July 2009
167 posts
Jul 1st
June 2009
131 posts
Apparently bratty older kid at the park does not care that Max likes pokeman, breaking Liam’s 4-year-old heart. #thinkingabouttrippinghim
Jun 30th
support a MN web startup. trying to get > 100 facebook fans to grab a friendly url. please fan (and RT). http://is.gd/1igPW (via @malbiniak)
Jun 30th
Tibbles asked if they could have brains for snack since Michael Jackson turned them into Zombies.
Jun 30th
I hope T-Paw’s on his way to sign that Senate certificate, we need Al in Washington and Norm to go somewhere else.
Jun 30th
Chapped my hide, literally. Curses to the sun’s damaging rays and my lack of sunscreen.
Jun 30th
I have mastered the art of making monster cookies from scratch. Confident I can conquer any recipe requiring an entire stick of butter
Jun 29th
Racing to get my work done so the Tibbles and I can go hang at the park where I hope to finish reading What Would Keith Richards Do?
Jun 29th
Getting crap for wearing a Twins shirt. Apparently Rock & Roll bookclubers cannot handle such bold fashion statements
Jun 29th
Rocking the guacamole, margaritas, and Michael Jackson playlist at Rock & Roll bookclub
Jun 29th
Holy crap are The Tibbles excited for their sleepover at The Kimball’s tonight.
Jun 29th
“Oh tartar sauce, I just saw a highote [coyote]!” Nolan while at the top of the jungle gym
Jun 29th
Scenes from a Childhood: A Photo Essay →
Since y’all seemed to really enjoy the Michael Jackson pages from my childhood scrapbook, I thought I would share the rest of the…
Jun 29th
Listening to Kari and Amandahugnkiss’ Ben swap South Dakota stories. Time for another Surly
Jun 28th
Rocking the old school Leinenkugels
Jun 28th
The only thing between me and a Surly is getting dressed, and here I lay…
Jun 28th
Watching Amandahugnkiss’ Ben give @Ericka a field sobriety test. She failed
Jun 28th
It felt like 1985 up in this place, the Tibbles & I watching videos on MTV all day waiting for them to play Thriller.
Jun 27th
He was the first one who was special in my heart →
I had a poster of this image that hung in my bedroom. I kissed it every night before bed and after applying bubblegum-flavored Lip Smackers lipgloss. If you looked…
Jun 27th
“Feels a little cliche” is my way of sugarcoating a critique.
Jun 26th
My Michael Jackson poster had a grease stain on its lips where I kissed it every night before bed, after applying bubblegum lipgloss
Jun 26th
Laying in bed editing stories for tonight’s class with Paco sleeping on my left foot #unemployedlife
Jun 26th
Selena Gomez as Beezus in the movie version? Beezus is supposed to be nerdy & gawky, not a Disney star.
Jun 26th
I had a special spot in my heart for Charlie’s Angels, even tried to con my mom into naming my youngest sister Sabrina. RIP Farrah Fawcett.
Jun 26th
You’d think Maureen Orth might have some sympathy for Jackson, considering what she went through when Tim Russert died last year.
Jun 26th
Liam, 4, is explaining to me how even though Ring of Fire guy died we still have his song, and we still have Michael Jackson’s songs too
Jun 26th
Nolan’s angry vampire tattoo (self drawn) http://yfrog.com/1lr46j
Jun 25th
The new, super sexy, double-antennaed wireless router has fixed my problems. Can’t wait to see if I still suffer from the 3 o’clock drops
Jun 25th
I really need an intern who wouldn’t mind being paid in cookies & Diet Coke with Lime.
Jun 25th
This is why writers shove their heads in the oven. Look at this Fucking Hipster nabs a book deal: http://bit.ly/ZCMGU
Jun 25th
Introducing the Tibbles to chicken in a biskit http://yfrog.com/5sk3pj
Jun 25th
Every Kodachrome story I stumble upon reminds me of 8th grade band when everyone called me JodaChrome while we tried to learn the song
Jun 25th
Reading “Stars of Motown Shine Bright” for the 88th time. Not a complaint, reading Julie Orringer makes me heart happy.
Jun 25th
Broke cardinal rule of writing #68, answered a ringing phone while on a roll. Damn me.
Jun 25th
Gin & Tonic, I love you.
Jun 24th
Trying to explain to @mydarlingcurse why Ethan Canin is the hottest man on the planet
Jun 24th
Passed the @the_nerdery torch over to @mtonak. He compared it to Leno handing over the Tonight Show to Conan. I said I’d rather be Carson.
Jun 24th
Oh Bravo, why must your reality TV shows be so trashy and delectable?
Jun 24th
Easily amused by my 10-year-old nephew “liking” someone’s Facebook status update that just says “Fuck. This.”
Jun 23rd
Sam Beckett just taught Michael Jackson the moonwalk in 1961, incase you were wondering #todayonquantumleap
Jun 23rd
“Aunt Jodi, I just made a magical arm fart! It was awesome,” Nolan.
Jun 23rd
If I had $1 for every time the Tibbles watched Scooby Doo & The Ghoul School, I could buy the world a Coke and keep it company
Jun 23rd
I always cry at the part where John Lennon dies in Mr. Holland’s Opus.
Jun 22nd
My horoscope (Gemini) told me that today I would “write the Tweet that shakes the world.” I suspect it is not this one.
Jun 22nd
And suddenly I found myself deeply engaged in "Too... →
Apparently this, the longest “day” of the year was meant for doing nothing more taxing than making fried rice and shoveling it into my gaping maw. I’m not sure where the day went. I know at one…
Jun 22nd
Have decided @wearephoenix is the perfect music to listen to while editing poorly-translated Software Installation documents
Jun 21st
I get great joy when upon revealing my age people gasp in shock. Hooray for young genes.
Jun 21st
Learning about ASS degrees,which are apparently real things.
Jun 21st
I call it Ziggy, after the computer in Quantum... →
Do you ever get so busy doing stuff that you stop, look around and realize that an entire week (or realistically month) has passed when you weren’t looking? It’s been four weeks since I lost my…
Jun 21st
It’s here! I named him Ziggy after the computer Al talks to in Quantum Leap. I’m sure iPhone 6GS will allow for holographic transportation
Jun 20th