Category: Personal
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Our Bastard Tongue
We don’t have a lot of snow where I live, so we’ve got hundreds of words for something else. Warning: contains profanity.
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Merry Christmas
I hope everybody’s having a Merry Christmas, even if you’re not the type who usually celebrates it. As for me: I didn’t get knocked over by any crazy Italian women, I’m about 90% over my seasonal debilitating cold, I’ve only read 1 work-related e-mail in the past 7 days, I’m full of dressing and my…
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Update: Disneyland Still Fun
From the “posting just to say I’m still alive” department: Last weekend I tagged along with some friends to Disneyland and it was, despite United Airlines’ best efforts, a great big ton o’ fun. One of the many things I like about Disney parks is that you can go hundreds of times, covering every inch…
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Our sinks are broken, and the lobster’s loose
There are at least 500 ways that 500 Days of Summer could’ve gone horribly wrong, but somehow they pulled it off.
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Thirty-Eight
From way over on the other side of the country, my family sent me a cake! It came in a big box packed with styrofoam and dry ice, like a transplant organ. I don’t want to think about what that must’ve cost. And I don’t want to make up a story about how I couldn’t…
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With a name like Florence
The last of my vacation recaps to Italy, ending on Florence, the manageable city.
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Siena, Unburnt
Another recap of my Italian vacation. This stop: Siena, the medieval tourist attraction.