My sister is the queen of tchotchke gifts. Knicks knacks, riff raf, useless, trivial, funny, trendy gifts. It makes her incredibly easy to shop for. Figure out what cartoon or movie or comic book or Comedy Central show she is into at the time, and buy her a figurine. Done! Occasionally, she’ll share this penchant […]

Yep, that’s the sky right outside my window right now. We’ve already gotten enough rain today to put us into day 24 of a “measurable precipitation” streak, but for a few moments at least, it’s sunny. Ahhhh….

This morning, I completed my final commute in Jazzy, my ’96 VW GTI. This evening, my mother delivers to me her old car, a late 90s Audi A4, and tomorrow, I turn Jazzy over to the nice man who bought her from craigslist. As excited as I am to have a new car, one that […]

I consider myself at least moderately brilliant and I’ve known for years that I have a bit of a superiority complex, so this article came as no surprise to me. That said, a story about how much smarter you are than most of the rest of the population should be as free of typos as […]

Or maybe it’s just that I’m really busy at work today. In any case, for lack of the time or ability to post anything even remotely readable, I’m directing you to the site of a friend of a friend. It’s hilarious, even if you don’t know the guy in the picture(s). Enjoy! The devMILLS Project

Last night, I spent my last few hours of being a twenty-something watching the Rose Bowl (boo) and reflecting on the past decade: all of the pain and beauty and learning and elation and identity crises (notice the plural) and joy and failed relationships and family additions and hangovers and sleepless nights and body insecurities. […]

I love the Decemberists. I love the Mariners. And I love GTB for directing me toward USS Mariner this morning to see those two wonderful worlds collide. The Mariners’ Revenge Song

I know I should heed this warning, hypocritical though it may be, because I can already tell that I’ve done damage to my poor little ears by listening to loud music. Mine has mostly been in my car, but I have to admit that some mornings, when I get back from the gym and take […]

Margaret Atwood is, hand’s down, my favorite author. With or without her involvement though, this is just fucking brilliant. Those clever Scots. Homer’s odyssey … in his wife’s words

Because three of the most important people in my life are smokers, and my sister has just started working for a smoking cessation counseling company, not to mention the smoking ban that has just gone into effect in WA, smoking is on my mind pretty regularly. And even though I know those three important people […]