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16 Bags of Candy

You don’t believe me, do you? Well, take a look at my foyer stairs and you’ll see that I’m telling the truth . . .
Okay, well, that wasn’t a wholesale invitation for strangers to come over to my house. But we have enough candy to hopefully satisfy the rabid subdivisioner kids that [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities

Hiking Template

Welcome to the new hiking template. Many thanks to the wonderful IP for taking this HI-larious picture despite my protests in Arches National Park (Tunnels!). The other template (Canela) still exists, so don’t worry your pretty little heads off if you don’t like this one.

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities

It Would’ve Been a Classic!

The University of Michigan Athletic Department attempted to circumvent President Mary Sue Coleman and the Largest Group of Living Alumni Ever (TM) when it entered into a deal with Ohio State University and SBC Communications, Inc. to sell the rights to the Michigan-Ohio State football game and rename what is affectionately (I guess) known as [...]

Filed under: Times Like These

Telling Sign That Your Younger Brother Is Much More Well-Adjusted and Courageous Than You Ever Were in High School

He wears an “If I Were 18 I’d Vote for Kerry” cap to school. Almost every single day. Whenever anyone shouts to him that Kerry sucks, M gleefully shouts back that Bush blows.
. . .
What a kid.

Filed under: Times Like These

Your Mid-Term Assignment Is . . .

Given the recent searches, I suspect that many people are writing papers on Shakespeare’s Henry V, huh?
I’ll give you a hint: If you’re going to focus on the opening lines of the Chorus, do a search on the MLA index (your schools should provide a subscription unless they’re complete idiots) for articles on good old [...]

Filed under: The Word Geek Lives

Cool Dog v. Stupid Dog

When I run, I of course come across dogs. Some bark like mad, but as they’re tied to posts or behind fences, they don’t trouble me too much. Or else they’ve been trained to stay within their property boundaries. I’ve had dogs that will break away from their property but not charge [...]

Filed under: Pet Peeves, The Elegant Runner

The Forecast Calls for . . . SUN!?

I have finally seen the light.
For the first time since I returned to Michigan on October 17, it’s sunny today. Not the fake, minor glimmer through the clouds sunny, either. Real sun that’s actually warming up the earth a bit. I’d weep with joy, but I know it’s not going to last. [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities

Reminiscing on Being Treated Like Shit by Canadians . . .

I read many, many blogs, and some of those are blogs written by expats. When expressing their determination to vote in this upcoming election (more often than not, for Kerry), they usually get trolls proclaiming that, because they moved away to another country, they are no longer American and cannot vote. Their rights [...]

Filed under: Back in Old Canada

Must I?

Must I be continuously subjected to U2’s new song, “Vertigo?” I enjoy U2, usually. However, this new song is so damn grating. The IPod commercial, the incessant play on 96.3 and 88.7 . . . dear Lord, how’s a girl supposed to keep her sanity?
I’ve never heard a more annoying beginning to [...]

Filed under: Pet Peeves

“I’m Not Crazy, I’m Just a Little Unwell . . .”

I hate cell phones. Even though I own one (one that I “forgot” in Utah – no, kidding, I really did forget it), I don’t like to use it much. I have it for road emergencies and that’s it. I turn it off whenever I enter a theater, a library, or any [...]

Filed under: Lacking a Muse - Generalities