January 2009
115 posts
hoping @Ericka doesn’t copycat all my home-decorating ideas
i am being opresssed by my own family.
explaining to Maxwell what twitter is
December 2008
133 posts
oh man my mom just called to tell me Bobby G, one of my favorite bowlers died today. So sad.
Honoring my commitments →
It is fitting that I have to use my last Vox post of 2008 to extol the virtues of Dabysan. Way back in the waning days of 2007 I threw down the challenge that he couldn’t post once a week for an…
still swooning over my huge Temporama (old-fashioned 50s dishes) score
My new obsession →
This is what I bought myself for Christmas. A beautiful sugar bowl and a gravy boat. Aren’t they lovely? It’s a late 50s era pattern called Temporama. I am in love with this…
the makers of Rudolph’s Shiny New Year obviously didn’t expect it to be in reruns forever, they just wished up as a happy 19wonderful.
more than a little amazed that it only took me 45 minutes to get home
Trip is threatening to break my glasses because I spoke the truth and that truth is that Hemingway blows.
when I get comment spam in cyrillic I hear Allen Ginsberg saying “them Russians, them Russians, them crazy Russians” from his America poem
Three things about the day, to annoy hotrod →
I was told, at work, that I should Twitter more The author of the book I reviewed today complimented that review I forgot what the third one was gonna be Read and post comments | Send to…
wondering what’s in my genetic makeup that makes it impossible to resist a VH1 100 Greatest whatever of all time (tonight hard rock songs)
Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel engaged! I don’t think I can properly process this news: http://tinyurl.com/8bhopb
we have reached the point in the morning where listening to Steely Dan is a good idea
The home stretch →
three more entries after this one. three more. all i gotta say is running five blogs is tough as hell and even taxes my normally loquacious limits. i just don’t think i have enough words for…
considered for a moment watching The Notebook, then remembered Nicholas Sparks is my arch-nemesis.
taking a break from writing to sing along with Homebodies (Don’t Be Careful With Your Love) at the top of my lungs
refuses to do anything of consequence until I finish reading All About Lulu
crying because we beat the Soviets in 1980. Damn hockey movies, damn Herb Brooks.
wondering if I should freak out about how Ruby slides sideways on the icy street in front of SuperG HQ making it impossible to leave
On the street where I live →
Temps were in the 40s yesterday here in Minnesota. It caused a lot of melting, and then when the temps went back to normal it caused a lot of freezing and has effectively turned the street in…
“watching” Arsenic & Old Lace on mute; listening to Sonic Boom by the Gear Daddies; and writing about The Theory of Light & Matter
listening to Mona Lisas & Mad Hatters over and over and over again while editing MN Reads posts
listening to loud rock & roll music and trying to decide what to do next
Vox Hunt: Present Perfect →
Show us your favorite present. You can see it here. I will spare you the gory details about the cold-hearted women who wrestled it from my hands despite my tears and pleas. Read and post…
Team Flugoo is kicking butt at Wii Disney Trivia
QotD: Merry Christmas! →
“It is Christmas in the heart that puts Christmas in the air.” ~W.T. Ellis How are you celebrating Christmas this year? With good people, good food, and good times. I’m only a little bitter…
Kicking family ass at Pass the Popcorn
did not win the Christmas dice game. So close to Heathers and yet so far away.
Christmas is kicking my ass →
Great scott! I hosted dinner tonight for my family. I think at the high point there were 21 people packed into Supergenius HQ. That’s a lot for my little house to handle, but we handled it…
relaxing in my peaceful, semi-clean house after hosting an uproarious family dinner where my aunts and uncle discussed old acid trips
listening to the fa-la-freezing song for roughly the 382nd time: http://tinyurl.com/45wpys
Happy Christmas Everybody! Paul Westerberg has 3 new songs you can download for 74 cents: http://tinyurl.com/7bu5gr
It has become clear to me that the only thing I am missing is Rosie the robot maid. I need the future now!
Christmas Eve Eve →
Tomorrow most of my family will invade Supergenius HQ to celebrate Christmas Eve (and Ericka’s birthday if she makes it here in time). I’ve been busy most of the day working and cleaning. It has…
I am very thankful to the two kind men who helped push me and Ruby out of the ditch.
Even better than that dreidel song →
I think I’ve watched this video 38 times in the past three days. Read and post comments | Send to a friend
the time has come for me to go curl up with Jonathan Evison’s “All About Lulu.”
The 10 Best Books I read in 2008 →
1. An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination by Elizabeth McCracken:This was the best book I read all year. No hemming, no hawing, no second guessing — the best. McCracken’s memoir about…
i can’t stop petting my new-to-me temporama gravy boat like it’s Alladin’s lamp.
Just opened a christmas package with 3 packets of poutine sauce. It’s gonna be a Canadian christmas — Thanks Wrath and Dana!
I think the Rock Ballads informercial is my favorite TV show.
has begun to worry about my skin care regieme which means it’s time to change the channel or go read a book
QotD: Best Christmas Present Ever →
From childhood ‘til now… What’s the best Christmas present you’ve ever received? A blue faux fur coat. Read and post comments | Send to a friend