1) Mick Jagger wrote the song “Tumbling Dice” after talking to a housekeeper about her gambling habit. 2) The piece of metal that you use to transition from a wood flor to a tile floor is called a Schluter. 3) Pinterest makes so much more sense if you watch Doctor Who.
Noted
September 7, 2012
One time my mom called me all freaked out about geotagging. Apparently my sister-in-law told her that people could find out where you were by looking at a picture you took if you weren’t careful. Not only did I already know that, I clearly don’t care if people care where I am. You can tell [...]
Things That Occurred to Me While Mowing My Lawn
June 3, 2012
- Somebody’s claim to fame is is hitting glass bottles with sticks on U2′s “I Will Follow”. I bet they drive their grandchildren crazy talking about it.
Randomness Part 139: Embarrassing Things
April 2, 2012
Three Embarrassing Things That I Am Telling You For No Reason 1) One time I thought I peed the bed, but really my cat had poked some holes in my waterbed with his claws and that is why my underthings were all wet.
Randomness Part 138
March 31, 2012
Two People I Said “Hi” to in Public Because I Thought I Knew Them, but Really They Just Looked Familiar Because They Were Famous 1) Frank McCourt
Five Things
January 13, 2012
1) I was pretty disappointed with the novel “The Marriage Plot” by Jeffrey Euginides. I loved his first two novels “The Virgin Suicides” and “Middlesex” and this one was just okay. I am still convinced that the first half of the book was an exercise to see how many authors names he could fit into [...]
True Story
November 18, 2011
Every time I see a yellow bell pepper I feel a compulsion to take a huge bite out of it, Chairman Kaga style. Just me?
Several Unrelated Things
November 3, 2011
Last night I had a dream that I was at a thrift store looking for something that I could use as a Halloween costume for my niece, but as I was rummaging around in children’s clothes (where I incidentally ran across some items that I knew for sure were donated by my next door neighbor) [...]
Randomness Part 137
July 15, 2011
As I type this my daughter’s barbies are playing naked hockey. * * * Why does Amazon want me to put MY music from my hard drive into their cloud? That makes me paranoid. Are they behind me right now? * * * It pisses me off when I go to the grocery store and [...]
Randomness Part 136
June 8, 2011
It took me a whole season – thirteen 40 minute episodes – of Sons of Anarchy to stop thinking of Jax Teller as Kurt Cobain. Thanks to Netflix on Demand, I am on Season Two and have overcome this problem. At this rate we will be up to date on the series in two more [...]
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