Archive for July, 2005

Whoa. Mighty Goods got the highest rating in Forbes.com�s shopping blogs round up! I�m totally a professional mall rat.

Bird on an awning.

Walking along the beach, we see four little girls frantically digging a hole on the edge of the surf. When a wave washes in, filling the hole, they squeal in dismay, and then redouble their efforts.
Me: What is it with kids digging futile holes in the sand when they know the water is just […]

When I turn on the radio, I pay special attention to the very first thing the announcer says. Two quintessential NPR opening lines:
1)�I have several Navajo friends, I can do a little plumbing�
2)� opened fire on a peaceful crowd.

Scenario: Two girls at a bar posture in short skirts and camis. One notices a pinball machine.
Girl 1: Oh my god. Amy, I�m such a dork. I have to play a game.
Girl 2: What?
G1: I�m such a dork, I love pinball.
G2: Oh.
G1: I hope no one is watching.
(Looks around exaggeratedly, bends […]

Shark and Beach Cupcakes
Originally uploaded by MaggieMason.
I made shark and beach cupcakes this weekend. Yet more proof that the projects in Martha Stewart’s Kids magazine are far less daunting than the Living ideas. I didn’t even need to buy a jig saw.

I like this poem. It�s from a book called Sure Signs.
Selecting a Reader
by Ted Kooser
First, I would have her be beautiful,
and walking carefully up on my poetry
at the loneliest moment of an afternoon,
her hair still damp at the neck
from washing it. She should be wearing
a raincoat, an old one, dirty
from not having money enough for […]

When you�re kayak camping, and all of you are peeing in the same general area, don�t serve asparagus for dinner.

After the London bombings last week, I wanted to offer my condolences to the UK. I am so sorry. All of this is awful, bewildering, and needless, and the rest of the world is as stunned as you must be. We are with you in your grief.

Sorry for the brief interruption of service, I was busy. Busy with pain. I thought it was food poisoning, but it turned out to have been some sort of virus. The sort of virus that makes you wonder, disinterestedly, whether your insides may have liquefied.
Still, because we had barbecued ribs and strawberry shortcake at […]