Sometimes when too much time passes between my writing sessions, the creativity builds up like magma under an Icelandic volcano with an unpronounceable name. Then a day comes along when the creativity magma blasts a hole in the glacier of housework that I’m supposed to be doing, shooting shards of crazy into the atmosphere over [...]

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Serendipity (N.) Definition: finding something unexpected and useful while searching for something else entirely. Usage: Last night on the Twitter, my friend Nick the Geek offered a pile of dog hair to anyone who wanted it. Well, what serendipity! I had just decided on my topic for today’s post. DOG HAIR. Now you might think that [...]

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And yet ANOTHER way for me to bring the conversation around to bodily functions. I swear, I didn’t even try this time. So anyway, my fellow former Cali girl Wendy at Weight What? participated in a gr8 meme full of 8s. And since I’m totally l8 in getting a blog post out and, as f8 [...]

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Yes, it’s about time for me to participate in this blog carnival again. I can always benefit from a little introspection. Here’s what I’ve learned this week: If you’re gonna bake two frozen pizzas, don’t put them directly on two racks, with one above the other. Cuz if you do, the top pizza will self-destruct [...]

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Oh come ON. Don’t pretend you didn’t KNOW I was gonna devote an entire post to that phrase. I was entirely too proud of it to leave it in the comment stream for Tuesday’s post. Today I told Charlie that I think I’ve found my niche as a blogger. Wonderful news! What is it? It’s [...]

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