September 2009

Well, it seems unfair to leave your urgent questions unanswered any longer. “pseudo compliment” meaning Usually it means the person dislikes you, but is too much of a pussy to tell you directly, resorting instead to statements like “You’re so clever to have grown that insulating fat—heat costs are rising!” flashing homeless That’s sweet, but [...]

She walks like a pro, as if she’s been doing it for years—professionally, even—and will not keep her glasses on, which is almost as irksome as the fact that she still doesn’t eat. But it’s hard to stay mad at someone so cute. She is getting long curls of hair on the sides and at [...]

I loved, loved, loved hearing where you all live. Every time a new comment appeared after my last post, I’d inwardly clap my hands with glee—and I would have done it outwardly, but I was in a coffee shop. It was fascinating, and helpful, and just…nice, to hear your stories and to be able to [...]

I am typing this on Edith, my new laptop. Her arrival this morning is the only reason I am typing anything at all, because over the past month or so my laptop had been getting slower and slower and whirrier and whirrier until even opening an email took so long that I would frequently get [...]