I didn’t post last night, which is just as well. If I had, it would have been whiny and sauced with hysteria, topped by a generous garnish of maudlin. If you like, you can recreate my Thursday evening yourself—it will be fun! Like a science experiment!
Directions: Take one girl, who has never been ecstatic about […]
This morning at one o’clock, the world was sheathed in blackness. Somewhere, woodland creatures burrowed further into their nests, perhaps emitting a diminutive snuffle of content. Birds tucked demure heads under their wings, stars winked sleepily from above, and in a bed in St. Paul, my eyes snapped open.
Motherfucker, I thought, I’m awake.
Yesterday I […]
Oh sweet, sweet Interweb. Sweet, sweet high speed connection. As I mentioned last week, I am house-sitting for my mother while she is in Switzerland. My mother has a fancy piano she never plays. My mother has a tiny Chagall hanging above said piano. And yet, my mother has dial-up. Obviously someone’s priorities are not […]
1. Let’s start with a quiz—I know, I know, you haven’t studied. Too bad. This will count for 89% of your final grade.
Yesterday Alexa considered taking a pregnancy test because:
a) She had what she suspected was morning sickness.
b) She was fatigued, and felt a frequent urge to urinate.
c) Her period was late.
d) She was stuck behind a van with […]
I was going to post this last week, but was loathe to stopper the flow of hilarious bile from the comments section. Also, truth be told, I was having a difficult time posting a list of things I adore when so many bloggers were getting dreadful news, or deciding to stop writing altogether. But if […]
Please leave your own dislikes in the comments. But hurry, because tomorrow-ish I will be posting 50 Things I Like, and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to miss the chance to bond via our mutual hatred.
And remember, this is by no means a complete list…
50 THINGS I DISLIKE:
1) Milk chocolate
2) Anxiety attacks
3) Tom Cruise
4) Gauchos—and […]
Wednesday I attended the first class of a ten-week Mind/Body Infertility Program. The program was developed by Alice Domar, a professor of medicine at Harvard who conducted studies showing that patients suffering infertility report levels of stress as high as those with cancer or AIDS. Domar studied the effects of relaxation exercises upon fertility, or […]
So, there I was, innocently reading my email, when I opened a Google News alert and read the following:
“Odd-Looking Pig Focus of Research Into Diabetes, Infertility, Heart Disease.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 31 (AScribe Newswire) — Despite the exaggerated, wrinkly snout and long, coarse, spiky hair reminiscent of the 1980s television space alien ALF, some very […]
