Spring cleaning
It's not quite spring yet -- in fact, it's just snowed here, however unlikely it is to stick around -- but I've still been feeling the urge to clean house, to organize and eliminate, to change things....
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That's how I roll
Truer words were never printed on a t-shirt. (J.R. bought it for me at the Emerald City Comicon.)
View ArticleEditor: (n) one who edits
Great read on Salon about the work of an editor -- so unsung, so misunderstood, so boring to try to explain to someone what it is exactly you do for a living.So here’s to you, editors, whose names...
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May Day
For some reason, May Day always reminds me of Wellesley. Of course, by the time I went there, we no longer danced around poles in cool dresses, but whatevs. If you love old pictures of random stuff,...
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Just a little mini-break
We went to Portland for a long weekend, and you can't go to the Rose City without a trip to Powell's. And I can't go to Powell's without buying a metric ton of books to read. This should hold me over...
View ArticleIt was 20 years ago today
Actually, it was only five years ago today, but it seems like a whole lifetime. In the past five years, I've seen a fair piece of the great state of Washington, but there are days when I definitely...
View ArticleYoooooooooouk
I feel like I hardly know the Red Sox anymore. One more member of the 2004 championship team is gone, this time via trade to the White Sox. It's no question that Youk is getting older, but I always...
View ArticleIt's like the Neverending Story but without the cool luck dragon or any fun...
I'm trying once again to get my sorry ass in shape. Much like eating healthy, I feel this is a never-ending battle that I will probably bitch about for the rest of my life. (Sorry.) For those of you...
View ArticleMysterious ways
I've been on a mystery-reading kick lately, and I've been plowing through the Elvis Cole series by Robert Crais as well as the Inspector Ian Rutledge series by Charles Todd. (It helps that they're...
View ArticleJust one of those days
There are those days in life when you struggle mightily to come up with something simple -- the breeze moving through your hair, an unrestrained burst of laughter, a second of silence, a beautiful...
View ArticleChallenged, part 857
I've decided my next book challenge is going to be finally reading all the books I put on my Goodreads "to-read" list 8,000 years ago. There are 20 books on there, and I'm pretty sure at least one of...
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It's a hike
J.R., Carissa, Dustin and I went hiking on Whidbey Island yesterday, and whilst huffing and puffing my way to the top of the bluff, I wondered if it was worth it. Sights like this cool-ass tree made me...
View ArticleForward
So awesome, I had to share. Also, I have to figure out where to get one of those t-shirts. (via Cheap White Wine)
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Oops, I did it again
I went into Powell's flying blind -- no list, no ideas, just see what I see. And I came away with even more books than usual. Including a couple of non-fiction books (I'd be more proud of myself for...
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The end of the world as we know it
Depending on how you look at things, today is either the darkest day of the year, the end of the world, or my birthday. I say: Why not all three? I can't believe it's already been another year -- I'd...
View ArticleWell read
In 2011, I read 53 books, and I was pretty pleased with that number. I blew that out of the park in 2012 with a total of 79 books read. I'm pretty sure this number is unlikely to be matched this year,...
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I guess he liked it
Because he put a ring on it. (Don't worry, though. I promise not to blog endlessly about floral arrangements and white vs. ecru. Also, the ring is even prettier in real life and when not photographed...
View ArticleTen years, man. Ten years!
I can't believe it, but this blog is 10 years old today. I started this thing when blogging was still relatively young, when I still hosted it on an angelfire.com site, and when Biz Stone was just this...
View ArticleVery superstitious
J.R. and I went to see the Silver Linings Playbook today, and while I expected it to be good, it was pretty fucking fantastic. J.R. doesn't like Bradley Cooper and I'm not a huge fan either (residual...
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