Because a few years back, I traded in airline points for free magazines (and then somehow just kept getting them), I have stacks of magazines all around my place. One of my favorite things has always been reading the etiquette and advice questions people ask. But, I find the answers are much more kind, more […]
Random things that amuse me
In 2020, with each passing month, it has felt like an increasingly rapid descent into a dumpster fire. At times, I have felt like I could not catch my breath. I’ve felt exhausted. Angry. Scared. So I decided to jot down some random things that amuse me. Cat-related random things that amuse me How tiny […]
3 things that took me embarrassingly long to figure out
The Star Trek “Away Team” I was well into adulthood before I realized that when Captain Picard asked for an “Away Team” to go on a mission, he was not in fact asking for an “O.A. Team.” Basically, I’m talking 20 years of me wondering what the fuck O.A. stood for. I blame Patrick Stewart’s […]
The fantasy of a better life for my cat
Lately, I have been fantasizing a lot about buying a house. Confined mostly to my apartment throughout the pandemic and staring at the same shit on the same walls for months on end will do that to a person. Especially since I am sharing walls with people who are also now home all day trying […]
How the pandemic has been helpful for my IBS
First off, please note, just because I point out one way in which the pandemic hasn’t totally sucked, it doesn’t mean that I don’t recognize the VERY MANY WAYS in which it totally has sucked!! Ok, now that that’s out of the way – here we go! IBS is the diagnosis you get when you […]