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Masticating
Masticating is such a disgusting word but it does certainly capture the way most people eat. Have you ever really watched someone eat? It’s gross. When I used to hang out all day in starbucks, I used to watch people lap up their cappuccinos and invariably they all end up sucking down that head of [...]
A feast for 1
So my co-workers think this is weird and admittedly I got home later than planned to do all this but at the moment I have some turkey thighs roasting in the oven, stuffing and mashed potatoes ready to go, cornbread about to go in the oven and a pecan pie to be warmed up when [...]
Gobble Gobble
Happy Thanksgiving (well, tomorrow, but y’all be too busy gobblin’ to read blogs I’m sure) to you ‘mericans.
Enjoy the feast, family, friends, fun, festivities and frozen leftovers. I’ll be joining you guys in spirit over my box of stuffing mix.
My super powers
Listed in order of discovery:
Invisibility – I’ve known about this one since I was a kid when I noticed that people wouldn’t see me, especially in a crowd. I have yet to figure out how to turn it into a useful power but I’m still working on it. You would think it would be useful [...]
Life is a highway and I’m stuck in traffic
A few months back I signed up to take two industry exams scheduled for the beginning of December and I finally got around to studying for it last week. If I pass these two (assuming I finally get that last textbook I need by this weekend) I’ll be certified as something or other and can [...]
Out of the mouth of babes…
The other day, someone said to me “normal doesn’t mean common”. While it’s clearly a sentiment I’ve always subscribed to, the way she put made me think, “that is completely brilliant; I must share it with the world”. I was going to use it as a segue into ruminations about my childhood and somehow tie-in [...]
The end of the boi
I guess I’ve sort of alluded to the end of my relationship with the boi but haven’t really talked about it explicitly. It was difficult to go through that and it was all sorts of complicated and I didn’t quite know what was going on to pare it down succinctly.
The boi had ended things with [...]
...but I hardly know her!