Doing TimeDoing TimeA personal blog full of wry and self referential archnesses. Articles
Brand Name Shoe
2007-12-29 15:16:00 I recently encountered a very blond, Nordic looking woman with a striking toddler of fiery red hair and as I can never resist my brethren, I struck up a conversation: “You’re little boy Is. So. Cute! I. Love. His. Hair!” “Thanks, it matches his temper”. “What’s his name?’ “Brogan”. “Brogan?” (I ask confusedly) “Brogan.” “As in ‘Shoe ’?” “What? No, it’s an Irish diminutive ... More About: Brand
Well Read
2007-12-28 14:46:00 I swiped this from Emma at Eriepressible. I love these kinds of list. I’m a voyeur at heart and whenever I visit someone’s house, I go straight to the bookshelf and snoop through their collection. What is strange though, when I look at lists like these, I feel like both an illiterate dunce and a ... More About: Read , Monsters
In Remembrance
2007-12-27 16:50:00 I just read the news that Benazir Bhutto was assassinated a few hours ago and I’m sitting here with a feeling that I can only liken to that of a broken heart. I remember when she became Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988. That event followed so much turmoil and tragedy in the Middle East at ... More About: Feminism , Remembrance , Monsters
Recovery
2007-12-27 13:34:00 Holidays are over and I am now, again, at a safe operating distance from my family for maybe another year. I. Am. Worn. Out. Utterly. Seriously, I feel I like I have survived war. The suitcase remains unpacked. The car is still full of travel food and maps. The answering machine remains unchecked. About the only thing ... More About: Recovery , Erie
We Live!
2007-12-26 17:01:00 Sailor Man and I made it back from Detroit yesterday. We live another day to tell the tale. Here’s the short version: 1. To all travelers on I-75 and I-90, the nut-cases rockin’ out in the Yaris were listening to Talking Heads, I think that should explain everything. 2. My obnoxious and perpetually drunk Uncle Jim is ... More About: Live
Hangin? with the Homies
2007-12-22 15:14:00 We got into Detroit last night and my niece was having a slumber party to celebrate her 9th birthday. I like this niece. She’s sassy, smart, athletic and an absolute devil child. She and I share Solstice birthdays so we have an affinity. Naturally, Sailor man and I jumped into the fray and raised the ruckus level to an appropriate decibel ...
Sugar Plum Fairies
2007-12-20 20:01:00 All the presents for Giftmas are wrapped and ready except I haven’t any yet for my for my nieces. What does a post-modern feminist buy for her nieces that does not a) insult their intelligence or b) insult their femalehood? There’s a place in hell for whomever invented the Bratz doll, I can tell you that. ... More About: Sugar , Feminism , Plum
Mah Man!
2007-12-19 15:18:00 It’s not been a good week. I’ve been dealing with the remnants of a cold, rushing to finish work before the holiday break, and stressed out beyond belief, but I came in today and the front page news has me turning cartwheels and tap dancing for joy. Time Magazine has named my love, Vladimir, their Person of the Year. ... More About: Politics , Russia , Vladimir Putin , Monsters
Anatomically Incorrect
2007-12-17 22:06:00 I heard it again this weekend. Someone referring to another person’s weakness as a need to “grow some”. You know what that means. Balls. The person needed to grow some BALLS. Cojones. Nuts. Nads. Thus implying that all acts of derring-do and general heroicism come from having a pair of these “man tonsils”. Dog, I hate ... More About: Feminism , Anatom , Rect
Red on the Head
2007-12-15 17:19:00 A common misconception in life is that blonds have all the jokes told about them. As a redhead, I can attest to the fact that this is not true because one, redheads don’t often let the teller of the joke have additional opportunities at re-telling it, and two, redheads just better know how to keep 50% ... More About: Head
My Rock City
2007-12-14 15:33:00 They say Detroit is not for sissies, and though Sailor Man is not a sissy, he flirts with his inner sissiness every time we go visit my family. He also flirts with his inner brat by making snarky comments when I try to assure him that we’ll have a good time, he responds with “the only sure thing in ... More About: Rock , City
Dah Nose is Cold
2007-12-13 14:18:00 I have cohld. Mah nosed is stuffed up. Head hurt. Neck hurt. Ears hurt. throat hurt. All hurt. Sux. Sux. Sux. Whiskey no help. Tea no help. Sailor Man no help. All lost. Must go die now. Ok, bye. More About: Cold , Nose
Home for the Holidays
2007-12-12 15:28:00 Sailor Man and I will be heading back to Detroit for the holidays this year, something we don’t often do, and of course I am being peppered constantly with the “Dowehaftas”. So let me be clear about this right effen now: Yes, honey, we do. I don’t go home very often for the simple fact that as ... More About: Holidays , Home , The Holidays
Things We Leave Behind
2007-12-10 16:52:00 The stress of last week is starting to catch up with me. This constant moving is really beginning to suuuuuuck. Sailor Man and I are griping at each other because we’re tired. Puppy Dog has fully 75% less house to guard and is totally unsure of what to do with herself. And there’s boxes effen ... More About: Leave , Things , Erie , Old House
Stop Looking at Me
2007-12-07 14:04:00 Cowgalutah who is doin’ time in, wait for it, UTAH!, memed me. And since I am feeling ever so charitable this holiday season and since this is a topic I think I can really dig, here’s my go at it: The Rules: I like this one because it is fairly simple. Write down things or people who ... More About: Stop
The Thing with Mitt
