friends of the parents of someone you’re dating, and you accidentally sent a huge hunk of New Zealand cheddar flying across […]

The white door looks ridiculous, doesn’t it? I have to paint it, don’t I?
In other news, I was finally able to make another Philly blogger meetup on Saturday, where I spent most of the time listening to Chris and Albert hatch a business scheme to make money by clubbing baby seals. Luna, Melissa, […]

It’s time to discuss family values and how they’ve disintegrated during the past fifty years. Take, for example, the matter of secret family recipes. There was a time when people respected secret family recipes and waited until marriage—a sacred institution that unites the culinary heritage of two families—to give them away.
But in these […]

Some people are WYSIWYG; others are WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS.
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Last week, Scott suggested that Rickett the Hedgehog, a skeeball prize acquired at the Bloomsburg Fair, should have his own blog. Rickett is not good at typing, but he has managed to e-mail some photos.

It’s good to know that Rickett is making new friends and adjusting to life in the big city. It’s […]

Fridays on the blogosphere are tedious. At the risk of sounding like a cranky old lady:

I do not want to look at pictures of your cats. Please post some cute doggie pictures.
I do not care what’s on your playlist. Please post some mp3s.

Thank you for your cooperation, and have a fantastic weekend.
UPDATE: […]

When you sign up to live in Fishtown, they throw in a study as part of the deal*. See this study? I’m sitting in it right now, studying, and I can feel myself getting smarter by the minute. Can’t you just feel the brainwaves oozing out of your monitor?
*While supplies last. […]

A few years ago, I was watching a James Bond movie—From Russia With Love, I think—and was surprised to see Sean Connery getting it on with a beautiful woman who had less that perfectly smooth thighs. I’d have to watch again to be sure, but I think that she had what today would be […]