Month: April 2009

Very Solicitous Robots

Robots keep calling me on the phone. They are such nice young robots. Worried about my financial well-being. In this economy, as they point out,

Laid Off Laid On

Looks as though my misplaced job has found a little piece of itself. Part time. For now. Time to muster up the discipline not to

Fierce at 50 #1

I’m just not ready to pack it up and go to Dowdyland. That’s the net. Which has led to such crimes as wearing my son’s

Saturday Morning at 10:03am

I almost wish my kids were down the hall, sleeping. That I had bought some ham and tortillas and potatoes and salsa and eggs to

Patterns

As I have said, I don’t read blogs to find anything out in particular. I read for the experience of new things. I look for

High WASP Wedding – Cape Cod

Because there’s only so much analysis that’s worth doing. Images from upper left: areohome, via Mighty Haus, Inspirations & Creations, Bride’s Guide, Pingg.com, Snippet &

What Am I Reading? Young Women

I read the blogs of a lot of young women. Sure, some identify as preppies, some are clearly artists and creative people, others are lawyers,

The Whiteness of Rice

keeke’s photostream Some of us have such thin skins that we are ambushed by the mundane. How does one survive until midlife if the whiteness

What Do I Read? Funny, Midlife, Moms

Continuing the hunt for blogroll optimization, here is the next section of my Reader, decipherable if you squint. I think. Funny (I have a “Funny”