Pride?

Today’s WTF moment came when I was listening to a podcast of “To the Best of Our Knowledge” segment on “Re-Considering Crafts.” A writer and graphic designer, Leonard Todd, was discussing the slave Potter Dave, a remarkable man and a gifted potter who signed his works (unheard of at the time for a slave to [...]

Hang ten, or just hang on

“I think we should take surfing lessons,” Mike said.
I lowered my book, which I’d just opened, and looked over the edge of the pages. I was wearing sunglasses at the time. “Okay.”
“They start in five minutes.”
“Well then,” I said, closed the book, and got up from my lounge chair. Ten minutes later, I was standing [...]

Something I ate

Apparently, the price for indulging in chocolate shortly before bedtime is nightmares about Dakota playing in freeway traffic.

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 [...]

“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.

A moment of silence, please

…for Mrs. Slocombe and her pussy.
Actress Mollie Sugden dies at 86 (Daily Mail)
I fear that I’m entering that depressing stage of life where all my pop culture touchstones are dropping like flies.

Don’t speak unless you can improve the silence

At the moment, my words are going elsewhere. Mainly into the revision of the novel, but really, reading about someone revising a novel is like reading about someone watching mold grow on bread. (Actually, the former might be even more boring than the latter. Has anyone ever watched mold grow on bread? How about watching [...]

The brute strength of the 14-year-old girl

I was listening to NPR this morning (like you do, or at least like I do, every day) and a segment about the U.S. women’s figure skating championships going on in Cleveland. (I’m not a follower of figure skating, so maybe this isn’t news to everyone else, but it was interesting.) Looking to the Olympics, [...]

Whatever you do

Whatever you do

Originally uploaded by jricker

…don’t turn your back on them. And don’t blink.

I am extremely thankful for…

This:
Ann Coulter’s Jaw Wired Shut: Report
I sooo wish I could take credit for this. I wonder who she finally pissed off enough that they clocked her. Any ideas?