This blog is old, and perhaps seemingly irrelevant at first to the ridiculously privileged (see: most of us), but I find poignancy in almost every post–and, sometimes, outrage at the ways in which society dehumanizes the homeless. (You can’t sleep in your car if you feel like it? Really? What kind of anti-American bullshit is [...]
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I love this article about how to act like a grownup. (Thanks, Jul, for the link.)
The only thing I disagree with philosophically is that I’ve never felt that thank-you cards are necessary. I have never had a problem accepting a heartfelt thank-you offered in person or a sincere e-mail of gratitude; I don’t think we [...]
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I love this post from Irretrievably Broken about looking back on your divorce decisions in retrospect and reconnecting with your ex in a new way. Good stuff.
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I love it when someone hits her superhero stage.
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Monday, February 15, 2010
I am really, really picky about my blogs these days. I’m not a blogtator; you can blog about whatever you want. I mean, you certainly should, because no one is paying you (or if they are, it won’t be enough to sell out for). But unless you’re writing to entertain or provoke thought in an [...]
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
If you use Facebook, you should go read “How to Suck at Facebook” by The Oatmeal, laugh really hard, and then never do any of those things ever.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Not only should you read this post by the Bloggess about people who talk in movie theaters, but you should also read every last comment. Just when I thought I was done with the mad sort of giggling that makes you clap your hands over your mouth, someone else would set me off again.
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This video of an insanely awesome jump-roping team is long, but just when you think these crazy em-effers can’t top themselves, they totally do, and if you hang on all the way to the end, you’re rewarded with … oh, I won’t ruin it, but it involves a mascot. Also, I think I just found [...]
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Have you ever registered for Mint.com, that site that helps you track your spending? If not, I need you to understand that logging into that site, each and every time you do it, is a radical act. I think I would rather take my chances with that scary death-video that made everyone so unphotogenic in [...]
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