I ran eleven miles on Saturday. (Actually, thanks to MapMyRun, I now know that it was 11.67 miles.) The group I run with is, most times, faster than me. Since I can’t keep up, I bring my iPod to keep me company after they pull ahead and eventually are out of sight. (In this case, [...]
Entries from August 2009
August 16, 2009
Buzz
When I let out the dogs yesterday morning, Anya made a beeline toward a bug on the patio. I shooed her away and noticed it was a cicada, flipped over on its back. At first I thought it was dead, but then noticed its legs moving lazily. I picked it up and then dropped it [...]
August 16, 2009
Double standards
My friend A Bitch has commented on this missing child in Oakland who’s been missing since Monday. Have you seen it on CNN? Mind you, I don’t watch TV much at all, so I have not seen notice of it at all. Neither have I seen it on CNN.com, MSNBC, or any other place. He’s [...]
August 15, 2009
“Shazam, I’m Glamorous”
What arrived today? This glamorous parcel in (almost) gold lamé:
Where could this have come from? Why, the Leslie Hall Headquarters in bustling Ames, Iowa, of course.
What could be inside?
This!
(Those pricetags are part of the design, by the way.)
And this!
Oh, the day just got even better.
August 14, 2009
Eartha Kitt was right when she sang “I Want to Be Evil”
I wrote two stories over the past year. (Actually, I’ve written more than two stories, but I’m talking about two stories in particular.) One was about a woman who woke up one morning to discover she was superhuman. Before that, she was ordinary: worked at Target, rode the bus, was a little overweight, thought her [...]
August 4, 2009
About running, but also about writing
I’m sitting at my desk reading the headlines and drinking a cup of coffee. It’s just past 6 a.m., so what I really should be doing is grabbing my keys and heading out the door for my morning run. When I let the dogs out this morning, it was already wet, slappy-washcloth humid, and the [...]
