As a fan of the supernatural thriller type movie I am happy to suspend disbelief to a degree beyond that of my more obnoxious spoil sport nerd friends. You can even hit me with some preposterous fringe bullshit like aquatic apes or hilarious hybrids or really stretch string theory if you want, but when your [...]
Surplus Cats
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Questioning Victims
The big story –on my planet, which is celebrating a forever-long moratorium on the infidelities of professional sports people, but sadly has reached its maximum capacity of 1 human, all past present and future cats, and a sauropod resurrected through a secret potion I accidentally-on-purpose swallowed– is that people are both shocked and Not Shocked [...]
(Another) fresh start
There simply was too much cell phone coverage and not enough snow in my life so I moved to Vermont almost two weeks ago.
No joke, really. Small town New England –maple flavored everything, ski reports on the news, people leaving their cars unlocked and running in the grocery store parking lot. There’s been snow or [...]
Ancient history
Ten years ago I sold my 87 Pontiac Sunbird for scrap, packed an army duffel, got on a plane, and landed in Los Angeles. The near-year I spent there encompassed some of the most fun I’ve had along with the absolute worst point in my life so far. I do not regret a minute of [...]
Soft men & broad brushes
Comrade Sisters! Tom Purcell is on to us and our girlification of the menfolk. It is true.
This man, this hunka hunka macho manly man-ness, has sounded an alarm that’s totally new and the guys are probably going to give him some manner of phallus-shaped trophy for his exceptional work in preserving all that is great [...]
hair-tie graveyard
Somewhere in the world there is a place where all of the worn out elastic hair-ties retire. If you stumbled upon it you would find the rusted remains of the ancient metal closure bands and thread bare husks of the scrunchies of times past.
And somewhere deep in this hair band graveyard is an even more [...]
New Romantics
If I’d been a teenager in 81 instead of a toddler this would be my embarrassing youthful subculture attachment:1
Which reminds me of this sketch from Big Train that kills me:
Notes:Not really all that different from my embarrassing youthful subculture attachment though. EXCEPT that I didn’t hang out with living harlequin dolls –something too creeptown for [...]
mid-November thumbs up list
I redid Surplus Cats and would like my suspicion of its adequate level of cuteness confirmed. So if you’re reading this via the feed, be a dear and click over and tell me if anything is broken or wonky?
Actual Content!
Here’s my semi-monthly list of interesting things! Who is excited? (I am.)
A look at Isabella Blow [...]
Cheese Wonderland
We went to the 24 hour grocery store Saturday night and it was CLOSED — like completely empty and Oh noes! But there was a sign directing us to the new location. We’d forgotten they’d been working on a big fancy Market District store, so I guess my preferred G’iggle was no longer needed. I [...]
Do Wah Diddy Diddy
So there’s this random girl rocking out on the street, out loud. And golly she’s a looker. And then suddenly she’s beside you, and holding your hand! And the two of you go back to your place, and make out! You are in love with this singing stranger! You share your secrets! You are always [...]