February 2012
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What’s a few decibels between friends?
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you can't be cringing
my friend and i have this thing where we get super embarrassed for other people and want to cringe because of their behavior. it’s a litmus test for potential beaus…at least that’s how we’ve been using it. we say to ourselves, “you can’t be cringing” as a reminder of what we don’t want. last week at a meeting one of my co-workers made me cringe so...
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do you subscribe to tut.com?
Actually, Susan, nobody “needs” to be corrected. They know when they’re acting up, or will soon find out. Poor behavior within your proximity, however, is always a tip-off that someone else might correct what they’re thinking, saying, and doing. Advanced Metaphysics 101, The Universe
this particular note from the universe struck a chord with me. if you want to...
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policing the universe
my closest friend and mentor at work has my same first and middle name, we both have 2 sisters and a brother, born 4 days apart (except she’s 60). we have a lot in common except i don’t live in a bitchin’ house in palos verdes with a view of the ocean. sigh. also, i don’t have 2 grown sons, but anyway, she gave some advice to her son that she shared with me. she told him...
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January 2012
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Garden Voices
The whole experience-both Wade’s illness and the garden-helped me grow to a deeper level of trust. I believe in prayer, and for me prayer is not petitioning to get something, but rather trusting in the flow of grace. Certainly that grace manifested itself in my garden as people appeared out of nowhere to help me create a space filled with beauty. Grace came into our lives in...
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Phil: If it does, it will be the second most embarrasing thing to happen to our family today.
Claire: Phil, you said it wasn't that bad.
Phil: That was in the car we're in a church now.
words my cats definitely understand
hungry, outside and cheese.
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Now you’re at the drawing room and it’s like the Easter...
– Andy
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email from my sister rachel
Double Animal Stories in the Projo Today
http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/01/five-poisonous.html Make sure you read the comment from the mother. http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/01/police-shot-2-e.html I just love the beginning of this story. The tone makes it sound like the guy was taking his pets for a visit to a butcher shop instead of the one way trip...
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i knew it
i knew i was going to be really into downton abbey. my mother loves pbs and i had no doubt that she had already seen them all when i inquired last night. she perked up and gave me a lively plot summary. i one mored 3 episodes last night. i’m turning into her, i’m sure of it! oh god.
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A human head was found inside a bag on a hiking trail below the Hollywood sign...
– Human head found near Hollywood sign hiking trail | 89.3 KPCC
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i started to watch the pilot for american horror story and i don’t think i can do it. it’s too scary. last night i had a terrible nightmare that all of my teeth disintegrated and fell out. according to dream moods this is a very common dream. i think i had the dream because of breaking bad. i’m going to watch 30 rock right now and then when it’s light outside consider...
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It’s not like you’re getting married anytime soon. You live in...
– Thairin
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Everyone needs a fingerling…potato.
– Wendy
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He likes girls as far as he knows.
– Hugo
10 Signs It’s Time To Quit Your Job - My Money... →
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I Love NPR/I Hate NPR « The What →
2. Peter Overby, Correspondent, Power, Money and Influence, Washington Desk Sounds like he has two sets of braces and a tennis ball in his mouth
i finally googled ‘peter overby lisp’ and this is what i found. hahahahaha. the comments are pretty funny too.
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Hemingway, who is parodied in the film with dialogue like “no subject is...
– ‘Midnight in Paris,’ a Historical View - NYTimes.com
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When I think about you I text myself.
– Chato