MisterMister and I were watching Anthony Bourdain’s latest Christmas episode while Gilgamesh caught a few ZZZs. We were very entertained by Christopher Walken’s cameo, which stimulated this discussion: MisterMister: You know what would be great? Me: What? MisterMister: If Christopher Walken did audiobooks of children’s stories! Me: *snort* That would be AWESOME! MisterMister: You know, […]

“Three… Two… One…” Each finger disappears along with the number, until there are none. Then I “woosh!” my hand away as your teeth arrange themselves into the smile that I can see always, even with my eyes closed, like the imprint of the light after a sunset stare. “One… Two… Three… Four… Fiiiiiiiivvvvve!” This time […]

In that this is a post about nothing.  And probably not even in a funny way, but whatevs. —— A few days ago at work, I got an email from someone notifying me that a meeting was canceled.  This is a direct quote: “We apologize for the incontinence and will be rescheduling the call…” Teehee. […]

I was reading Literal Mom’s post about dessert and remembered that I’m not the only person in the house who loves dessert. I give you the Pumpkin Bread Dessert Picnic courtesy of G.

Yes. I am thankful for my liver. My liver, and BEER. Last night we and a frouple who lives a few houses down from us finally managed to get our schedules aligned and made it out to dinner together (we’ve been attempting to make this happen for about 6 months now). Luckily, grandparents were available […]

My Hometown(s) 1. My first hometown is a place I only know through the voice of my father. The rocky beaches, the lonely trailer, the naval base. 2. My second hometown is a place where my sundered parents fought at Eastertime over whose weekend it was. 3. My third hometown gave me a river as […]

A conversation today as M and I climbed the stairs to our respective offices after lunch: ————- M: (munching leftover Halloween candy) Do M&Ms really melt in your mouth? Me: What? M: Do M&Ms really melt in your mouth? (munch munch munch) I really wouldn’t call this sensation melting. Me: Honey, those aren’t M&Ms. M: […]

The doorbell rings. The children sing. The adults sing, too, but only halfheartedly with busy hands full of scarves and lonely single mittens… and busy heads full of lists and anxious “what if”s rather than words to a time-worn carol. As always, there are somehow too many sopranos. How are there always too many sopranos? […]

I like hockey. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, I really wasn’t aware of hockey for a very long time.  I went to my first game (a San Jose Sharks game in the Shark Tank) when I was 21 or so. I didn’t know what to expect, I hadn’t even watched hockey on […]

Dear Dr. Demento, I do not know what you have your doctorate in. I do not know how you came to have your own radio show. I do not know how you managed to have so many cool friends who are so entertaining. And frankly, I don’t care. I’m just thankful you were around to […]