2007-12-06 18:11:00 Too religious, not religious enough, too christian, not christian enough…yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever…. Mitt gave “The Speech” today and it fell flat. People have concerns and those concerns were whitewashed or flat out ignored. To say it shouldn’t matter? Bullshit. It does. Just as it matter when a man exchanges in a spouse every decade (yes, Rudy, ... More About: Thing
It Could Only Be Me
2007-12-05 21:29:00 Who would have the damn luck to have to move on a day where a snow storm dumping 6 inches on the region comes rolling through…of course, the new house is also on a hill, up a steep driveway and in a neighborhood that the city hasn’t even come close to plowing at nearly 4pm ... More About: Erie
The Mazaltov Workout
2007-12-04 14:52:00 As I am normally surrounded by meatheads in the weight room at the Y, I am never without my Nano stocked full of my favorite music to drown out the profanities, inanities, and other verbal assaults on the English language. I was getting into a rut though, I found I was clicking past more songs than ... More About: Workout , Erie
Masters of the Universe
2007-11-30 15:00:00 Salome and I have been in a great battle of Physics for nearly 11 years now. She prefers the Laws of Thermodynamics while I am more of a Laws of Motion kind of girl myself. Salome generally operates on a First Law model that is a zero sum game. No one wins unless someone loses. Normally that would be me losing something ... More About: Universe , Masters of the Universe , Masters , The Universe , Old House
Noggin Bashin
2007-11-29 16:56:00 If there is one thing to be truly wary of this holiday season, it is Sailor Man on an egg nog high. The man is completely addicted. You name the brand, he’s tried it. He drinks it by the gallon. All month long. I’d be hardly surprised to wake up one morning and find him ...
A Partner in Pieces
2007-11-28 15:09:00 Maybe you’ve heard about this, you probably haven’t, but a Saudi woman who was viciously gang raped by 7 men and has been sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison on top of this horrible violation to her person. The backstory is that the young woman was alone in public with a man who was not ... More About: Partner , Pieces
Lost and Found
2007-11-27 14:26:00 I recently discovered the “stats” function on my blog and find myself becoming rather obsessive about them. I’m a math person, so I’m interested in what numbers have to say, particularly when one entry gets more play than another. I didn’t used to care, I just threw my nonsense out into the ether and if ... More About: Lost , Lost and Found
Pale Rider
2007-11-26 14:51:00 Nicholas Sarkozy is quite obviously taking his marital strife and that sticky union thorn in his side and channeling it into some bad-ass foreign policy for the good of not only FRONS but the world at large. Pointing that dangerous widow’s peak of his at China , Sarkozy (I still just love this name, say it with me, Sar-COZY), has ... More About: Politics , France , Nicolas Sarkozy , Pale
The Crap Fairy Strikes Again
2007-11-25 15:33:00 As good as I try to be at simple and sparse living, I am completely amazed at how much stuff there is to throw out or donate every time we move. Every single effin time. I’m spending the weekend packing and purging and you simply wouldn’t believe what I am coming across in this house. ... More About: Crap , Old House
An Inside Look
2007-11-24 15:47:00 The Alfred Hitchcock movie “Rear Window” was on for the umpteenth time on AMC the other night, which is completely fine by me. In fact, if I had my drothers, there’s be a whole channel on cable completely devoted to that move and that movie alone. A separate channel for the “The Philadelphia Story” would ... More About: Movies , Inside , Erie
Homeland Security
2007-11-23 17:27:00 I almost comitted murder last night. Truly. It’s rather funny story actually. I came home after dinner with the in-laws (Sailor Man is off sailing at the current time), and having drugged the puppy dog earlier in the evening with a big dose of benadryl to keep her from chewing on her paws, she was not ... More About: Security , Homeland Security , Erie
Quiverfull of Nut Jobs
2007-11-21 14:00:00 So this evangelical Protestant group called Quiverfull feels it necessary to have armies of children so they may act as arrows to sling at their enemies. Nice, use your child as a weapon. That happened here in Erie last year and it didn’t turn out too good for anyone involved, especially the kid. Anyhoo-this woman (from the ... More About: Jobs
Addition to the Family
2007-11-21 13:59:00 Sailor Man and I have been contemplating adding to the fam. The Slobbermonster is getting up there and we like the idea that she would leave her paw print on any puppy we get. So we’re looking at breeders. Sailor man desperately wants a Dane. I like them, but eh, they don’t rock my boat. I have ... More About: Family , The Family
Heroes Return
2007-11-20 13:44:00 Ho. Le. Crap! I’m just starting to pick my jaw up off the floor after last night’s episode of “Heroes ”, which is rather refreshing considering the beginning of this season sucked soooooooo very baaaaaaadly. So here’s some random thoughts/feelings on last night’s show: And HRG. OMG!!! I didn’t realize until just last night how much I love ... More About: Return , Monsters
Lessons Learned from a Wedding
More articles from this author:2007-11-19 13:50:00 1. 14 hours in a pair of heels is too damn long. 2. People planning all day weddings ought keep #1 in mind. 3. Copious amounts of whiskey makes #1 and #2 mighty bearable. 4. An observation really: isn’t it interesting that people go to such great lengths for “their special day” only to make it exactly like ... More About: Wedding , Lessons , Learned 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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