When I was a kid, I would make a list of my homework assignments every day and bring the appropriate books home from school. And there they would stay until I picked them up on my way out the door the next morning. All my New Year’s Resolutions throughout high Read more…
Instead of, say, writing, I’m devoting all my time to eating pumpkin spice products. I thought I should share my wisdom with the internet. (That, and some friends have asked me to ‘report back’.) Round One: VS. BEGIN! I opened the oreos first. I noticed that the package carefully says Read more…
My commute to work looks roughly like this: This is how I dress to bike in on these cold autumn mornings: And this is how I dress to bike home: Bulky sweats don’t fit in my backpack with my laptop and lunch container. The result is the most bundled-up office Read more…
In a way, this is the one that started it all. I saw a link to a listacle that used this image for “Things that are Pumpkin Spice that have no business being Pumpkin Spiced” and I just about died because WHY DID I NOT HAVE THESE IN MY MOUTH Read more…
So, a couple of times I’ve heard jokes about pumpkin spice being for white women. Like… it’s our drug. Our sweet, sweet drug. Now, a sample set of ME concurs*. I will run into traffic for pumpkin spice baked goods. Thing of it is, I have friends who don’t like pumpkin Read more…
So, why did I whine about my low self-esteem on a writing blog? Because of this: Low self-esteem destroys stories. Say you have an idea – a brilliant, simple idea. (It could also be a piece of crap, but for this exercise it is brilliant and simple.) I’m going to Read more…
It’s said Robert Zemeckis did not want “Back to the Future II” to take place in the future because future movies always fail at predicting. I sympathize, and also scoff. The point isn’t to be right – it’s to comment on your current time. That’s why there’s a “Town Hall Read more…